[DreadBringer]

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The beginning is great, with Chalice and Blade powering up their bikes to have a Rider Joust. It looks amazing, with them not even riding bikes so much as the very forces of nature. And Tachibana decides to do what he does best: distract a monster by getting his ass thoroughly kicked.

I think my favorite point in the episode (or least the part I laughed the hardest at) comes at the end of the Chalice/Blade fight, as Blade gets yelled at by Hirose for wanting to have a meaningless fight with Chalice when he could be saving innocent people. Blade needs to get Chalice to cool it for a minute, and he basically calls for a Time Out? It’s adorably sweet, this rage-fueled fight ending with Kenzaki being like This Has Been Fun But I’ve Got To Split. And Chalice lets him go! (With a cheap shot at the end, but still!)

It's tornado (just the bicycle surrounded by it instead of it spinning like one) vs lightning... And regarding Hajime, would Undead Searcher detect him if the sensor reached him? It doesn't seem so in that fight, it detects the Undead biorythm when it fights. I think, it should be used to prove if Hajime's really an Undead, other than Kenzaki's accusation. BTW how can this stuff (just a fight cease) makes you laugh?

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It’s just a ton of time telling us stuff we already know about Tachibana.

So the issue is if something has no real new details then even if the reveal previously is engaging or good? Yeah as it've been said, Blade is a slow-paced series at the beginning. Dunnoo if the reveal that he's a researcher, which would mean he had scientific abilities, would make it useful later with the intelligence. And there's Sayoko.... refusing a call from someone... even Tachibana reminds her of her job.

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The fight is pretty good, despite it being a now-standard Garren Gets His Ass Kicked showdown. There’s an interesting moment where all of the sound drops out, and it’s just Garren thinking back on his life, how it went. He seems at peace, no longer burdened by his shortcomings or embarrassments. (“Don’t worry about me” is, like, his new catchphrase this episode.) It’s like, he knows he sucks at being a Rider, he knows this fight is going to kill him, but he isn't afraid of that. He doesn’t view his end as wasted potential, he views it as realized potential.

But, of course, he isn’t killed by Trenchcoat Mastermind. He’s in a green goo bath that is going to fix his fears (I guess?) and probably do wonders for his numbers. They were so low this episode, you guys! It was terrible!

Obviously, what do you expect lol? If Garren was getting his ass kicked by a regular Undead, obviously the outcome will be worse if fighting an actual high level Undead, who also beat that Zebra effortlessly. ABC logic! (Zebra beats Garren, Peacock Undead beats Zebra, so obviously Peacock would beat Garren). And for this case, it's probably isn't the case of Tachibana sucked at being a Rider, the other Riders would get their ass kicked against Peacock too.

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On the other hand, you’ve got Kotaro and Kenzaki, who are not terrible. Or, they are briefly terrible, then fully synchronized.

So even Kotaro can (understandably) snap at someone perceived as his idol, one of the Rider he wanted to write (does he still have that desire? Because Karasuma was his golden chance to gain more information from him). And also, that Kotaro and his family consider Hajime as one of them, did he also know previously that Hajime was a Rider (what I catch is that Kenzaki didn't tell about Hajime's Undead stuff, something that Kotaro nearly spilled on to Kurihara family, the one that finally made Kotaro forgive Kenzaki that he was put in his shoes and is the same as him)? Probably he could also talk about him regarding Rider stuff for him to write. Also a bit of a payback and reverse for Kenzaki, where this time around, Kotaro storms out and ignoring Kenzaki's cries, while previously Kenzaki storms out ignoring Kotaro completely, both regarding Hajime.

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And, you know, Hajime is complicated! He won’t protect Jin, but he will demolish anyone who tries to fight him. Great scene of Hajime having this ice cold rage as he mercilessly takes down some street toughs.

The Jin stuff is good, but it feels a bit like a diversion. Hajime’s definitely going to move back in with Haruka and Amane, right? Feels like a good bet. So what’s here with Jin is really more about Hajime trying to determine the size and shape of the hollowness in his heart. He doesn’t know how to be a human, but he also doesn’t know how to stop caring about things like a human. There’s a friction there that’s grinding him down, forcing him both to lash out and to mourn. It’ll be interesting to see where his story goes next.

Won't protect Jin? Hmm... dunno, it was just that Hajime beat up some thugs previously, then Jin clings to him. And it's not seen yet an actual danger situation, like especially, if an Undead attacks. What we got here is a vague claim where Hajime said he wants to destroy.