Black … blood …?

Summary:

The frog witch frees Man of the Demoneye and while they escape, they end up being surrounded by a group of guards. Before attacking, the guards warn the frog witch and the prisoner that they should give up, but the Man of Demoneye refuses to do such a thing since he had been kept in jail for over two hundred years. Metal pikes pierce into the man’s body but he smiles, knowing that he’s immortal. Slowly, he unveils the cloth and above his right eye No Future is written upon it. Screams fill the air. Later on, Man of the Demoneye renames himself as Free after greeting Medusa and insisting that he do her a favour, which is to kill Maka and Soul.

The frog witch still has to do more of Medusa’s errands since she still has a lot of snakes within her, and completing one task would mean that only one snake would be taken out. Meanwhile, at Shibusen, Dr. Stein has Maka and Soul meet him on a Sunday at a special place. He asks them to tell one another the other person’s fault. Maka is disappointed that this is their training while Dr. Stein thinks about how risky this task is: it make Maka and Soul’s wavelength unmatched. Soul starts off by telling Maka how stubborn she is and that she’s not supposed to become stronger to protect her weapon, and in return, Maka wonders why Soul doesn’t wish to become stronger while he remembers the imp offering him an overwhelming power.

In London it’s snowing and Black Star is not thrilled to do co-curricular activities with another team, which is Soul and Maka. Tsubaki notices that Maka and Soul are acting tense around each other and tries to lighten the atmosphere. Suddenly, Free appears before them and Black Star immediately orders Tsubaki to transform into Fey Blade Mode. She doesn’t believe this is a good idea since he still isn’t able to control her, but he reassures her that 30 seconds will be enough. The pair resonance their souls perfectly and almost land a direct hit on Free when Black Star unfortunately collapses unconscious in the snow. Soul abruptly appears below Free and his hand, in scythe form, pierces through Free’s chest.

Free shows them his “true” self while Maka continues to get beat up because she can’t seem to hold Soul in his Weapon form any more, since their soul wavelengths are totally unmatched. The Meister and Weapon constantly argue with each other until Tsubaki yells at them for being too selfish and not listening to each other. Soul points out that Black Star is in the same case as them, so Tsubaki justifies that even though Black Star is an idiot, she thinks that she, too, can be an idiot. Maka and Soul finally realize their faults and Maka forces herself to hold Soul even though her hands burn. They resonance their souls, and this is so because Soul tells the imp to guide him. Maka feels that Soul is taking over and the two manage to almost defeat Free, but he loses due to his own blunder. Maka starts coughing out black blood.

Thoughts:

When I saw Free transform into the Legendary Werewolf, I seriously thought he was a gorilla or a hedgehog until the long tail appeared. This episode was pretty awesome and the fight scene was great as well. Lack of Death the Kid wasn’t even an issue since the episode didn’t seem to drag in any bits. I’m glad that Soul and Maka have finally gotten things figured out between them, and I’m really disappointed that Soul accepted the imp. How can you accept someone so hideous to guide you? It was pretty obvious that Medusa didn’t give a shit about Free, and hey, the name actually sounded kinda cool as well. I liked how Tsubaki yelled at Maka and Soul and brought them to their senses because their constant screaming at each other was sort of getting annoying. And no surprise that Free turns out to be a rather hilarious villain.