[Fish Sandwich]

I don't have anything particularly elaborate to say about this one, but I really loved it. Kento and Rintarou's interpersonal conflict is classic early Heisei drama that I'm all over, and Nakazawa's direction is really slick in the fight scenes, as always, right down to the usual use of slow-motion for emphasis.

Plus, Calibur is pretty cool! I don't know if I've really said that yet, so I guess this is a good time to get it out there. I'm on record as not being too hot on main bad guys who are Riders for little reason, so explicitly making both versions of this character fallen heroes does a lot to put some weight back into the concept. How much I like him in the long-term is going to depend on what the payoff we get is, but I'm enjoying the way they're keeping his motives entirely ambiguous by only telling us he wants great power at all costs without saying yet what that power is for. Kento may be acting overly paranoid in this episode, but there are a lot of hints that the series genuinely does have some huge conspiracy going on, and that's got my attention.