DESCENDANTS OF DARKNESS-THE KING OF SWORDS-PART 1-EPISODE 7-3 STARS

This episode opens with Tsuzuki about to chow down on all his favorite sweets, until he gets called to go on another assignment. Oh well I guess he won’t be able to enjoy any of his pastries, however, Tatsumi has agreed to help him out on that one. “Too bad Tsuzuki, maybe you should have left that crap at home, remember what happened to your Cinnabon in episode 1?

Some people never learn, anyway, Tsuzuki’s new assignment is to infiltrate a luxury cruiser to find out why people on the verge of death are suddenly gaining longevity. Next scene, Tsuzuki is on the boat, undercover as a poker dealer, and he’s pretty good at his job. In fact he may be too good, as his starts pissing off some of the other players who keep losing to him.

Here we meet Tatsuki, and I must say, this kid is kind of cute, but also kind of dumb, talkin’ about the ship being haunted. Now what dummy if gonna fall for that? Well, I shouldn’t say anything, after all, if shinigamis can exists, so can ghosts.

Tsuzuki tries to get to the VIP room, and what do ya know, the notorious villain Muraki is back! “Okay Tsuzuki, this is your chance to beat his ass after what he did to you and Hisoka awhile back. ” Now the two of them end up sittin’ at a table with some wine, and Muraki is hittin’ on him as usual.

When is Muraki gonna get it into his head that Tsuzuki is mine, and he’s gonna have to go find somebody else? But he better leave Hisoka alone too, since I’m beginning to like him now, especially after he helped own the devil in episode 6.

Next scene, we have a dead body, with a ripped out heart, and fingers are being pointed in every direction. No one in the VIP room is getting off the hook, and that includes Muraki, who is the owner of the ship’s daughter’s physician. Does that sound right?

Back to Muraki who’s still hitting on Tsuzuki, and this time he brings roses. Oh my, I don’t think I can top that one, roses are pretty expensive. However, Tsuzuki doesn’t seem to care, he just wants the 411 on what’s going down on that ship, and Muraki may be able to shed some light on the situation.

He suggests a card game. If Tsuzuki wins, he gets the information. If Muraki wins, he gets Tsuzuki’s body. Needless to say Tsuzuki falls for this, and loses the poker game. “TSUZUKI, YOU DUMBASS!  And Muraki was probably cheatin’ too! I don’t want to see one tear fall from your eyes, ’cause this is all your fault! Whoever heard of bartering your body for a piece of information that may or may not be true?”

While Muraki is ready to get busy, Hisoka comes to the rescue to bail Tsuzuki out with another card game. If he wins, Tsuzuki is off the hook. You know, Hisoka is really turning out to be a hardcore shinigami, and I’m really beginning to like his style. And you know what, he’s actually kind of cute too, but don’t tell anybody I said that, I don’t want to be accused of robbing the cradle.

Hisoka beats Muraki at poker with a royal flush, and Tsuzuki is saved. “Good job Hisoka, you really saved Tsuzuki’s ass, and I mean that figuratively, and literally. But the more I think about it, maybe Hisoka shouldn’t have intervened, I mean, supposed Tsuzuki lost that game on purpose?

Next scene, Muraki ends up dead, but we know that’s a bunch of B.S. and he really has something up his sleeve, but we’ll just have to wait ’till the next episode to find out what it is.

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