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Well, we’re getting somewhere at least.

FYI, Black Butler got a new OP this week that more or less completely removed the new characters, so… yeah, it’s back to the season 1 cast only. I flipped through the episode briefly, then gave up. *shrug*

Impressions:

This was about one step forward and one step backwards for the show. We rewound all the way back to Sion recruiting Ellis and Lyner for the Super Friends. That made the whole narrative and story much more cohesive, but they also sacrificed Ellis and Lyner’s intreractions for this episode, which made the whole thing feel even more generic than it already did. About the only thing that was missing from the party gathering cliches was a thief trying to pick Sion’s pocket and a mascot character.

The episode still did have its moments, like Lyner hightailing it the moment he was given the opportunity, or him dicking around with the other recruits without them realizing it, but much of the energy and humor from the first episode was just plain missing. Ellis is badly needed to offset Sion’s milquetoast approach to anything. Yes, he can be snarky at times, and even shoot lightning, but 95% of the time, he’s just standing around speaking in his dull monotone about this or that. At least Lyner’s girlfriend attempted rapist is spunky and kind of adorable. I don’t see good things in her future though. Besides, at this point, it’s nearly an ironclad law point that no Zexcs male lead will ever have any interest in a female.

Preview:

Evil clowns! Evil clowns! Evil clowns!