[FreshToku]

I really liked this special from the first time I watched it, and I'm still really fond of it now! I really enjoyed what it did with Takumi, even though at the time I watched it, I didn't like 555 all that much. The time-loop structure, the slow reveal that Takumi is at the center of it all, the great musical score (there's no OST for it anywhere out there?!) and all the emotional beats in the third act all really land for me.

It's honestly maybe the piece of Drive and Faiz media I think back to most often? Which is so funny because it's whole existence is so absurdly niche, being an obscure special that is in of itself a spin-off from a movie. I had zero idea what I was getting into when I first watched it other than knowing Drive was in it, which maybe plays a large part in why I was so pleased with it. It blew away my literal zero expectatoins!