[DreamSword]

Episode 25: The Great Infernal King's Egg

I'm usually not one for love triangles, but I rather liked this episode.

As Dr. Worm revives some fallen Demons, Rin gets asked out on a date by Hiroshi, the son of the head of Akebono.

And while I could see some thinking that the monster plot is a bit underutilized, the character stuff surrounding Rin and her conflicting feelings about both Kenji and Hiroshi really did work for me to help carry the episode.

It helps that no one is portrayed as outright in the wrong in this situation. Kenji doesn't realize his feelings until Rin is threatened to be taken away, Rin considers leaving due to Kenji never returning her feelings, and Hiroshi is honestly a sweet guy who just wants what's best for Rin, and takes his defeat gracefully.

The easy route would've definitely been to have Hiroshi be a shallow, unpleasant guy, but no. He's honestly in love and is doing his best to treat Rin right. I actually felt bad for him in the end. I actually would not have minded if he had gotten with Rin and the show then ran with the Kenji and Kaori ship; Which, you know, a bit of a missed opportunity, not having Kaori show up here.

There's other stuff surrounding the scenario too, like the magic nerd who's had a crush on Rin since day 1 still not having the guts to talk to her, the funny stuff with the police chiefs sitting in on the date, etc. But if you're into romance plots, I don't think this one does too bad, and it's very much the main focus. Even if the title and the hook at the end suggest something big coming next episode.

Guess Ryukendo beat Kamen Rider to the punch on diving things into quarters too, huh?