Okay Riginarazione is finally out and I am in shambles let's go
This one was a rough watch, not that it was bad, quite the opposite. It was heavy so to speak.
I was not expecting Roland to die off-screen this episode. And I think they did the right thing by not including a post-endcard scene here. It felt better to have Roland and Gina's favorite song playing as they moved out his things and had that montage going by. I just wanted to acknowledge all that because it felt very sweet to treat Roland's passing as a somber event and not segway into a cliffhanger afterwards.
As for the meat of this episode, I adored the age-manipulation power that Riginarazione had. So many things to drone about.
I adored adult Ladybug. Lotta people do not seem to like the pixie cut, I think it's rad. I can't wait for Saturday when the English dub for this one drops so I can see if Christina Vee voiced her like she did with Adult Ladybug back in Timetagger.
Oh but I love Kitten Noir sooo much more. I love how he has this humongous head on a shrunken Cat Noir body. And I loved that as soon as Ladybug picked him up he was causing trouble. Him stealing her Miraculous cause he's a baby who likes shiny things was perfect. Also, I was unitally unhappy that Ladybug got older but Cat Noir got sidelined by becoming an infant, but I am happy now that I've seen him just being a goofball. The best way I can put this is that he reminded me of Jack-Jack Par from The Incredibles. (Maybe that's why I like Ladybug with short hair too...)
So happy to see that XY will be as chopped as his father when he grows up. Oddly enough he did not seem to mind being made elderly by Riginarazione, so hey, points to this guy I guess.
Real talk though, GrannyBug was my favorite part of this episode. She had one moment where she had Gina's hair when she was getting older, and then this very older look that I loved. I bet she and Granny Bunnyx have a lovely time in whatever their future is like.
I loved that she handed Gina Kitten Noir because she simply did not have the strength to hold him and use her superpower at the same time. And the weak throw on her lucky charm to repair the damage had me in shambles. I would love a spin-off special or short episode where it's just the heroes when they're elderly trying to save Paris.
Loved this episode. And what do you know, as soon as I started making this post, epjsode 21 got a trailer. The grind never stops I guess. (PLEASE BE A NINO EPISODE I'M BEGGING YOU)