[Fish Sandwich]

Fish Sandwich also watched Kamen Rider Saber Episode 30

Rintarou is like, the absolute least Rintarou he's ever been in this episode, and that made it a pretty interesting chapter as the thing right after he's finally joined back up with everyone. There are a lot of really clever things this episode does with how much it deliberately calls back to earlier versions of the status quo, only to emphasize how things are still very different right now anyway. Yuri bails on the story early on, seemingly making way for a classic Saber/Blades team-up that just is not happening today, and of course the whole Megid plot is right out of that period early in the second quarter. Which, you know, was the formula they started busting out when they wanted to slow things down and really take their time making it clear where everyone stands at a given moment, which I think was well warranted here. I appreciated how Rintarou reintegrating himself into the dynamic doesn't just happen overnight, and the very inward-focused drama combined with Ishida being the director meant this episode about an agitated, screaming Blades ended up being shockingly enjoyable for me.