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Episode #17: Legacy

The third arc of Heroman starts off incredibly strong.

So much of this episode is like something out of a film noir. Or, in keeping with the superhero comparisons, a stylistic Batman cartoon.

And with it comes an incredibly downbeat and mysterious atmosphere that I really dug. The sequences with the mysterious new figure that this episode deals are stellar, and the fact that Bones put in the effort to animate them in their own style unique to everything else in the anime makes them all the better.

Said figure has been doing their best to eliminate any remnant of the Skrugg; whether it be leftovers of their technology, or even so much as people researching them. This thing has been on a warpath all across the United States.

It's a mystery that's solved by the end of the episode, as it's more to serve as a hook for the rest of the arc rather than being the entire arc's' plot in and of itself, and in that regard it's incredibly effective. But adding onto that mystery aspect, I do really love that the audience gets one big hint as to who the culprit is when they confront Heroman at the episode's' climax.

As it turns out, Will has returned, and he's changed; evolved. Both figuratively and literally. His physique is almost entirely different, and his demeanor indicates that he's begin to embrace the more monstrous side of himself alongside his exiling himself from the rest of humanity. And like Heroman has done before, Will now also sports new ways to fight. This includes a really cool and demonic electro-claw that's become a signature of the character.

If Joey is Spider-Man, then Will is now Venom. And it'll be great to see how this new dynamic plays out.

Alongside Will comes some fresh and new songs, of course! The one premiering in this episode is "Nightmare" which sorta serves as his new theme song? It's a darker and more spooky piece that plays during the scene featuring him in this one, and it escalates everything associated with it wonderfully.