[DreamSword]

Episode 42: Magic Recipe

This one was... fine.

My boy Fudo takes the lead on this one; with him investigating a string of incidents happening around Akebono, and yet no demon in sight.

And while I get what the episode was going for, and it arguably does it well, I dunno, the overall thing just didn't sit quite right with me? It's another of those cases where I don't know if I can properly articulate what I'm feeling.

The general idea, from what I can tell atleast, is that while Fudo is an effective detective, he's still a regular guy in alot of ways. Having frustrations at how people judge him, and him briefly falling for the disguised Lady Gold's' charms to the point that he doesn't immediately raid the restaurant even though he should.

I'll also say that the episode does a good job at having an atmosphere of unease all throughout it; reflecting Fudo's' mind state all throughout the event. There isn't even a single comedic beat in this one to help reinforce this. The whole episodes comes across as being rather uncomfortable, and arguably in a rather good way in terms of execution.

But I think the main thing that keeps me from fully embracing it is, well, that Fudo ends up thinking with his dick. Sure, it's brief, and he keeps his wits about him enough to be able to move forward regardless. But on the other hand, Fudo's' been shown to be smarter than that plenty of times throughout the show. It sets a small seed of disappointment that the back of my mind just couldn't quite let go of all throughout the episode.

Sure, you can argue that it's a very minor complaint, or even that it shouldn't even qualify as one. But that's just how I felt when experiencing the episode. Again, the episode overall is fine, but for whatever reason, I just couldn't fully immerse myself into it. It's a shame, but it doesn't kill the inherent qualities that this episode does have. Not really.