| Yeah, S3 and S4 of Demon Slayer aren't particularly great. They do the job well in the action, animation and music departments in particular, but the character writing is pretty weak and I was disappointed in S3 in particular in that respect. Some pretty big shifts by the end of the season are necessary to set up for the rest of the series going forward, and I do think it at least ends strong. Also, saw your review of Clevatess. It didn't click as well for me (I'll post my review a bit later, I've got another series ending today that I'll add to the first set of seasonal reviews), but I agree with much of your praise for it. Episode 18 Yeah, last episode crammed in a lot of revelations pretty haphazardly. It's all important background for the series and you can tell that the writers had a number of points they wanted to include, but it seems like they had trouble organizing them and putting the connective tissue between them. Hopefully they can smooth things out a bit in this episode. Seth arrives and gets taunted by Gueroca. The episode title of "Tragedy" literally appears over Tina's face as she puts her head in her hands, not very subtle. An orb of light appears around her, her expression flattens and turns serious, then she exudes blue lightning. Gueroca believes he can use Hesma to control her in this state. Soran arrives at Gueroca's villa, finding themselves face to face with a power they can barely comprehend. She starts drawing Orsel from the Zone at a tremendous rate, and then starts lobbing balls of pure power into the surroundings. Gueroca for some asinine reason tells Hesma not to use his new device to rein her in until after she starts wreaking absolute havoc, so by the point he tries, it's far too late. He can't close the Zone to cut her off from her power or shut down Tina herself. The destruction is brutal, and emotional entreaties from Seth fail, resulting in the loss of his arm. Soran's up next, but seems to fail in reaching her. The scientists try to close the Zone, realizing they really know nothing about it. Instead, what arrives is a gigantic Enma, which none of them can see. Tina is soon surrounded by that same black sphere that Kirchner got engulfed in. She finally starts to come to her senses, the ball around her collapsing as she does. Soran rescues her. Damn, that look of despair on Seth's face. For all that he appeared to be fine with Soran being the one she loved (was that just a front? Because it looked pretty genuine), he still believed Tina's love for him would have broken through, and can't take that it wasn't enough. The showrunners really milk his reaction, following him as he walks for several minutes. Yep, I'm sure this won't go badly. |
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