It’s with the transition from the different media, I think. More often than not, I’ve had this problem with the Edens Zero manga which I believe to be fatal, and it relates to the pacing and placing of some of its fights, with the greatest offender of all being generally the boss fight. To sort out thos werid feeling with the episode, I decided to go back to the manga, and to my surprise, Bellial Gore hardly ever suffers from that, as the frenetic placing and pacing of its final strecht of chapters is phenomenal and helps a lot in leaving a strong impression of the arc as a whole. So yeah, I’m suspecting that somethings didn’t work quite as well as its manga counterpart, hence the small indifference i have with this episode as a whole. It’s a small nitpick, I know, but at the same time, it’s kind of a bleak mark in what otherwise has been a nice run to the season.
I won’t spend much time depicting the events here – it’s pretty much straightforward, so it’s easy to understand what is happening here, and I doubt it needs that deep of an analysis. Basically, Almira took Labilia’s place in this new reality (another concerning aspect to Rebecca’s abilities) and aids the team in their quest to defeat Draken, as she origin had been ordered to gather the truth about Draken’s weaknesses. She leads the Edens crew into destroying the Life Support machine “Undead Joe” has been using to prologue his life, but when the Dark Alchemist closes in to take Rebecca for once and for good, Shiki gets separated from the rest of the group to deal with his possible weakened body, should the rest of the crew succeed. One thing to note here is Rebecca’s traumatized reaction to the sight of Draken Joe. Cat Leaper is a fantastic ability, yes, but while the rest of the world is experiencing these events for their first time, the truth remains that Rebecca, while fighting for her and her crew’s survival, is risking to experience all of the terror she just went through again. It’s tio scary to think that should be the case, and no surprise, she weavers in a moment like this one.
The starting moments of Shiki vs. Draken are decent enough, albeit it is a shame that it has to divide its attention with so many different events playing out. I’m holding off any commentary before the fight is concluded, but kudos to the animation team because it’s looking pretty neat. So far, so good. There’s not much else I want to talk about, really. What strikes as an enigma, though, is Wiesz repulse when hearing what Draken’s been doing to keep his life going. We don’t really know much about Weisz’s background beyond what has been shown, so whatever has happened to him, it should be great to see his connection to Draken getting explored. The next episode will definitely be peak. I can’t hardly wait to watch it and write about it when I’m done.
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