Lance N' Masques

Yufeng reminded her of her sifu when she was saved by Knight Lancer forming an unusual bond between the two. Meanwhile, Yuyan still can't accept the loss of his father from Knight Lancer, so he abducted a lady to capture his attention. Yotaro must stop a possible tragedy while trying to save a hostage.

Yotaro being pursued by the Knights of the World Africa branch for his abilities, is being outnumbered. Yotaro has to face this dilemma as it comes with great consequences to his life.

Yotaro is back and doing normal for now at school. Until the new "masked" crew introduces theirselves around town as Makio grows the suspicion that Yotaro is Knight Lancer. Yotaro trying to win back Makio is quite a challenge for this episode.

We see Dorgon's backstory how he is deeply attached to the chief since he was young and now enraged that the chief was killed. Wants to take revenge at Yoriko but Yotaro interferes and will fight his senior.

The fight ensues and Team Yotaro are at a disadvantage. However, they each find their own reason to fight enabling them to fight back. This episode showcases the side characters backstories and their reason why they do what they do.

Makio and crew followed to the island where Yotaro and Yuyan were abducted. The Four Gods get their one on one battles at a time. Best episode yet as the side characters get to show their fighting abilities.

Yotaro is being attacked by a different group of knights and is abducted back to his hometown. First interesting plot for me due to an upcoming fight, since most of the time it focuses more on his chivalrous White Knight Syndrome.

Yotaro and gang went on a hot spring vacation in order for Yufeng to get closer to the family. A difficult task, however, theywere able to bring her back after escaping all because her "father" Knight Lancer wasn't there. Yufeng making amends with the crew to be a good girl and hoping her father would show up.

They did a great job wrapping up the main conflicts while keeping the focus on yotaro and makio's bond. it felt like a super natural conclusion to the arc and left the series in a really good place. An wholesome way to end the finale.

The action choreography is on another level in this episode. Yotaro completely pushing past his limits to protect makio and the others made the battle feel so intense.

Yotaro and the rest of the crew showing so much resolve during the island fights gave the episode a great emotional payoff. The animation during the big action sequences looked amazing too.

The group finally executes the infiltration plan and seeing sylvia, alice, and the others adapt to the island defenses kept the tension high from start to finish of this episode.

The side characters completely carried this episode. Seeing everyone refuse to just sit around waiting for Yotaro to get helped gave the episode a great change of pace.

Yotaro suddenly get separated from everyone completely changes the vibe, and Sylvia scrambling to put together a plan to track him down is tense and pacing is good.

Yotaro and Sylvia teaming up to handle the sudden escalation looked so much cleaner than the previous episodes. And pacing in this episode is good.

Yufeng, Yotaro, and Makio trying to navigate the new living situation at the mansion is just ridiculous. it's kind of a goofy but their daily banter actually works well. The household comedy in this episode is pretty funny.

I wasn't expecting them to drop a family drama episode right after the big fight. Yotaro getting completely cornered by makio’s dad is super tense. Pacing is little bit slow compared to the previous episode.

Yotaro's combat style is pretty unique with the lance, and the soundtrack during the confrontation is perfect. The pacing is good.

Yotaro balancing his heavy knight duties with trying to keep a daily routine is entertaining, and the visual style handles the transition between comedy and serious moments so well. Pacing is fine.

Yotaro trying so hard to ignore his knight impulses only to instantly jump into action is hilarious. The lance animation looked super clean too. A good premiere episode.