Finally got around to playing halfway through the new TKDB episode tonight. I stopped at the beginning of the Cupid arrow challenge. I haven't been on this site in a while, so I haven't seen any spoilers.
A couple things:
1. I think Ritsu is the rogue because his pant loops and laces on his top are a different design than the others. And coming into MC's room like that under the guise of finding Taiga when the man hasn't really been as much of a problem as usual, seducing her?? SUSPICIOUS. It also took me a minute to understand how he solved that tower challenge so quickly, even with the visuals. it was kinda sweet how he could tell MC's voice apart from her doppelganger.
2. Taiga finally admitted his stigma to MC. I was eating up all the fan theories about it when he was a part of an episode. Glad to say I'm well fed. Clearly his memory issues stem from the use of his stigma... so like the farther out he sees, the equivalent to that is erased from his memory? How often is he using it? He's also constantly hungry, like he eats more than the average person, even Alan I believe who is objectively one of the bulkiest characters. Is it affecting more parts of his brain like dopamine receptors, whatever it is that signals to the stomach to stop consuming when it's full (idk much about the brain - or any part of the human body, sorry), etc? He's so fascinating to me.
3. HAKU IS LEVELING UP THE RIZZ!!! It even got me going "Damn 😳" and I don't blush often. Good thing I'm alone lol. I do constantly forget that magic just exists in this world and he seems to be the only one really in tune with it. Bro should be putting on shows in Dionysia (plz be spelled right🙏). If he can handle Taiga, he can handle Shion.
4. I expected nothing less from Alan. If I was locked in that tower like he was, I would go for the bull before anything else. That says a lot more about me than I want it too ANYWAY it didn't occur to me that his directional issues applied to maps, either. I understand, as a fellow directionally-challenged person myself, getting lost in a new place or a place that hasn't been visited often, but a layout on a piece of paper? I hope that he was at least using a finger to guide him, otherwise he's not beating the himbo allegations. I know he was trying to play it cool, not alarm MC when he was clearly struggling to get his heart rate calm, too. I think it was both of their hearts that triggered the water rising.
5. Elias been dragging my girl around OMG. Getting her shocked, which tbf, he didn't have a layout of the floor plan, I get it, still mad tho. Then taking her with him into that hidden room, no makeshift weapon on their persons at all? A pen, broken chain leg, glass from a mirror, nothing? Nope, they braver than me. Shout-out to New Orleans, though. A destination on my bucket list fr.
6. Sho was so smart to match up his counting with her steps instead, but like, how? I was thinking that he measured the distance of her stride out somehow, so I tried it. I naturally step a foot apart when I'm walking, but I determined that by leaving strips of paper wherever my foot touched down. Was he listening for her heel to touch down first? Starting to speak at the slightest scruff of her shoe making contact with the stone? 🤯
All in all, I'm enjoying this so far. Definitely a different feel from the previous episode. That one was more laid back, the calm before the storm if you will. This one changed tune QUICK. I like the dynamics growing between the characters, how these 6 who we haven't seen really interact much together are learning each others' skills and building trust out of that. I can't wait to see how that trust is tested when I can finally finish.
This is all I really have to say rn. It's not much, could be better, but it's currently 3:35 a.m., my shift's over in like 2 hours, and I'm running on no sleep and three cans of Casey's knock off Starbucks espresso drinks.
I'm open to discussion if I got anything wrong or I didn't explain myself correctly.
