English Dub Review: Infinite Dendrogram “The Right Arm of the Victor”

Overview (Spoilers Below)

As the battle between Rook and Hugo continues, Hugo uses a skill that freezes parts of Rook’s body over time. Thanks to his deduction skills, however, Rook is able to understand how Hugo’s skill works and merges with Babylon to fight with Hugo’s Magingear evenly. The power boost allows Rook to pierce through Hugo’s cockpit and in an unexpected scene incapacitates with a magic that’s hilariously unexpected.

Meanwhile, Franklin tells Ray that the potion he gave him earlier actually feed Franklin information about his status, level, and weapons in combination with some knowledge to create a monster specifically designed to kill Ray. He also reveals a role he played in the earlier episodes that indirectly set off a specific chain of events. Ray tells Liliana and Sir Lindos of the Royal Guard to save their injured companions while he attacks the monster directly. Using his newest weapons, The episode ends when Ray is able to gain an upper hand…


Our Take

There were two plotlines within the proceedings of this episode: Rook Vs Hugo and Ray Vs Franklin. I feel that the former was more interesting than the latter. I don’t know what is it about this show that makes the supporting characters more interesting than the protagonist.

Aside from that we also learn about Rook’s backstory, we also see him outsmarting his enemy with proper strategy and misdirection. If there’s one message to take away from this episode is that strength, speed & power alone doesn’t always turn the tide in battle, but also a calculated strategic mind.

With two episodes left, I can’t wait to see how they could possibly end this.