[DreamSword]

I feel like playing the theme song over what I felt was very much a tragic moment was kind of a misplay. Intentional or not, it really took me out of the moment in and of itself.

Anyway, the short version of my opinion about the four-part "Zeztz-ubo" arc is that I have mixed feelings about it.

And it really does just come down to this episode, specifically. Episodes 20-22 I felt were all done rather well, especially in terms of thematics. With the RPG dream serving to show Baku's' slippery slope into becoming his own sort of Nightmare King, in the end.

But then with this episode... I dunno. Baku essentially committing suicide in order to let Seven take over... it's a subject that other shows have done, and it almost never sits right with me, and not here either. Sure, the next episode preview implies that it's something that could be undone, but it makes me nervous towards a show that I've had the utmost faith in upto now.

I also didn't like NOX "dying" here, as unless they pull some sort of bait-and-switch with someone else getting the NOX Driver, it's pretty obvious that he's gonna return someway, somehow. Especially given the little hint he dropped at Catastrom's' true nature. Alot of what this episode did feels like it goes against my favorite episode so far(14), which was about Baku accepting all that he is. Again, even if it's intentional, it shakes my faith a bit.

The action was still sick as always though, and the atmosphere was(mostly) handled well. So there's that atleast.