[Kamen Rider Die]

Okay, this couldn't wait until morning.

This is an exceptionally horny episode of Kabuto, no pun intended.

And, like, I'm not even talking about the weird group date or Tendou warning Misaki not to fall in love with him or Daisuke's weird deification of beautiful women, although: yes, all of that, obviously.

The thing that makes it exceptionally horny is: The core metaphor for what's happening with Tendou and Kagami is that they had sex, and then it got weird.

(Right upfront: I am not suggesting that there is any romantic connection between Tendou and Kagami. If you want to read it that way, I wouldn't argue against it, but I am not saying this episode is affirming any romantic feelings between the two characters. I am saying the metaphor that Inoue is working with is a sexual one.)

A lot of their story here is that something huge happened between them, and they're both interpreting it differently. To continue the They Had Sex metaphor, Kagami caught feelings and Tendou is very clearly not looking for a relationship right now. That leads to Kagami getting very couple-y (he just starts cleaning Tendou's living room, a normal thing that platonic friends do all the time) and Tendou trying desperately to push him away.

The whole thing is that neither of them is being very honest with the other about what they're looking for in a relationship. Kagami has Very Big Feelings and is ready for an immediate commitment (he even broke up with TheBee Zecter, so it's not even cheating anymore!), while Tendou is so unused to this type of arrangement that he'd rather blow it all up than actually make himself vulnerable. Kagami's all-in, and Tendou wants to take it slow.

But since they can't be honest about that, they settle for acting completely insane, and that's maybe more true-to-life than anything that's been on this show so far.

Inoue Forever.