I highly doubt we'll get a Blade-style ending for OOO (Toei seems to be shying away from downer endings in general) but if done well, the threat of it could be good. I'll give Kobayashi her due and say that after the last few episodes of Shinkenger, I do think she could write something like this pretty well.
How is the Blade ending a downer ? I thought it was pretty nobel for Kenzaki to leave so that Hajime didn't have to @_@ despite the possible consequences he still did it in good faith, a part of being Hajime's friend.
But Unkh also said that he was impressed at how Eiji could withstand the combos, so it could just be that his body's not being torn to shreds or breaking down yet. This makes me wonder what the final form would be, since I always though TaJaDoru was the final form.... seems like a mid-way semi upgrade though.
Right now this show has alot of potential and I Have to say that its been a while since I was this impressed with a KR show (or any show / anime for that matter). As long as it doesn't end up having a rushed / or dragout ending, and doesn't become woo overdramatic like kamen rider twilight, then it should be good.
But ya to the previous posts, I do agree that Airi is just a totally out of it.....altzimerz is the best way to put it.... and akiko is an ahou =_+
points that i noticed for ep. 12:
1) eels were awesome, does the job
2) there was a bit of a plot armor when wiji got gangbaned by 2 greeds and a yummy, made me cringe cuz i thought he was gonna lose a medal for sure
3) sagozo was pretty impressive, has a nice finisher as well
4) and yay gotou finally doesn't hate eiji anymore, and its good for him and tsuba to realize that they should "DO" something rather then just talk about it
5) i think they should have showed cazali 's appearence in the end with maki, and during the middle of the episode just have a vague shadow there, so it looks like dokuta maki is just talking to his doll again, woulda been more dramatic
6) and uva IS stupid, can't believe he didn't look near the stage where the small crevices are
7) so Im assuming that the 9 medals each greed has comes down to this: 3 are resposible for maintaining the shape of their bodies, 3 for their shirts (or chest armor), and 3 for their pants (leg armor)
can't wait for more ep.s to come ~ each week that they don't play OOO I will rage and break sumthin ~ jk ~