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Bad day to be a female in this show.

Impressions:

Well, at least there were almost no flashbacks this week. Just one short one from Milk, who has ceased being relevant to the plot at hand and is now off cradling the heads of dying giant berserkers. On the other hand, at least half of the episode was spent in either Lyner or Sion’s inner worlds with them arguing with their demons. Let me tell you, there’s an entire bloody fraternity inside Lyner. Lyner’s visions of one eating his mother and then seeing some other warrior behind a door were admittedly much more interesting than Sion arguing with himself over Lyner, but they did do a decent job handling the direction towards the end of Sion’s scene, especially with the lighting, making it unclear which of the two actually "came out."

Most of the rest was more focused on being obtuse than in getting things moving towards a conclusion. Lyner’s father kidnapped him, gave him a mysterious tattoo, and then dumped him in bed with Feris. As far as dastardly plans go, I’ve seen worse, but it’s pretty late in the game to be introducing quite this many random magical mysterious gizmos. King Gastark also does the merciful thing and sets Keifer free just seconds before her dress gives way so she can go help Lyner because… eh… why not? I’m sure it seemed like a good idea at the time.

Preview:

Awesome preview, guys.