Usami is as much a devil whispering in Ogata’s ear as Tsurumi- he practically instigates Ogata in his constant taunting. Usami and Ogata have a tenuous relationship- fellow pawns, yet neither liking the other. This lands Tsurumi with another target on his head- he’s got everyone after him, Ogata, Hijikata, the government. Ogata, hoping to win his father’s love, kills his little bro rival and then, to try to win Tsurumi’s love when daddy doesn’t change his heart, he kills papa dearest and again, fails to win any affection. Tsurumi plays both Ogata and his brother for daddy’s influence- we know the tune by now. I seem to remember something of Ogata’s past from a previous episode but we get the full picture here. The key was that this episode leaned heavily into the serious side of things- like with much of GK, it doesn’t copy what worked previously and risk beating a horse dead but rather steers things in a different vein, keeping things new and unexpected. I went in with high expectations, this is the finale after all, though I didn’t know how it could possibly outdo the zaniness of last week.
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