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This ep was really really good. A clear 8.5 for me, barely short of excellent, so what to do? I'll go with 8 for now, but it was about the best 8 you'll get.
As a reminder, on subboards you don't need spoiler tags for episode threads. Whoever goes there goes with the intention to spoil himself, and in his own risk. If yu don't wanna be spoiled, stay out.
Why do I like this ep so much? Two main reasons:
1) The final showdown was managed very well. Good music, excellent voice acting, excellent animation. J.C.Staff DOES know how to create tension when they feel like it.
2) They managed to come up with a decently logial resolution. Both for Aureolus' motivation WHY he did what he did, and how he tried to achieve his goal. In a way, he's like "Touma bad end", as our TL put it. If Touma had failed to save Index, this might have become of him too. A wackjob, who tries wack ways to achieve his goal.
And well, we're about to hit paydirt anyway. Bring on 10!
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