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They are scrumptious and help Luke get into Natalia’s pants.

Impressions:

I’ve got to give them some credit. Legretta and Sync’s final battles were actually rather well done. If they had just cut out all the flashbacks and needless chatter in between, it would have been the first truly solid episode in a long while. Unfortunately, there was a ton of random yakking stuffed in between the clashes that prevented it from ever really building any momentum through the first half. The end of the fight also came a bit abruptly. Tear just paralyzed everybody (with Nightmare? Are you kidding me?) and that was that. Even more unfortunately, the Asch vs Luke fight consisted of about 75% flashback and 10% Asch’s inferiority complex. Regardless, the first half and about the first minute of the second was probably the best that this show has been in months and months.

I do think Legretta really got the short end of the stick compared to all the rest of the God Generals, although I’m extremely impressed at Jade’s ability to bloodlessly kill her without even tearing her clothes. I’m not even sure why they refused to show blood either since Asch died with his splattered all over the place. In fact, I think he’s the first person to actually bleed something other than orange or blue sparklies in this show. Anyway, I barely even remember them even starting into the Tear and Legretta’s past together, and compared to the far more marginal Dist, she’s barely made a ripple in the late going. Then again, I’d hate to put forth the idea that we should have sacrificed the little action we had for more flashbacks. The pacing and development problems are best saved for a wrapup next week.

Also… "Asch’s heart is in me now…" That may be the corniest line you’ve ever uttered, Luke. Shame on you, even if you did just consume his precious precious bodily fluids fonims.

Speaking of which… I really hope that the preview is just holding everything back, because it was almost nothing but stills. *sigh*

Preview:

Van the Stampede.