So, uh, episode 21 of Zets sure sucks. I mean,
it's great. Uh, of course it's great. Uh, but
it sucks because the, uh, the bad guys are winning,
and it's a big deal. Like, not only are the nightmares
winning, but they're winning in pretty much the
worst way possible, which is that they're winning
by manipulating children and, uh, capturing them.
These kids go dead -eyed, and then they walk
into the nightmare, and then that's it. It's
over. Boom. I suppose I should back up a little
bit and talk more about the content of the episode.
But the thing I want to say is that what this
episode does really well is it makes a victory
for the bad guys happen. And it makes it matter
in a very big way. And it's probably, if you
were going to give a victory to the Nightmares,
it's probably the best way to do it. I don't
know that Fujimi had to have the, like he was
the best vector for a Nightmare victory from
episode... Two or three or whatever it was. But
he's, you know, a decent one. And it sort of
helps him tie into the overall story. But not
in a way that... It matters. But it doesn't matter
as much as these kids getting... turn into getting
pulled into a nightmare nightmare you know their
nightmare uh succeeding and then escaping to
the real world by pulling them into itself and
then manifesting the real world where it then
teleports them away so it's really rough it's
really creepy it's really harsh uh what's going
on here and i like that because it's extra dramatic
and it's important that we keep things as dramatic
as possible so uh yeah i mean this episode is
really effective at giving us the worst case
scenario as 3 says at the end, it's a code red,
that's what he said. Which is funny because they're
called code too, right? Anyway. So, I don't know
what I was saying before I got interrupted, but
it's very effective because these children are
in danger. And we get to see the... And I keep
thinking of the phrase, you know, won't someone
please think of the children? But that's exactly
who's being targeted here. And it's interesting
because Code targeted children, you could say,
if you want to be uncharitable, which I'm inclined
to be uncharitable towards Code because I don't
think they really deserve a lot of charity. Baku
is a Code operative, but he's basically rogue,
even though he's working within the organization.
And I find that to be interesting versus, you
know, 5 and 6 who are... very much following
what the organization says to do, and it's interesting
because it's that concept, that idea is asking
bigger questions, and it's making me think there's
something thematically larger going on here.
I don't really know what it is. Anyways, let
me circle back to the children. I think it's
really interesting that all of these kids had
dealt with some sort of traumatic event. I think
it was like flooding, volcano, whatever. There
were multiple kids, more than just, is his name
Shota or not? Shota, Sota, something like that.
Anyway, the girl is Tomoko, the karate girl,
who wants to be the fighter. She's also encountered
some sort of real dangerous thing, and it's funny
because it made me think. that maybe the fact
that all these kids have experienced something
dramatic pushed them towards whatever the lady
is called as a psychologist, and maybe she treated
them, and maybe she implanted at that time the
nightmares of the Demon King within them, which
is very possible, but then that made me think
further back, is it possible that Baku, after
being hit by lightning, after his parents died,
after whatever happened to him, these different
things, did he go to the lady when he was a boy?
and receive treatment from her, and that's when
Code decided to... Maybe she was working for
Code at the time, so I'm getting into theory
territory here. Maybe she was working for Code
at the time, and she was identifying targets
for them, or children who would be potential
assets for them in the future, and that's how
he got assigned to it. That's how the others
got assigned to it as well, which makes me think,
did Kureha have something bad happen to her back
in the day as well when she was a kid that got
her into this cram school that Hodaka was overseeing,
I guess? If that theory checks out, that's super
sinister. If that theory doesn't check out and
she's just traumatizing these kids who have had
nightmares who've come to see her and given them
nightmares, that would make a lot of sense. Also,
if she, as a psychologist or psychiatrist, whatever
it is, is seeing clients and then injecting nightmares
into them because possibly people who have had
trauma or difficulties are easier to birth, it
makes it easier for them to birth them. Whatever.
A nightmare is more easily channeled through
somebody like that who's psychologically compromised,
you could say. That would be really interesting,
and that would make her, like, extra evil and
extra bad, which I find really interesting. And
I can understand why Code would want to fight
against her and do whatever they had to, potentially.
But did she start off as a code agent, or are
they working against her? And she kind of started
this whole thing with the nightmares. We don't
know. It's too early in the show to tell, but...
These are the kinds of questions that are being
raised here, and I find it very interesting.
What's going on? And also, she mentioned something
about children having these, you know, the greatest
potential for dreams, and that kind of gives
them the most powerful or most potent nightmares,
which is an interesting concept. I don't really
know what that means. I don't really know where
that's coming from, although, I mean, it makes
sense intuitively. But, yeah, where does that
go? I don't really know. I don't really know,
but it makes me uncomfortable. And it also feels
like it's also, it's very true, which makes it
sad that like she would knowingly, like somebody
who has expertise in how the mind works would
know, oh yeah, I can easily manipulate these
kids and turn them into whatever, you know, vectors
for nightmares to come into the real world or
whatever it is. One last thing and then I wrap
it up because Whatever. I have things I want
to say in my bonus material, in my shorts, which
you can find on the blog at mgmonios .com, yes.
But anyway, the link will be in the pinned comment
for that. But I want to say one more thing. Baku
falls asleep super early, like during the day,
and then he goes into the dream. We see him in
the dream next, and the kids are there, but also
Agents 5 and 6 are there, which would imply that
it is, you know, a reasonably nighttime when
they would be asleep as well. And his sister,
Nami, points out, yeah, the kids aren't going
to be asleep yet. What are you doing? You're
sleeping too early. Is it possible that Baku
might be in danger of becoming a full -time sleeper
agent where the more he does things in the dream
world, the more he's just going to be a person
who's asleep and who is always there, kind of
like Nem is or whatever. Anyway, I just, I find
this all very fascinating and I like how we're
getting forward progression and we're getting
more questions. raised as well and we don't we
know we don't have the full shape of the mystery
and as we get further it turns into this thing
that's more it's got more arms more tentacles
and we can't see where they are all going so
it's very interesting it's like a very enjoyable
thing that there's this progressive revelation
forgive my use of that phrase uh that as we get
revealed more to us we learn that there's also
more that we don't know so it's very effective
writing very nice and then of course they went
for the kids which is horrible especially because
the way uh It depicts the kids being victimized
and harmed by the system, which I will talk about
more in my shorts, which will be included in
the bonus section at the bottom of the blog post
over at the website mgmooneynews .com. You can
find all my stuff there. Find a link for it in
the pinned comment, as well as links to my playlists
here on YouTube that have all of my Zets coverage,
all of my Mega coverage, all of my whatever else
coverage as well. So until next time, folks,
take care. This is MJ with... Rider Tears and
Engine Inspection signing out. Let me know what
you thought about this episode. Did you think
the horror of hurting these children was like
especially effective or really interesting? Or
did other aspects of the show of this episode
stand out more to you? I know I totally basically
skipped over the Knox fight versus five and six,
which was interesting, but just this pulled my
attention. So if you want to talk about that
stuff, let's talk about it because I'm sure I
have thoughts and opinions on that as well that
I could share with you.