[Fish Sandwich]

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

This is laid out in a scene in Tachibana’s apartment, which, holy shit. With a ton of work, you could maybe call his apartment unlivable. It’s a testament to how broken Tachibana is, and I’m wondering if Kenzaki didn’t ask for his help just to get him out of that sadness factory.

After reading this, I assumed Die was just exaggerating for comedic effect as usual, but I just want it to be known, the pay at BOARD really is that bad.



Anyway, this episode is killer, and while to its credit, it's not incongruous with anything that's happened before, I think you really see Aikawa shuffling all the pieces on the board exactly where he wants them right away. Part of it is maybe the natural escalation of being later in the series, but it comes off to me like he's got a real plan for this show he's eager to execute. There's just loads of characters and plot points being introduced and pushed forward, and a ton of just plain cool moments beyond that. Leangle beating up cops is super memorable to me, the new monster at the end that just eats Kenzaki's card when he goes to seal it, which is a crazy impactful twist on usual routine, especially when that fight was also the debut of the show's third and final insert theme, the ever grammatically questionable "take it a try", following in Rebirth's footsteps by being a character song for Hajime sung by his actor Ryouji Morimoto.

I mean, I could go on and on about cool things in this episode. As much as I love the first opening, the second one's just as great. You can tell it's doing its job because Die described it as a promotion for a boy band, which is exactly what the Blade Riders are, and why I love them. Plus it has that shot where Blade destroys your television/computer screen!