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I'd been curious about Chassirou's and Taiya's relationship since Episode 3. While the extended flashback does reveal the catalyst of Chassirou breaking in to the base, it doesn't give any insight on why he decided to betray his client (real Taiya move there) and join Boonboomger. Taiya just gives him the offer and the rest is history. Other than Bundorio, it's a little disappointing how there are still no visible feelings between the original 2 members.

So I don't mind that the plot actually focuses on Chassirou's and Sakito's relationship instead, since that's new and interesting to see how an agent and a cleaner work together to solve a problem. Good decision to bring back those wannabe yakuzas in a more substantial role than randomly being the reason that Mira joined Boonboomger.

Sakito's just there for the Chaos, but at least we get a little more background on Chassirou, who reveals that he has the same job that his parents did and asks Sakito to imagine the ending. I'm inferring that the Meita parents were killed in action, so like, maybe that's part of the reason why Chassirou joined the team, to make the world a safer place to live. If that's correct, then that would be a nice parallel between him and Sakito, who also has a dead parents backstory.

If I judged this as a Chassirou and Taiya focus episode, I'd say it was pretty lame, but hey, it actually turned out to be a surprisingly good Chassirou and Sakito focus episode that ultimately succeeded in giving me the insight I was looking for in a roundabout kind of way. I can say that I understand Chassirou more now and I'm cool with that.

Also, Madwrecks' personality is back!