This episode is the climax to the school terrorist attack arc. It’s got suspense and action, melee brawls, and one-on-one fights. But when it comes down to it, it’s all about answering one question and one question only: does Cid care about any of the people he meets while in his secret identity?
While it’s established that Cid is self-centered to a reality-defying extent (he treats the world and even people’s lives as his playthings), you can tell that he does care about Alpha and the others of the Seven Shadows. He not only trusts them to be part of his massive game of pretend but also brings people he doesn’t know into it—and in this arc, we’ve seen how eager he is to kill any who try to usurp his game without his consent.
But in his secret identity as “background character Cid Kagenou,” he seems to view all those around him as set dressing. He is not really…
