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This is a really good one, yeah. Having another suit actor to consistently fight against does make for some better action scenes than the giant CGI monsters. I really love how feral the insane Douji is, not only tearing apart his own partner and child, but also jumping into an episode of Kamen Rider Danki to mess up the fight scene that was happening there, too. The Douji and Hime monster suits are really weird and not always that good looking, but goddamn if they don't sell the ferocity of the crazed one. The bridge and abandoned building fights with Ibuki were also really good.

So we see Danki for the first time this episode. He's the first of the minor Oni that we'll be seeing. We will see him again, but he's not signing up as the show's third main Oni. This is another cool piece of world-building that the show does. Like with Zanki - the injured guy from several episodes ago - we get the sense here that there are a lot of other Oni going around exterminating monsters. This time we got to see instead of hear about it over the phone. I think it's a nice touch and I like that Danki has his own fighting style that makes him distinct from Hibiki, even though he's a fellow drummer.

Glad you recognized Shingo Kawaguchi. He will, indeed, be back for Wizard. For now, this isn't the last we're going to see of him. As the trailer for the next episode implies, he does have a connection to part of our existing cast.