[Fish Sandwich]

- First things first, that opening rules. The visuals are properly slick the way I like, and liveDevil is a fantastic theme song. The unique style of it makes an immediate impact, and Fujibayashi's lyrics, as usual, make it sound like she's already seen the entire show somehow, and managed to condense the entire thing into a couple minutes. This is absolutely going to be one of those cases where the song just makes more and more sense the further along we get in the story, and I love when that happens.

- This was pretty much everything I want out of a second episode of a Rider show. It digs a lot deeper into what the dynamic of the main characters is going to be like, shows some heroic resolve from the protagonist, and in this particular case, underlines how unheroic one half of Revice is. I think it's great how much they stress that Vice really does live up to that name, and at least for now, is absolutely not a monster with a hidden heart of gold. He's about nothing beyond surface pleasures, and could only be considered a neutral force at his absolute best. And Vice is very rarely at his absolute best. There's a lot of pressure put on Ikki, and the both of them become more compelling characters through all this.

- It was also cute that the monster of the week plot plays off of the partnership theme a bit by being about two people having trouble working together.

- I loved how the fights in this one took place in unusual locations? I can't think of any other Rider battles we've had at a driving range, and I'm glad we got a scene of Revi throwing Vice around in the tub. It's just visually interesting, you know? It's always nice whenever Rider can take a break from the usual samey locations, even though I like those too.