[DreamSword]

Episode 18: Beast Swarm

Called it.

And I don't just mean the twist about Red and Leo. I mean that I called pretty much this entire episode as it played out.

That's not to say it was bad. It's a very fun building up to a high octane climax. It's just that, well, the attempts at misdirection didn't work on me. For example, I knew not to put any stock in the framing that Red was an underling.

All that said, it feels to me that maybe the biggest twist that they were going for was the idea that an Alchemist could also be a Knight. Which, yeah, I could see that being a bit of a surprise to viewers at the time. But for someone like me who started with the anime, such a thing isn't exactly uncommon.

Honestly the biggest surprise in all of this for me just how on the up and up Grace(the Watchdog lady) seems to be. She helps out Koga and spots the obviously evil big bad from Harry Potter right away. Very refreshing given the Watchdog's' current track record. And that's counting both anime and live-action from my perspective.

The only other thing I can think to note is how I at first thought that Leo donned the Baron armor, given both suits look pretty similar at first glance. Leo being an apprentice of Zanki wouldn't exactly surprise me any. But hey, it's whatever.

Looking forward to how Leo throws down with his armor on!