[Den-O]

Jack Form is here!

Shima will be sacrificed!

Hajime is who now?!

It's Garren's turn!

Let's watch Blade 28-30!

[Switchblade]

Oh man, these episodes.

[Dr Kain]

And so we bring Shima's story to a close. At least for now. I really liked him, but for the context of story, he had to go. It is also nice to see them do something with Nozomi instead of just having her whine "Mutsuki" all of the time. Finally, the true identity of Hajime is at last revealed and I have to say I love the foreshadowing that was done way back in the seventh episode. It really shows that the writers actually knew what they wanted to do with his character right from the get go.

Now pardon me while I keep the next segment brief because I absolutely hate these episodes. They just feel out of place and did not fit with the themes and atmosphere of the show. Sure, getting to see Garren's Jack form is cool, but it's not like he uses it more than once more. Oh, but look, its the dude from AbaRanger/GaoRanger/ShouGeki/Battle Royale. That is pretty awesome as I really like that dude. He always plays the most random characters ever.

With that said, I am done discussing these lackisodes, but at least we are now heading into the second main arc of the series.

[Powerman293]

The end of Shima's arc was kinda necessary. But Mutski is still having the spider mess with him.

I actually kinda liked the Hajime's lookalike two parter. We find out Hajime's real identity infused with some needed humor before the shit hits the fan. I liked how Blade dealt with the look alike storyarc in that Ryo was the person nobody around him wanted him to be and preferred Hajime instead. Ryo couldn't do dick to fight the undead so he had to man up and prove himeslef to his girlfriend and both of their families. Serpent undead was a hell of a lot better viallain then Orchid undead because she had a plan of finding hajime and it worked and not using her feminine qualities only to get in close to the kill.

Kamen Rider Garren Jack was awesome but his three card combo consisted of him flying back and doing a boring ass shot. No fancy move like leaning forward in midair like when Blade did Jack Lightning Slash.

The next set of episodes is the King storyline and then Blade King so I can't wait.

[losondro]

Garren Jack-Form is here too These three episodes felt a bit more laid back and loved it.

[MidoGreen]

Let's Watch Turkey Day Edition for me . My thoughts:

28: While I'm sad to see Shima go, he had to go the sake of the narrative. Since he intentionally let himself be sealed, hopefully there is some Batman Gambit for him to help Mutsuki to fight off the control of the Ace. And I did like after erasing Nozomi's memory of that Undead attacking, he used her thoughts to try and break through to Mutsuki.

29 and 30: I felt like I was watching ShouGeki at times. Probably because the Iroha boss/Ryou's dad plays that random old man in that show . I found it amusing that the Medusa Undead would just random go into evil laughter mode. Even in the middle of a busy crosswalker. You'd think the random pedestrians of Japan would react more to that. The whole switch places things definitely had some amusement factor to it. As did the serious business of Taiyaki and Takoyaki. And hey, Garren got his Jack Form.

On generals notes, we learn Hajime's true identity of Joker. Seems even the other Undeads are afraid of what he is. And he gave Garren his Queen card in what looks like hopes to escalate things. Then we have Missing Ace snippets at the end of these episodes. I guess I know what we are watching next week?

[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by MidoGreen

I found it amusing that the Medusa Undead would just random go into evil laughter mode. Even in the middle of a busy crosswalker. You'd think the random pedestrians of Japan would react more to that.

Honestly, it's Japan. Most people are probably used to it by now and just think, "Oh look, she must be a monster in disguise, good for her."

[Switchblade]

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Originally Posted by MidoGreen

29 and 30: I felt like I was watching ShouGeki at times. Probably because the Iroha boss/Ryou's dad plays that random old man in that show .

It probably also helps that they're written by Shougeki Gouraigan's writer, Toshiki Inoue.

[MidoGreen]

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

It probably also helps that they're written by Shougeki Gouraigan's writer, Toshiki Inoue.

For context, did Inoue write all of Blade or just these particular episodes?

[Switchblade]

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Originally Posted by MidoGreen

For context, did Inoue write all of Blade or just these particular episodes?

He wrote six episodes: 17/18, 29/30, and 43/44. He also wrote the movie, as per usual.