In this week's episode: How to give Bamba a migraine.
In some ways, I think this episode was kind of self aware, but I'm not sure that saved it. We all knew Green and Black were going to join the team anyways, so instead of having a super serious battle only for Green and Black to learn they were wrong for being loners, the show creators decided to have fun with it. I wouldn't say I was entertained by the games Towa and Koh came up with, but it's different to say the least. I just hope that these two don't constantly have these duels/games to see who the best is despite being on the same team. I've seen that in other shows, and it's not entertaining.
Bamba seems to reflect what I felt about Towa. Despite looking down on them, Towa is such a goofball on his own that he fits right in with the main three. I was wondering why the two of them even travel together, until the episode gave me the answer. They are brothers, and apparently family means something important to Bamba. Either way, he's be having to change everything he's done up til now. He's had to play nice with the other Ryusoulgers, even though he's use to going it alone. He's had to try defeating the Minusaur outright instead of killing the host human. And apparently, he had his Kishiryu partner all along, but he found out treating it like a friend is faster than trying to tame it into obeying. Where in the world did he get the impression to operate this way? There's no way his previous mentor told him to do all this, is there?
Also, just a minor thing, but did this MOTW look like it was maybe based on those insect monsters from Starship Troopers?