Episode 11 – SSSS.Dynazenon [2021-06-12]

Now what? It’s a question many heroes and villains have had to ask upon reaching the ends of their journeys. And so do the characters on either side of the conflict of SSSS.Dynazenon, wondering where they go next as they pop out of last week’s illusory dreamscape having conquered much of their trauma, and now apparently lacking in Kaiju to battle with. Obviously, this episode isn’t going to be the end of the show, but the tone of everything presented does a good job making the characters feel convincingly like this was the abrupt end of their adventures. It’s odd, it’s uncertain, and it’s a reminder of the grounded style of Dynazenon and how it’s always framed all its monster and robot action with a real-world tint.

This episode was never going to be the showcase the previous one was, so the direction leans into that contrast, making it more ‘normally’ introspective than…