For weeks, we’ve been building up to the battle between Cid and Annerose. Of course, it goes just about as expected, with Cid easily defeating her—though that’s not to say it’s not both a cool-looking and unique fight. Until this point, Cid’s fights usually use his extreme magical powers and shape-changing slime suit. In this battle, we get just him and a sword—his raw speed and talent with the blade on full display. It’s different from what we’ve seen before, and seeing the fight from Annerose’s point of view adds another interesting layer to it all.
However, as far as the overall story goes, this fight is a foreshadowing tool more than anything else. What’s important is not the fight itself but rather the conversation between Iris and Perv Asshat. It once again re-establishes that…
