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My favorite part of this episode happened near the start, where Tendou has dusted off his routine of bringing in food to La Salle and demanding that Hiyori cook it for him. Hiyori immediately complains. Like you said, it's definitely a throwback to earlier Kabuto, but it's a specific character dynamic that's been absent since Hiyori originally left and it's so good to see them back together again, Tendou being an arrogant jerk and Hiyori passive aggressively snarking at him. I have missed this so much.

I agree about Kagami and Tendou. It's nice that Kagami knows Tendou well enough to give him the benefit of the doubt, but really frustrating that Tendou isn't willing to let Kagami in on what he's planning. It really does feel more like their early dynamic, just with the addition of Kagami having the Gatack powers.

I do remember the Kabutos fight from my first time through the series, specifically the bit where Tendou is able to predict what Another Tendou would do because it's something he would think of. The fight didn't take place where I thought it did, though. I was sure that this confrontation happened in or around the vague pocket dimension Hiyori was living in when her actress wasn't available. I may be thinking of something from the next two episodes, but I'm pretty sure this was the fight.

At any rate, this episode has me very excited for the next one. Not because of anything that Tendou or Kagami do, but because the plot is going to give me a chance to discuss where this whole necklace plot originally came from and how it played out back in the day: long, long ago, 20th Century.