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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

The big problem I have is that I don't know why Ryoga's fighting Rintaro right this minute. When he leaves Master Logos, the order has been given to target Touma, and ignore the other swordsmen. If Ryoga's furious at the suggestion that he's unequal to the task, and that he needs to prove himself over a psychopath like Falchion, why not go with Reika, who is actually following Touma and sees Falchion first? Why go fight some random dude, in a random place, for no real reward? Why disobey Master Logos -- which feels very out of character at this point in the show -- to go pick some pointless fight? None of it really made any sense to me. Sorry if this is a sore spot!

No such order was given, to my knowledge? Reika and Ryouga are indeed told to stick to watching Touma because of Luna's sudden appearance, but Falchion is let loose to fight all the swordsmen, because Master Logos wants all their stuff eventually (so there's your reward), and Ryouga wants to prove he can do that better than some crazy old dude, while also taking the opportunity to test his mettle once again against the recently powered-up guy who just won against his beloved sister in the previous episode (so the choice of dude isn't random either). Ryouga lays this much out explicitly in his dialogue. It's bordering on disobeying orders, without totally crossing that line, so much like I believe we've seen Reika a bit worried about Master Logos by this point, you can see the two of them starting to chafe under the leadership a bit, despite being more loyal to the man in that position than anyone. As for the "in a random place" bit? I mean, yeah, probably a fair complaint! Bit of a classic tokusatsu shortcut sorta deal right there, with the "Ren was here earlier" justification being rather flimsy, but I just don't know if that one thing is enough to sink all the other logic behind the writing here? It checks out well enough as far as I can see.