[HandofFate]

Just watched episode 8.

Spoiler for episode 8:

Man, I really had a hard time keeping track of Masumi and Manatsu. Even when they reveal who it really is, I go "which one was that one again?" Guess that's actually the point of the whole thing, and if so, it did a good job at it.

The reveal @ the Celestial Rock was pretty interesting with who's who. And the conflict behind this arc. Kind of surprised that Izumiko was fooled, though she had strong spiritual awareness about that. Or maybe that just further empathizes the blending of the Masumi/Manatsu personality and identities.

The connection with Masumi and the snake thing is some crazy level stuff.

HOLY CRAP @ Sagara sprouting wings. Did not expect that.
Then Izumiko separated appears. Throwing a bunch of twists in. And saving the day.

The mom appearing there too. lol. What a climax to this arc. Lots of semi-answers, tons more questions.

Episode 9
Seems to getting into the heat of things.

Spoiler for Episode 9:

Its kind of interesting, but I'm slightly bummed.

It seems in any anime where there's some kind of mystical mystery going on about.
It ALWAYS comes down to time travel.