RIP Messer! At least he had an honorable death. Also finally Kaname looked at him, even if for the last time. About the romance between them I don't know, surely Kaname and Arad are quite ill assorted, on the other hand Kaname and Messer never really interacted, that's why probably I never got into this one. What it seemed to me is that Kaname was really concerned by Messer, because that's how she is, as I said she gives some motherly vibes. But I never perceived any romantic tones. Even in this episode the main issue was not about romance, but him kicking the bucket while she knowing it. In any case, poor Kaname, she will be really sad.
Honestly the whole thing felt a bit contrived if you ask me, but it's a minor thing, I agree pretty much with this
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I will say though I feel like this whole scene (minus death) encompassed pretty much everything I wished I felt towards the Freya/Hayate powerup a few episodes back. While it's hard to really compare a backstory event next to characters who have only recently met, I think with Messer and Kaname there was a really logical set of events set in place to warrant the connection followed by the epic wind riding. Everything they did prior to that moment mattered to why the connection was reached...
Whereas the previous Hayate/Freya thing I felt lacked it, making it feel undeserved.
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It worked pretty well this time for me too, so I'm fine.
What really made me a bit dubious from the start was how they meant to fight back the aerial knights without Messer. I mean, he was leaving in any case, and the skills of the rest of the squadron is quite subpar. yeah, they addressed it ina conversation, but regardless the gap is too wide to be filled by, say, Hayate going into bankai mode, I doubt if would be enough to hold Keith and the rest of the knights all alone. The more natural thing would be to have a new pilot. It would also be interesting to spice up the interactions between our main trio that are a bit slow to start. But from a mere logical point of view they need a substitute. And a skilled one.
about Hayate, I don't think he is your typical dense protagonist, but I agree that the vibes he gives are similar. I find him a bit bland/underdeveloped, not on the levels of Mirage, but not too far either.
And about Mirage, yeah, her reactions in this episode kinda didn't match much with her, but I agree with the explanations given. Still her awareness/interest in the matter seemed a bit sudden, but it's expected given the lack of exposure she had. I mean, I like her, but I can get people not liking her, since the show left her out, bar a couple of general traits of her.
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On the Japanese fan side, apparently this is the love triangle they've been talking about from episode 2, when we first got to see the opening sequence  |
I can see it, with Mirage being barely defined and the focus being mostly on Frejya, it hasn't been good for set up anything interesting on that front. I would expect more Frejya Hayate fans on the other hand, despite the romance-less approach.
In any case I'm looking forward to the next episode, with the hope they will surprise me. What I'm expecting is the Aerial Knights to retreat as usual or Hayate going into bankai mode already with Frejya singing. But given what happened I think it will be the former.
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