[Fish Sandwich]

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Originally Posted by GoldenXtreme

there have been some moments before where I thought (or desperately hoped) that Zeztz was hitting its stride only to find my eagerness flagging again within an episode or two.

For whatever it's worth coming from me, even though it seems like I'm more enthusiastic about the show to begin with, I *haven't* properly felt that way yet, but I am starting to feel like it's consistently been building the momentum up ever since episode 10, which is already in stark contrast to how every episode group in those first 9 that I got into was followed by a pair that left me much colder.

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Originally Posted by Frontier

I respect that they're still committing to NOX as an antagonist, even as a Rider.

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Originally Posted by DreamSword

A very cool foil, these two have become.

I'll probably have more to say about him next week, but NOX has definitely become a fun character to watch for me by this point. The way he takes offence to being referred to by his old number here before busting out the new belt, for example: another one of those little moments that makes a big difference for being in the episode.

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Originally Posted by Mesnick

Baku and Fujimi also reconcile here. Perhaps faster than expected, but that's a plus.

It's absolutely a plus! Aside from the whole logistical thing of how having them working together keeps plots moving, another piece of cohesion I loved about this one was that Baku and Fujimi mutually admitting fault acts as sort of a parallel to how Baku and Zero patch things up later in the episode by making the effort to meet each other halfway.