In a lot of ways, I really dislike that Nura had such a great episode
with Inugami a few episodes ago as it actually gave me some hope that
we'd see something thrilling at the end here and that the A team would
step in and shepherd things. With the battle between the two starts
starting in the previous episode, it didn't actually get too far since
it was a lot of rallying the troops (what awful pep talks they were!)
before getting to anything good. It was almost a classic battle in a
sense as both sides faced each other down in the park before starting to
go at it while yokai sightings started being reported all over town.
With
this episode, entitled Devil's Hammer, the fighting picks up a whole
lot more but it suffers from the problem of having so many characters
attacking all over the place that it loses its connection for the
viewer. Some of these characters haven't been seen much, if at all, so
it just becomes a cavalcade of action. That works well enough in its own
way as there's plenty to like when you do recognize people in the
middle of the hazy blue fog that's surrounding it all, but you start to
want more time spent with the main characters. So when Rikuo and the
others take center stage, your interest perks up. Of course, that's when
it wants to shift to his schoolmates as they race around the city as
part of the paranormal research club.
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