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DreamSword
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Episode 15: Worst
That title is accurate because holy crap is this episode awful!
It's also the sort of thing where I feel like I need to put some sort of warning up front. Not the typical content warnings that other websites use, though.
No, because see, this episode decided it wanted to have commentary on gender politics and the nature of affairs/cheating, which in turn makes it really difficult and uncomfortable for me to talk about.
So I'll just say it here, if I at any point cross some sort of line or show any kind of misunderstanding in my reflections of the episode in this post, feel free to call me out. I'm an ace man, I don't deal with romance, and I sure as hell am not any sort of expert in this kind of ordeal.
With that out of the way, what is this episode even about? Well, they decided to make an episode centered entirely around Masamune, the aristocrat who's spent the entire anime doing nothing but cheating on his wife and making advances on young girls. A very shallow character, but one that was never portrayed as funny, or in the right, or even as a remotely good person.
When the latest attempt at cheating on his wife goes south, Masamune's' wife decides she's had enough and starts putting her foot down about how their household is ran. In response, Izumi(the informant Raiko and co use every now and then) hires Raiko and Kintoki to spy on Masamune in an attempt to keep him out of trouble while she tries to find a way to get Masamune to stop being an awful husband.
Now, with how frustrating I've already noted this episode to be, you might already have an idea of what exactly goes on here; The idea that the episode goes out of its way to glorify Masamune and portray his wife as the bad guy. But what this so weird is that you'd only be half right. This episode doesn't make anyone look good. Not Masamune, not his wife, not men, not women. It's so wishy-washy and inept that I honestly can't even tell what the hell this episode was trying to do other than be a giant waste of time.
Because here's the thing that gets me. This episode outright acknowledges that what Masamune does is wrong. He should be faithful to his wife. He shouldn't cheat on her and he should stop sexually harassing women. But then it flips around and says "Oh, all men get like that because of the way women treat them" Which, as a man, is really backhanded and makes me feel awful, thanks. But then the episode flips around AGAIN to say "No, Masamune is incapable of change or improvement, and now that his wife is gone hes back to being an incredibly awful person regardless."
Just... what is even the idea here?
This episode says men cheating and being creeps are wrong, but then turns and goes "It wouldn't happen if women handled men better. But it is okay if women cheat though. Also if a man hits on them it's their fault." Just... what in the world!? Did I miss something in all of this?
I... man, this was easily the worst episode across the entire franchise so far. Even ignoring the hugely problematic "message" it has, there's no action to speak of, the moments played for laughs so are not funny, and the entire experience was just incredibly uncomfortable for me. Heck, in terms of plot, the only thing that progressed was Izumi agreeing to do research on the Crimson Moon. And again, even on a character basis it fails because Masamune doesn't at all grow as a person or redeem himself, and every other character only looks worse due to the nature and execution of the entire scenario. It's the type of garbage I'd've expected out of
Blassreiter
, not this, a show I've been liking!
Overall, this episode is an absolute waste of time, and you're better off skipping it entirely. Total crap.
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