[GoldenXtreme]

Sorry, but I am totally sinking back into apathy with this show. Poor Zeztz just can't keep my interest high for more than a few episodes!

First of all, I find it weird that Kureha got her memories as an agent wiped for being exposed by the "enemy organization" because the situation seems very different for Baku, who has gotten two random cops and his sister involved, not to mention that both Odaka and The Lady know his civilian identity. Even if we assume the "enemy organization" is another entity we haven't seen yet, it seems like they're being awfully lax with Baku. Nasuka was also completely blocked from having any major interactions with Kureha by Baku, which just kind of sucked? I really feel like Nasuka should have had a more major role in resolving everything, and the whole argument that Kureha knew that being an Agent would be dangerous is again kind of wrong if we consider how little Baku seemed to understand about the risks of being an Agent early on in the story. Another little bit that stuck out to me on, like, a meta level was the whole therapy scene where Baku basically admits that his job has taken over his whole life. It really got me thinking about how little we are shown any of the characters outside of a professional context. We rarely see Baku not doing Agent stuff in some form, Nasuka and Fujimi are completely consumed by their jobs (again, Nasuka isn't even allowed to talk to her childhood friend without it wrapping back around into a conversation about a Black Case!), even Minami only really got involved in the story once she took on the "job" of supporting her brother. Even Nem is consumed by an obsession with playing the roles she is given, with Baku handwaving her concern about being the source of the Nightmare away and encouraging her to keep doing it. Maybe the show is actually trying to make some commentary here given how pervasive the trend is, but man, it really shed some light on why I have a hard time seeing the characters in this show as real people, you know? Maybe alllll these things will make sense in the end, but I just don't have enough confidence in the show to think it will.

The RPG themed episode next week looks fun at least.