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Honestly a really enjoyable two-parter and probably a standout of all the episodes thus far.

There's a fun layered mystery where it definitely feels obvious, it's the manager. But also you have these striking scenes of the radio host co-worker and you're made to look at her as a suspect. Turns out they were both in on it, even if one forced the other into it.

It's just a real fun set of Wakana centric episodes where we get to dive into her lifestyle more and really dig into her character. Her interactions with Philip are definitely a highlight and it's fun to see a few wrinkles being thrown in this early. Hindsight is definitely a contributing factor I feel on "Wow these scenes are very blatant foreshadowing" but also I can't remember how I felt about the bits and pieces we get back when I first watched.

One scene I was surprised to see was Wakana actually transforming in front of the lady who tried to ruin her only to walk away. And I was like "Oh how are we going to solve the fact that she knows about-oh hi Kirihiko! Oh... oh this is how...". It's fun coming back to a show years after it airs cause small scenes like these catch me off guard despite knowing the broad strokes.

Likewise, it's always fun to see how they slowly work in the Movie Wars tie ins when you forget the more subtle ones. I remembered the obvious bits of Akiko asking about her dad around the time of Sweets. Or the hilarious scene of Masquerade just failing against Claydoll. But i forgot about the brief Skull imagery during the rumor segment of the first episode.