[DreamSword]

Episode 9: Makeup

Koga doing mundane things is just so funny to me.

Like, the dude is so serious and stoic that I just couldn't help but laugh when I saw him attending a play with Kaoru and just having none of it.

That, plus the exchange he has with the Watchdog about makeup makes me headcanon that the guy was so hyper focused on becoming the ideal Makai Knight that the basics of the world just totally escape him.

So uh, as for the episode itself, it was fun enough. It's all about playing up and having fun with stage play tropes, with some minor commentary about what being an actor means to different types of people. But really, most of my enjoyment(out some laughing about Koga) came from the cinematography.

Amemiya did a real solid job with this one. Not only in capturing alot of how stage plays work(with a brief fourth wall gag, surprisingly), but also in how great alot of the transitions in this episode are. The fight at the end alone does a great job at feeling seemless despite Ryunosuke changing outfits inbetween cuts. It's clear Amemiya had just as much fun with this scenario as Leo did.

So yeah, while I didn't enjoy it as much as the previous episode, this was still a rather fun love letter episode to go through.