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This was a fun episode in general, though there was definitely a lot of drama, especially towards the end.

When it comes to the Immortal Nine, Giallon (I question how we got from Jaron to Giallon but okay CR whatever you say) is definitely one of the ones that takes pleasure in the killing he does. Dude's a homicidal theater kid at his core. Really makes the other Immortal Nine we've seen so far look nicer by comparison.

But yeah, a bit of reflection, revisiting some older side characters while we introduce some new ones, this episode has it all. And as I've said, Metallic Rouge while sometimes shaky I feel, nails the character writing and interactions to an insane degree.

I also think it's a good showing for Ash and his partner Noid who while in the background kinda for a lot of the episodes since their introduction in Ep 2, really get to step a bit more into the foreground here.

But yeah, the ending definitely caught me off guard when I first saw it. Like there was that scene earlier in the episode talking about someone from Ochrona being in Alethia, but I didn't expect it to turn out like that.