Monday, November 14, 2016

X Part 3 Episodes 11-15


The Dragons of Heaven and Earth have all gathered.  Now only one piece remains: Kamui…or is it two pieces?  The revelation of a Second Kamui sends ripples through the young mans life that will shape his destiny for the battle to come.  Dreams become warnings.  Nightmares become reality.  And those Kamui holds most dear are in mortal danger.  No matter his choice: to become a Dragon of Heaven or a Dragon of Earth, there will be no going back for Kamui.  He thought he knew true pain and fear…until now.

So, Fuma is the new Kamui, or the Dark Kamui…suppose that was inevitable.  Chalk it up to no one else being around or the obviousness of Fuma’s creepy closeness warning with Kamui last week.  Don’t get me wrong, it’s not a weak twist.  In fact it gets things rolling at long last for the show.  The first week was good set up.  Week 2 was hampered by a ton of backstory.  Now, in Week 3, things have finally started to boil over. 

Dark Fuma seems an ok villain right now, even if he dresses like a wannabe Darth Vader.  He loves to talk a lot and brag…really brag cause he’s so OP it’s hard to believe how the DoH are going to defeat him.  Plus he likes to call himself “Kamui” now.    Still, he’s pretty brutal and had no qualms about killing Kotori and making Kamui watch (possibly the most intense moment yet).  And still, they manage to fit in unlocked Yaoi Fan Fiction ability with how flirty Fuma sounds when he talks to Kamui…or gets very intimately close.  Ladies im sure that’s all for you. Let’s just hope Fuma doesn’t add talking about himself in the third person to his list of dark side abilities.

Destiny is indeed a cruel mistress for everyone in X.  Hinoto’s revelation that the destiny of Kotori and Kamui wouldn’t have changed much if Kamui had chosen the Dragons of Earth, only he’d be the only killing her, is pretty sad.  But why not just tell everyone what’s going to happen and start a new chain of events that might change things up a bit?  Hinoto refusing to give up any info cost Kamui Kotori and herself Saiki, who we learned was in love with her all along.  If she took a chance and had faith in the people she sees as the protectors of the future, maybe her visions wouldn’t turn out so horrible.

Speaking of, Saiki’s death is sad but I wish he had been given a little more to do.  I often talk about how big this cast is and how it could really be cut down from teams of seven to four or five.  Saiki could have easily been a DoH instead of his still not really developed Uncle or the Firestarter from the Red Light District.  When the DoH all gathered around Kamui, it didn’t have as much payoff as id hoped.  If it had just been characters we’d gotten to know and had been around from the beginning: Sorata, Arashi (both of whom haven’t done much in a bit), Subaru (who served a better purpose this week than last.  Seriously, his trip into Kamui to save his soul was a better intro episode for him than his intro the week before) and Yuzuriha (just to make the team an even five but she’s still my least favorite charater), then it would feel more complete.  Adding in two more characters to their team when things are starting to get going feels forced just to balance out the numbers.  And don’t get me started on these two technologically based side forces who have only been in the show for five seconds just to be random support for Kamui…I don’t think they deserve much mention to time to be delved into.

The DoE got their numbers sorted as well in addition to Fuma (I’m not gonna call him Kamui though he insists on it to everyone else).  Turns out GI Joe (yes he has a name but im just gonna keep calling him that) is a member, which means Yuzuriha’s gonna be heartbroken when she inevitably has to fight him.  Oh and the DoE have a Dream Seer of their own (yeah, Kanoe just spies, she cant see dreams on her own, I should point out).  Kakyo’s an odd but likeable choice for the DoE.  It hard to imagine how he could fight in his state (comatose on the outside but his spirit wanders dreams) but the way he talks and looks about things, he could very well be the more sad and welcoming voice for the DoE rather than Kanoe and her massive chest. 

Lastly, gotta point out Kamui’s good growth this week.  After being an unlikeable ass, the death of Kotori and Subaru nearly killing himself to save his soul, Kamui began to finally lighten up.  He accepted Subaru’s help, Sorata’s friendship and even tried to patch things up with Saiki before he got killed.  He’s still got a ways to go before he’s ready to take on Fuma but right now, Kamui’s on the right track to being a likeable hero.  No doubt losing Saiki not long after Kotori’s gonna weigh on him.  But this final battles just getting started and Fuma’s looking to up his kill count quite a bit just to torture his former best friend…or try to goad him into sleeping with him, it’s hard to tell where Fuma’s priorities are when it comes to Kamui really.

All in all, X got good this week and rebounded a lot.  The story got thrown into overdrive, Kamui made his choice and dealt with the consequences, and Kanoe and her team have their ace in the hole…but is that a good thing?  Probably not and I wont be surprised if he turns on his own team…it’d be worth it to see things not go Kanoe’s way for once.

The starters gun has been fired.  Let’s see how the DoH hold up after the chaos really gets going next week.

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