[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Ren somehow gets to know Eri news by himself? As what's seen on screen was Yui slapping him (and the 2 insisting him not to fight) before leaving away.

There's a point after Yui slaps Ren where she's telling him something, but the audience can't hear it over the police sirens and car noises. It's got to be about Eri's recovery, which is why he leaves so fast.

I thought the show made an interesting choice to not have that dialogue audible. It'd be a waste to just have Yui tell Ren everything we already know, so doing it where we get to fill in the blanks, where it's not information but emotion being conveyed, that's a slick way to do it.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

There's a bit of both of them trying to help the victimized cops but not having enough time (especially with their slow af kei car to catch up against Ren's bike, and somehow they're able to!), but I wonder how to spend more story with them in this situation, your thoughts?

I don't really think you can. This is a plot-heavy episode with a lot of ground to cover. Ren gets the tense parts, Asakura gets the exciting parts, Kitaoka/Ore get the funny parts, there's really not much you can give to Yui and Shinji. Most times the story serves them, this time they had to serve the story.

I'm not mad about it, though, since very few characters on this show are merely functional for the plot. (Mostly Yui, and not even always.) It's cool for Shinji and Yui to take a backseat on this one.