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Holy Zeus, shut the hell up.

Impressions:

Sometimes I like to pretend that when particularly ass-pully reasons for melodrama pop out, it’s because the volcano god demanded it. So this week, the volcano god has demanded that they sacrifice Io, who was perhaps the worst choice of them all because listening to her VA try to scream in pain/fear was embarrassing us both. It’s not even like it was their desperate last resort either. Well, I guess it was the last resort since it was the only resort. And they were smiling as they did it. It also meant that most of the dialogue for a while was going to be either narrating what was happening on screen, "Nitta-san!" or further half-assed screams of anguish. This wasn’t enough to carry the episode though, so she turned evil too and had to be put down. Why? Don’t argue with the goddamned volcano god. That’s why.

Yada yada, the character who has been nothing but comic relief throws a temper tantrum for minutes upon minutes on end and we’re supposed to take him seriously. Hibiki also has magical powers himself, which every single character needs to comment on despite them not playing Stan Bush’s The Touch at what would be the perfect ironic moment, and with probably the 15th scream of "Nitta-san!!!!" this episode, he starts floating and with tinkling piano playing, insert song, and white blackground while floating in a pocket dimension where time doesn’t pass, he connects with a character who hasn’t been relevant for over two months and gives her the Hug of Solving All Problems, cue ED and a miracle shattering the precepts of reality! And then the ever rare aftereffects of floating 50 feet in the air due to plot magic. Falling. Now that’s the reality that I come here for.