Recommendations from Iwamoto-Senpai

The flashback with young Toboso squeezing into the citrus crate only for the Master to say customers want a handsome man not a child. That stung. Then Hitsugi losing his spot at twenty-five. Two brothers discarded by the same cruel boss and neither of them ever properly dealt with it.

The animation is rough no doubt about it. Some shots barely moved. But you know what I stopped caring about that halfway through because Toboso kneeling in that blood with his dead brother and Iwamoto just standing there giving him space was devastating. The words carried this whole thing.

So Hitsugi was killing people all along and carrying them around in that box. The reveal felt more tragic than shocking honestly. The moment Toboso tried to take the blame and become the Box Man himself broke something in me. Easily the series' best writing.

The Gap Man reveal through the bookshelf sliver was legit creepy. Reminded me of Ju-On. I know people complain about the stiff animation but honestly the static shots make the horror work better. The Box Man design says everything with nothing

That whole backstory with the freak show hit way harder than I expected. Hitsugi carrying that box around with the Master's remains is genuinely haunting. The cherry blossom tree scene where the Master picks Toboso over him broke me a little

The counter strategy against the geisha box man was actually brilliant and catching him with full boxes was hilarious

My favorite part was seeing Iwamoto step into that hot spring and literally make the whole bath explode into boiling flames. He looks thirty years old minimum yet they keep telling us these guys are middle schoolers. The counter trap with the 14 cadets stuffed into every secret crawlspace was top tier tactics though.

I lost my mind when every box opened to reveal a student sitting inside Okuaki is a total maniac for planning that and it worked so well

That mummy stuffed inside the cabinet legit gave me chills. The horror elements in this show always drop out of nowhere and nail the vibe

Sasame using humidity to rot those briars and make mirages was slick and then seeing Iwamoto hide all those dangerous kids in the basement away from the army was so sweet I lost it when the researchers were floating that straw doll made of Amaba hair while Iwamoto stood there offering hideous floral shirts

The rain mirage trick during that briar fight was so neat and Sasame made Rosemarine look ridiculous

Sasame rotting those plant briars with pure humidity under his umbrella made me laugh out loud. Iwamoto picking out those ridiculous colorful flower shirts for Amaba in the lab was hilarious too

Nechune Watergun is the dumbest name in anime history but the man just sat there sipping alcohol with maximum aura while everything around him went crazy

I lost it when Iwamoto grabbed Crystal Flavor and flung her over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes while she was still throwing a fit and blushing

I thought we were getting another spooky village mystery this week, but they completely flipped the script into an all-out global war. Suzame throwing that red oil-paper umbrella to slice right through the rose brambles had me shouting at my screen. Studio Deen stepped up the animation on these fight scenes this season

Nechune Watergun sitting there with a drink while everyone talks about world war made me chuckle and he really does not care about anything

The world-building continues to impress. Expanding beyond Japan and introducing international factions adds so much potential for future arcs and makes the power system feel more interconnected.

This episode proves the series isn't just about isolated battles anymore. The hidden war between nations raises the stakes and makes the supernatural world feel much larger and more alive.

The British witches were such a fun addition. Their unique abilities made every exchange unpredictable, and it was refreshing to see Iwamoto face opponents with completely different fighting styles.

This series keeps introducing the most random powers imaginable, yet somehow they all fit together perfectly. 😂