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This is a fun episode, purely because we get an immediate followup on Baron and the conversation Kouga had with him by showing when exactly they met. It also helps that the montage of Kouga training in the first season is very vague, stylized, and basic so it allows us to easily fill the gaps with episodes like this.

Overall it's a real solid focus episode for Kouga and does some fun stuff to show us a bit more of the Makai Order lifestyle. It's always fun to just see what happens during downtime or when individuals are preparing to enter the hellish world that awaits them.

About the whole Garo is the strongest though, it is an odd beat to hit. Admittedly I do think the franchise tries to hold back on that a bit. At least recently the idea of a Knight and their Armor and what it really means was tackled nicely by Inheritor of Steel that just aired.