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Like I said shortly after this thread began: when Kabuto gets silly, it gets silly.

Honestly, I didn't remember a single moment of this episode. Not that I'm sure I wouldn't have thought it was some kind of crazy fever dream even if I had. Everything about Daisuke's introduction is just so goddamn bizarre in a way that the show hasn't been up to this point. From Daisuke's behavior to all of the weird visual effects, this is a really strange episode. Not always in a bad way, but definitely not always in a good way.

The episode definitely feels a little disjointed in terms of the plot and how Daisuke is eventually forced into Tendou and Kagami's orbit. I definitely can't say that it all works, but it definitely all happened.

Daisuke, for the record, is played by an actor and musician named Kazuki Kato. He would later go on to play Kamen Rider V3 in Kamen Rider The Next, the second and final Showa reboot movie that Toei made in the mid-00s (you'd like it, it's Inoue trying to make a J-Horror film). He landed the role on Kabuto around the time his music career was starting to take off. This lead to some pacing issues for the character, as it created some availability problems.