My reaction when this episode ended: Fuck you, you overly cool edgelord! LOL

Jinwoo is like that chuunibyou kid, except he HAS actual powers.

The episode was fine, but the fighting really was disappointing. The way all these S-class hunters moved just didn't look impressive. The A-rank that Jinwoo absorbed during the winter-gate wasn't less impressive than these S-rankers. Also, the animation just sucked for these battles, but that comes with another issue: We NEVER get any actual battles. It's always "A is stronger than B, A defeated B". An exciting battle would be "A and B are close to each other in prowess, A narrowly manages to beat B". And this happens throughout the episode, all the way to the end where Goto appears, makes himself look more powerful than the other S-rankers, only to shit his pants when the king ant activates its full aura. And next week Jinwoo will join and probably destroy the king ant.

btw. here's something I don't understand: Regular hunters cannot get stronger, alright. Does this mean those special abilities are also fixed? Did the fire guy have the ability to shoot fire from the beginning of his awakening? Could beast-guy immediately transform into a beast? Or are thse abilities that are trained?

Btw beast-guy being afraid of being "ugly" while transformed is the dumbest bs ever. Like there's not a millions of chicks (and dudes, sigh) who are into buffy furry dads.

The tv reception thing didn't even register for me, because of how fucked up it is to air this battle anyway. It's like airing live-footage from Ukraine fighting Russia. Complete lack of morality.