[Fish Sandwich]

Okay so first of all, I think from here on out I'm just not going to bother with a picture for episodes that don't give me my weekly fix of bike action.

Second, this episode was great. All the gradual work the show did to grow Ryuuga up to this point payed off spectacularly. My only complaint is that the episode is maybe let a little down by Build's format of never-ending cliffhangers? Like once Ryuuga actually transforms we just kind of get a quick fight, a very brief emotional moment they deliberately undercut with a joke*, an internal reveal with Sawa, and suddenly you're watching the preview. I'm not particularly bothered by any of that, but I don't know, part of me wishes this already very strong episode were even stronger.

Oh, and that whole "Blood Stalk has a built-in voice changer" bit was pretty slick, huh? First the face thing and now this. At this point anyone could be anyone and I'd buy it.

*A joke that is itself slightly underdeveloped? Sento's reaction suggests he wrote that letter, which definitely sounds like something he'd do and is a great gag,
but Ryuuga asks "where he found it" instead of saying something more straightforward like "This isn't Kasumi's handwriting". It's all a bit odd is what I'm saying.