In fandom rp and fanfic, there's something I like to call Time To Soul Factory. It's named after undertale rp because I did a lot of that when I was a kid, and it's the idea that you can gauge an rp's quality by how fast souls become a commodity that's farmed like gil in ff14. It's the point at which the lore cannibalizes itself and becomes complete nonsense that only holds weight to those already overly invested. That's hou+, and it's gloriously stupid. Shit that was vaguely hinted at in episode 8 is extrapolated upon to an almost comedic degree and it's dumb as fuck. I think it's supposed to be ridiculous but like. Man. Knocking points for obnoxious shitty fanservice just like Rei.

It also spoils the fuck out of Gou and Setsu in the afterparty which I hadn't seen yet so that's cool.