Damn they got us, or at least me this time. Completely thought it was going to be Tauburn against Samekh with Takuto finally outright losing a fight. Instead it was Peshent getting hijacked by Sugata. In a sense still a Takuto vs Sugata fight, but not exactly how you imagined it. Though makes you wonder who can topple Takuto now. It is possible Takuto could have lost if Peshent could have contained the power. It was less of a Takuto win than his unit being more durable.
Amazingly this fight instead of making Sugata the leader of the Crux helped to make the friendship between the guys stronger. The reason for the knife was revealed. I was starting to think he carried it to protect himself for when his guards turned into assassins. Guess the personality change was more to do with Sugata bringing down the mask he wore rather than getting messed up by apprivoising. Of course he challenges how much of the real Takuto we've seen. Wonder where this will leave the triangle? If the Sugata that Wako likes was the mask he wore it could make things interesting to watch.
Feel bad for Fish Girl. I'm a bit surprised how the story ended up going. A pretty tragic conclusion. Sam royally screwed up and was left with nowhere he wanted to go and with no girl. I can understand Head not liking the tragic ending there
. Though yeah start to think that the story applied to him as well.
Now the girl goes on a journey from the island for the first time in her life. Might as well since her seal no longer applies. Though getting 'dumped' by Head had to hurt. Made sense that she could always leave, but chose to stay due to her feelings. Guess this means no more of her song starting the battles.