Axess: SavageMan Returns!

Oh joy, as if I was missing our frog throated friend...

Plot Synopsis
SavageMan is freaking out from using the Dark Chips. Apparently using them frequently causes the NetNavi to lose data, and gets them dependent on the dark chips to restore it. In other words, all of Mega Man NT Warrior Axess is an anti-drug PSA, remember kids, just say "No!" to Dark Chips! Anyway, in order to get more dark chips, SavageMan will have to work directly for Nebula, with his mission of destroying MegaMan!

The next day, Ms. Mari is taking Lan and Mayl to an international exhibit at the brand new "Sea Tower," which is a sky scraper built on a sea platform. Uberknownst to Lan and Mayl is that it's actually Ms. Yuri in disguise, leading Lan into a trap, and a very complicated one at that considering she could just disguise herself as Ms. Mari and shoot Lan in the back or something.

While at the exhibit, Lan runs into Tamako, who's sole purpose this episode is to give MegaMan a new DoubleSoul. No seriously, we'll never see her again after this. Anyway, they get into a Net Battle which is interrupted by SavageMan, seeking to assassinate MegaMan. With HeavyMetalMan's help, MegaMan gets a new DoubleSoul, MetalSoul, and is able to dispatch even a powered up SavageMan.

That's only phase one of the plan, as Ms. Yuri uses SpikeMan to take out one of the tower's support beams. The building starts to collapse, but don't worry, this is a kids show, no ones getting hurt from a silly thing like thousands of pounds of steel and rock crushing them! While trying to escape the falling building, Lan stupidly drops his PET into a precarious spot and has to spend a few minutes trying to fish MegaMan out of it.

As if matters couldn't be worse, a dimensional area forms around the building and SavageMan comes to fight Lan. Lan Cross-Fuses at the very last second and fights off SavageMan with a tiny Cyber Sword, deleting him once and for all. Well... that was easy? Lan passes out from exhaustion, but he's okay.

ShadeMan starts getting suspicious of the dark chips Nebula is giving him, but they reassure him everything is okay, and as soon as he leaves, they laugh and make fun of how stupid these Darkloid junkies are.

Critique
So this new angle on Dark Chips is actually pretty interesting, and I think it's one of the stronger points of this season, as is SavageMan dying since we won't have to ever hear his stupid voice again, too bad we have to deal with him this episode though.

What a stupid title too, SavageMan returns? What? He was gone like for six episodes maybe? Who gives a shit about SavageMan? This is also like one of five episodes with the title "Soandso Returns!" Why go out of their way to keep bringing disappearing characters to our attention? And of the characters, once again, who gives a fuck about SavageMan?

Then there's Tomako, who I also find annoying, combined with Ms. Yuri and you've completed the trifecta of shitty characters this episode. Add a sprinkle of Cross-Fusion and anti-climatic battles to give a pretty lame episode. It's not extremely boring, but even MegaMan's MetalSoul (which looks great) doesn't save this episode from mediocrity.

Rating: Thumbs down.