Great fights this week, too. Love the Gill armor, and I always love it when a new one debuts and they do the whole thing of them striking a pose with the kanji behind them telling you who they are.
I missed those so much in Yami wo Terasu Mono
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Raiga vs Eiji, and Garo vs Giru, was pretty awesome. It's not often we have Knights fight each other, but when they do it's almost always an impressive spectacle and I felt it was no different here. I thought there was some great sword fighting and choreography during the fight, and Raiga and Eiji being evenly matched for the most part contributed to the tension of the fight and the joy of Raiga's victory :thumbs:.
Giru's Armor was also pretty cool :coolshades:.
That Garo Ken spinning though
Man it sucks to be Crow. Always getting the tar kicked out of him in fights, stuck in a supporting role where more often than not his main usefulness is in his Armor's unique wings, ends up finding out his mentor and father-figure has betrayed his ideals and become a villain, has his best efforts to break the barrier be met with a lot of pain, and is ultimately stuck with a Madou Tool that likes to state the obvious at inopportune times :shakefist.
Even his offer to save Mayuri by offering his body to Eiris, while heroic, also gave the main villain of the series a better body for both fighting off the Makai Knights and reaching where she needs to bloom :redface2:.
But at least it managed to get a lot of emotion out of Mayuri, which was quite surprising to see :O_O:.
I do think both Raiga and Biku seemed forgive Eiji's actions a little too easily. I don't doubt that before Akari's death he was a good man and an honorable Knight, and in some ways probably still is, and I can understand his sense of loss and reason at losing the woman he loved, but that still doesn't justify his releasing Eiris and all the people who have suffered because of it. Especially not when he did it all under the false impression that he could revive Akari through Mayuri. At the very least, I hope Biku takes him in to be judged by the Watch Dogs for his crimes or at the very least he sacrifices himself to help stop Eiris :170:.
It was nice to see Biku again
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Garo on Gouten vs. Eiris!Crow was also awesome to watch, especially the moment when you see Gouten coming in alongside Crow, and it would be pretty cool to see Eiris go over the time limit so we can get a glimpse at "Lost Soul" Crow :buttrock:.
Who wants to bet that Eiris' true form is going to be a giant naked woman in true Garo form :sweat:?
Overall, I'll be sad to see this series end. While I think Yami wo Terasu Mono was better when it came to properly using its episode count to focus on the story and main plot, at least to a certain extent, Makai No Hana was so much of a return to what I love about Garo that I didn't find it a big issue. I definitely would like to see this cast again in a future series, and learn from this season :anime:.
