Finally watched Decker #12, and i believe if my slow ass managed, everyone has as well.
First off, did they just pull off what could have been a 2-episode plot in one? And not feel rushed? Because that was perfect pacing; hook, external conflict, internal conflict, resolution, they all reached their conclusion in a reliably fair and logical manner.
Kanata and Hanejiro's friendship really shines through this episode as well. They relied on each other just right, Hane's forced departure on Kanata to bring out Decker was completely fine considering the episode alludes to how much more human he was becoming and before this, he'd already been forced to cover for them in a multitude of situation so this is just fair as a turn of event.
Kanata's influence seems to propagate far this time. The gym scene, Hanejiro's humanizing progress, all goes back to their earlier interactions. Where Kanata was initially almost always dismissed, now he's an integral enough part of the team that what he says carries weight more often than not. He sheds his optimistic exterior to some level, and is respected for it. That is more than can be said for Asuka throughout all of Dyna.
And more importantly, damn. Asakage really just saw a do not enter sign and ignored it huh? Now the cat's out of the bag. The deck is revealed, Kanata has no hand to play with.
Considering that was a big reveal after a particularly exhausting episode, and the next one is the recap breather... is anyone else expecting a whiplash once #14 rolls around?
I'm also really curious what Strong Power Scram would be like. Miracle Sky encompassed pretty well the ability of both component, the duplicative and telekinetically controlled high-speed object designed for defense and maybe even offense purpose. I want to see the latter in action one-a these days.