Garo Honoo no Kokuin
While the death of Leon’s potential
lover is something that I am pretty sure everyone called, it has been very well
handled within the show. Alfonso’s leaving Leon alone to bury his dead, only leaving
him with a sword to defend himself with, is an honest human mistake that one
would make when dealing with a grieving friend or relative. You think they need
time to sort themselves out but really they need someone to help them grieve
with. That’s why the reappearance of Leon’s inner rage makes sense. He is at
his most vulnerable here, and the inner anger is going to take advantage of
that. I don’t personally like what they did with Leon’s curse mark thingy. I
was hoping that is was going to be something more than just a manifestation of
Leon’s unhealthy quest for vengeance. Like that it was something that happened
from the death of his mother, an accidently Makai magic gone wrong. And while
that still has the possibility of being something deeper than just rage issues,
it kind of closes the door on that for the most part.
Leon’s fight with Alfonso was the
highlight of the episode. It was an amazing show of skill and animation. It was
definitely one of the best fights in the series so far. In the lore of the
world, at least in the live action series, Makai Knights are no allowed to
fight one another outside of very special occasions, or if a fellow Knight has
fallen to darkness. But despite this restriction the fights between Knights are
always great. It is a great mix of martial arts and sword play and is just a
good time. I’m happy that the anime has kept up with this pseudo-tradition. And
the outcome of the fight, while expected, was still very nice to see. Leon in
the real Garo armor, not the strange version that he had before, is a sight to
see and he plays the regal Knight very well. And he has Zaruba back, and Zaruba
is talking with him! That just makes this episode the best one for me. More
Zaruba is always welcome here.
The other big plot point of the
episode is about German. He finally slept with the woman he was staying with,
and then he leaves her before the morning, leaving her alone and sad. But he
leaves her to apparently work with the big bad from the previous cour, on
orders from the Makai big bosses, the Watch Dogs. This is going to be the new
plot for till the end of the show, I assume, with German on one side and the
younger Makai Knights on the other. It looks like it is building to an
interesting climax to the series. So until next time, have fun watching.
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