Talk:A Episode 17: Checkmate!! Ace of Study versus Chess Genius!/@comment-4141313-20180922013148

I actually am impressed. The writing seems to be better than the prior seasons. Instead of Ranma just brainwashing people and recruiting power hungry psychos, he's actually using peoples insecurities to have them willingly join him via manipulation. And instead of Seiji being the main target, its Subaru that's the main target, seeing as Ranma already knows how Subaru behaves on some level. If the idea continues, he'll probably go for Masato after, and possibly even Miko. The whole idea being that just as he thought Yuga would leave him alone, he'll make sure Yuga actually is left alone.

The fact Subaru lost is also a nice change of pace. I actually thought they were gonna have Seiji just be a character of the week and have him be broken free of the Lost Virus by Subaru, but to have Subaru lose so soon after Yuga lost Ranma, its more evident that the MCs don't have plot armor on their side this time around.

I am loving Ace so far, and am looking forward even moreso to how it continues.