A bit of a warning before watching this episode: skip the opening if you want to avoid spoilers for the events of this story arc. This episode delivers another lore drop focusing on Hadis' backstory and how he became emperor. His story is somewhat cliché yet also borders on being ridiculous 😅. That said, the episode does a good job of properly introducing the central character of this arc and providing appropriate context for his actions. Just when I thought J.C. Staff was going for a different animation approach, they fell back on their usual sloppy animation during the action filled scenes. Nevertheless, that didn't dampen my interest in the series, and I'm still looking forward to seeing where the story goes next.