Insight: Mirai (Alejandro Saab), Saki (Laura Post) and Temari (Cristina Vee) anticipate meeting Professor Yoneda (David Vincent) and Nakaumi (AJ Beckles) as she quickly approaches with all eyes on their exchange.

Our opinion : The momentous conversation between God’s Candidates and that of Professor Yoneda and Nakaumi should take place in a stadium.

Honestly, the fact that it even took God’s Candidates this long to shoot every government official trying to kill them with red arrows is silly. Luckily, Yoneda, Mirai, and Saki finally came to their senses and did it so they wouldn’t interfere and could talk peacefully.

Mirai’s focus on not ruining the lives or happiness of others as he and others go on a rampage continues to be plagued by poor writing, with him acting like a Winter Soldier brainwashed with the activation word, happiness. However, it does at least allow for an intimate, albeit brief, moment with Mirai and Saki discussing their progress from the dark place they were in and their feelings for each other. So much has happened since meeting Mirai that I almost forgot about Mizukiyo, who has had little screen time since then. He and Sayuri’s cute chemistry also serve to show the character’s fear and inconvenience associated with forgetting God Candidates to Sayuri being afraid of not remembering Mizukiyo. It’s a good counterpoint to how Temari pointed out that people should forget God’s candidates to believe in God and find true happiness.

With Yoneda’s coldness and calculation so far, much of the world casually believing he’ll do the right thing, mostly because of how smart he is, is downright silly. While this worldview may be one-dimensional, thankfully the inconsistency presented with Yoneda is much cleared up when he meets the other contestants. Her desire not to disturb others is truly out of distaste for conversations lasting longer than necessary, even regretting her short-lived high school interaction with Hoshi as she caused one in the present. Oddly enough, Nakuami appeared to be the resident edgelord, but Yoneda said, “Hold my beer.” But to his credit, that makes him a pleasantly dark, albeit over-the-top, antagonist.

Mirai’s character has been decently progressive, becoming more human as the season progresses. Mirai’s decision to kill Yoneda to preserve the happiness and lives of others, transforms him into an ever-evolving and continually idealistic character. The one that is much more interesting than when it started.