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Rating: 8.5/10, 8.5/10

Impressions:

Well, these two episodes are definitely much better than the last few with half-assed comedy and action tossed together. It goes to show that action in a serious mood exceeds ridiculous comedic fighting by far. Well, at least for me. The sparring in episode 10 is done rather well, and it’s not just a bunch of lousy stills with streaked backgrounds, but almost like Samurai Champloo fighting, where all the swings are shown carefully. Of course, it’s not as creative and varying as Samurai Champloo, but comparing Busou Renkin with that show is not what I’m here to do. Anyway, I’m glad this fight lasts more than one episode. Well, technically the real fight takes only one episode, though there’re clear before and after episodes, while something might happen to resume the combat next episode. But then again, seeing as how the preview depicts the crescent dude and Bravo at a standstill, the twins are probably either gonna get saved or killed quite shortly and be absent for the rest of the episode.

What surprises me the most is the ‘wish’ the twins want to get granted; to become homunculi. I had known for the most part that they aren’t homunculi since they never changed forms even halfway into the battle, though I always had that lingering feeling that their wish would be something like reviving their dead mother. If that’s the case, it would probably turn out to be impossible, meaning the twins would have obviously been betrayed, resulting in them crossing over to the good side and allying with Kazuki and Tokiko. There’s definitely been enough bonding and character development for it, but killing them off as bad guys would have an equally opposite effect, which would do well in showing that Busou Renkin can have sorrow and angst as well. Anyway though, the kakuganes’ special powers are so incredibly lame. I mean, it just so happens that the little brother’s special ability is to absorb energy? Then he would pretty much die right away if faced with an opponent like his sister or Tokiko. And the sister’s ability is pretty crap as well. Unless she can transfer her own injuries to others. That would be awesome.

Preview:

Next episode - #11
And the results of the fight…?

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