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Heyo!

Well, tbh I don’t mind it; there isn’t a whole lot else we can do in Xyz, save for explaining why Kite’s accepted Yuya and co in a flashback.  People say the Xyz arc’s pacing has been crazy, but really, I haven’t had an issue with it.  Especially since it’s been going on concurrently with Yuzu in Academia.  The only qualm I have is it would’ve been nice to see what Reiji and the others were doing in Synchro after Yuya, Gongenzaka and Shun got ported to Xyz, though I’m sure we’ll get a flashback for that when they come back.  Along with that, I would’ve also liked to see them shown going back to Standard to regroup and also see what’s going on with that Lancer program and what Himika’s been up to.  And let Masumi and Yaiba gloriously join the war.

But yeah, I mean, I’m enjoying the whole thing with Ed and Smile World (though lol existential crisis over smiling), didn’t think the Shun “they’re my allies” thing was that badly done (would’ve liked a bit more leadup, but otherwise I thought it was good), Gloria and Grace have been gifts (though I really did like how intimidating they looked in 107 and their slight hamminess [if that’s a thing] in 108 was slightly jarring, but Grace being so intrigued about Enterdueling while Gloria’s groaning about it is great; if this keeps up, I could see them eventually having a conflict over it), Kite just needs to give us an explanation flashback that shows how he changed his mind, and I’d like a little more on the bond Sayaka had with Ruri that has her feeling so guilty over letting Yuri get her.  If Kite comes along to Fusion, I could see those happening then too, but I think an episode or two of breather (maybe played concurrently with the Dennis/Yusho shenanigans [also i’m hella excited for Dennis]) would’ve been a bit better.

Looking forward to it, though!