The Vermilion Mask

I could not stop thinking about Tina sitting in that room hearing what everyone actually thinks of her. Her own friends. That mask of telepathy is the cruelest thing in this show and nobody swings it like a weapon

Clown pulling tarot cards while Per is literally invisible and still getting read like a book. That whole standoff had me uneasy in a good way. Dude is basically a discount Hisoka but the card gimmick is doing a lot of work for me

Half this episode is people standing in a museum and talking about how scary the mafia is and the actual confrontation is over in a few minutes. Setup felt longer than it needed to be

Some of those museum backgrounds were rough. Same street shot twice and the guards barely move. Story is carrying it but the production is stretched thin

The mask doesn't kill anyone and it still ruined a whole family. That one painful thought Tina heard from her own mother and everything came apart. Thought a mask villain story would be about violence but this is worse

Been hearing this arc might be anime only and honestly it shows. The exposition dumps during the train ride and the Johnny conversation felt like they were stalling for time. Still the Marlon stuff is strong enough that I do not mind the detour

Another amazing episode! The only bad thing is, it ends so fast! I want more!

That corrupt chief getting his own lies glowing on his skin before they killed him was nasty work. No courtroom no trial just the mask telling everyone what he really was. Cold way to open an episode

I couldn't care less about the Hisoka comparisons. Clown knowing exactly where an invisible Per was standing is the part that got me. He isn't watching the room he's reading the person

Marlon disarming that dagger without even raising her voice is the scariest thing this show has done. She doesn't need to hurt anyone when she can just take everything away

Rasgall tracking an invisible man by sound is such a clever way to break his whole gimmick. Every mask has a counter and the show actually remembers that

I keep waiting for Clown to stop being creepy and he just doesn't. The tarot card thing while Per is literally invisible in the room got under my skin more than any fight this season

That final promise Per makes to Moreno hit harder than I expected because of how he tied it to his own past with the mask. He is not just being a hero for a stranger he sees himself in that kid and that is why the vow actually means something

Rasgall's sound tracking made that whole fight feel earned. Per relying on a mask that could not help him and having to actually think on his feet was the most engaged I have been with the action so far

Sona sitting outside the museum asking if Per will be fine while Moku tries to calm her down was a small moment but it landed. She trusts him completely and still can't sit still and that read as very real worry from someone who cares

Clown is just Hisoka with a discount coupon and I can't take him seriously. The tarot card destiny talk had me rolling my eyes. Everyone else in this show is written with actual restraint and then this guy shows up

The chameleon mask getting beaten by footsteps is such a clean solution. Invisibility not covering sound is the kind of simple rule that makes the mask powers feel real instead of hand-wavy

I could not stop thinking about Dina in that little room behind the exhibit. A kid who just wanted to know why her friends stopped talking to her and got this instead. That backstory with her mother wrecked me

That scene with the police chief's veins lighting up while he swore he was justice itself got me cold. A villain who wins by making you expose your own secrets is way scarier than one who just swings harder

Per paying off that baker like it was nothing and Johnny just staring at him sold me on this guy's whole history without a single flashback. That is how you build a past