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Wow. Rinko had a nice scene. I’m shocked.

Impressions:

A rather intense first half, although like the early Ques stuff, sort of suffered bit since about half that fight was in that promo they put out a few weeks back. It was still very enjoyable though. I do wish they would show some kind of weakness in the Ninetail’s front. I’m all for overwhelming power, but nobody’s been able to even get within a foot of her yet. When they do manage to awake Yuuto’s power and most likely one-shot her, it’ll seem a bit sillier. Hopefully they’ll handle that decently, but the way they’ve been playing up Yuuto’s power as the be-all end-all doesn’t make me too optimistic.  

The main issue with this episode is the very very drawn out second half. I did really like what they did with Rinko in it at the very least. She doesn’t want Yuuto to fight, but now that he’s decided to, it’s her job to cheer him on. Good girl. Don’t let yourself drown in stupid angst trying to change your worthless inanimate object man. Regardless, the extended Ques phone call and big ol’ "We’ve gotta read these books" bits were pretty painful and really added nothing to the show. Above and beyond that, after the action packed first half, they pretty much sucked all the energy out of the episode before the big finale of Himari drowning herself in her power to fight. Hooray for metaphors.