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Rating: 9.1/10

Impressions:

It looks like now we’re in to the proper, main storyline, though it seems the anime is not going to follow the manga exactly. They seem to be showing in their own way, by changing the order of the events, and perhaps inserting random filler material like this episode. Although most of this episode involving Komrin IV is filler, it does make it rather funny and progressive as well. I bet the animators had fun coming up with the various new Komrins…perhaps this will become bigger later on as the animators think up new designs xD. However, hopefully during the more serious episode, the anime won’t try to mix in senseless filler humour.

This episode covers two chapters of manga, coupled with extra comedy material. The non-filler parts include Allen and Lavi’s meeting with Tyki Mikk. What doesn’t happen though, is Krory going to HQ and going through the same welcoming process that Allen did. However, the anime did seem to skip out on a few important parts, this time about Linali AGAIN. In the manga storyline, Linali is meant to be on the train to her next mission _with_ Allen and Lavi, but because they get caught up with Krory, they’re a bit behind. The scene left out is of Linali having a dream that’s also in the OP sequence, where she is crying on the destroyed buildings.

Being 52 episodes, it’s surprising how the anime is only up to chapter 42 now. There are 100+ chapters so far, though the manga should be coming to a close soon. The pace needs to be picked up, and I really see no point in the fillers, unless the animators decided to diverge from the manga and make an anime-original ending. I would be fine with that, but anime-original endings usually suck, so I hope it doesn’t happen. Next episode is supposed to be about Kanda again (finally), but it looks like it will be about one of the Exorcist Generals, Yeager, who I really can’t remember in the manga.

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