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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

An amazingly talented actor.

Asumu's mom is great and all, but this is the thought I was having about Todoroki pretty much the entire episode. Dude is all tension, all the time. Whether he's a bit nervous in his interactions with the cast, or overly enthusiastic in his fights against Makamou, he looks like someone who's basically forgotten how to relax entirely.

Well, maybe anyway. Ignoring the deeper context, I do love that, through Zanki and Ichirou here, Hibiki managed to include a bit where two older guys react with bewilderment and horror to the sight of someone younger playing new music.

I also thought it was real interesting how much the tone and style of the whole show sort of shifts around the Rider in focus. It's maybe a bit more subtle with Ibuki (as has been pointed out, his episodes are a little more traditional Rider), but here, there's this massive influx of adrenaline throughout, right from the decision to open up with Todoroki fighting several giant crabs in a row, a level of action you'd be lucky to get during the climax of a lot of previous episodes.