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Wiki: http://wiki.tvnihon.com/wiki/Garo_Makai_no_Hana_13

Pretty good episode. I think this is the most we've seen of Crow since his introduction (Even got a flight scene in there too).

I thought the moral ambiguity was clumsily handled though. I mean, what's the deal with that beast? He doesn't seem evil. Did he agree to have all these swords put in his back? "We kept putting our swords into him, but he broke out and killed us for some reason!"

One little moment I liked was the pause before Crow invited Raiga to the ceremony. You know he's thinking something, but not what.

A couple of name drops here. Eiji is mentioned, but not seen (even though he's been on the official page since episode one). And Taishi. Who wants to bet that one of these characters being introduced is going to be the big bad for the end of the series?

Also, Gento should look familiar. He was Radia from GranSazer.

I do have a few nitpicks. I know Raiga is the main character, but why are people always explaining things to him? He's the Golden Knight. So even a thug knight (thanks to Makai Senki we have the top-tier knights and then the rest are just trash mobs) knows what Mayuri is, but not Raiga? What gives?

And the conflict between the characters is terribly done. I get that Gento is a hothead who just lost all his friends. But it seems like everything could have been resolved beforehand with simple communication. Why did the team split up? So Mayuri could be kidnapped. Why was Mayuri kidnapped? So she can sympathize with the beast... that they need to kill anyway before he turns into a monster. So she can step in front of the beast and Raiga can be told that Mayuri is like Barg.

In short, I don't feel like I understand the character actions or motivations. Would it have been better if Barg died in Mayuri? What did Mayuri mean by the Barg saving her?
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I dunno who is Eiji.

And I don't understand what kind of power did Mayuri has. If Barg enter, I dunno if Mayuri sacrifices.

I like the effects how Garo cuts Barg in slow-motion. So the director is Nakagawa Shigeyuki, the special effects director of this series.

It's like in the original Garo OP, I like the new OP theme of this and I've ever heard the mention of Raiga in the lyrics. *Why not Kouga? Just kidding.*
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takenoko wrote:.
I do have a few nitpicks. I know Raiga is the main character, but why are people always explaining things to him? He's the Golden Knight. So even a thug knight (thanks to Makai Senki we have the top-tier knights and then the rest are just trash mobs) knows what Mayuri is, but not Raiga? What gives?
I haven't got the feeling, not in this episode nor in any other, that Raiga doesn't know what Mayuri is. What makes Raiga different is that he doesn't treat her as an object and accept her as a person, that is all.
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I do have a few nitpicks. I know Raiga is the main character, but why are people always explaining things to him? He's the Golden Knight. So even a thug knight (thanks to Makai Senki we have the top-tier knights and then the rest are just trash mobs) knows what Mayuri is, but not Raiga? What gives?
Well, It is said that Garo is the golden knight that is the strongest amongst the makai knights, they didn't say it was the wisest, smartest, intelligent or knowledgable.
If he were all that, he would be a Mary Sue.
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No wonder Gento looks familiar. I recalled he was on Gransazer serve as villain.
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DaVinci030 wrote:I dunno who is Eiji.

And I don't understand what kind of power did Mayuri has. If Barg enter, I dunno if Mayuri sacrifices.

I like the effects how Garo cuts Barg in slow-motion. So the director is Nakagawa Shigeyuki, the special effects director of this series.

It's like in the original Garo OP, I like the new OP theme of this and I've ever heard the mention of Raiga in the lyrics. *Why not Kouga? Just kidding.*
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Eiji's apparently a makai knight of some sort. As mentioned above, he has been listed as a main character since the start of the show, but has yet to make his appearance, and we are already halfway through the series.

But then again, the priestess Jabi only appeared for like 2 episodes in the first Garo series, got killed off, and has actually become quite a popular character in the Garoverse.
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Yep, that new ending song has just become an instant favourite of mine. ;)
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No 1 opening still Savior in the dark
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5-Opening theme no 2 from Makai no Hana.( I don't know the song title)
6-Opening theme no 1 from Makai Senki
7-Opening theme Zero Black Blood.
8-Waga Na wa Garo... ( It didn't have heavy vibes but still enjoyed)
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The episode was okay to me, the opening theme didn't have the same energy as some of the other Garo OP 2, but I'm sure it'll grow on me. The new ending, not so much there. Interesting that it's
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Next episode looks to be rather entertaining.
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I think the episode is trying to foreshadow that Mayuri will become the end boss of the series, like like Kaoru briefly became Messiah at the end of Garo season 1. That's why she looked so disturbed at the end; she probably already knew what would happen to her after she absorbed Eris' seed.

Otherwise, I didn't really see the point of this episode (but then again, I felt there were too many episodes in Makai no Hana which were pointless fillers that contributed little to the overall plot). Sure, a beast killed your companions and it's only natural to feel rage and want to take revenge, but who was the one who stuck the blades in its back in the first place?
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can someone explain what is shadowfolk
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I dunno, Crow just referred to him and his kind as "kage no mono" which means "people of the shadows". So I just simplified it to shadowfolk. I've seen this stuff mentioned in his profile, but I don't remember if he's mentioned it in-show or not.
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That could be referred to beast inside that well
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I'm pretty sure Crow was only referring to himself and the group of priests and knights at the ritual.
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