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This is the second episode of my rewatch where I’ve had to pause the episode because I was laughing too hard. It was the bathing scene, where Tsurugi and Kagami are in the old fashioned Western tub with Tsurugi merrily scrubbing away at a very confused Kagami’s back. Everything about that just cracked me up.

As for the rest, I am always down for an episode that’s focused on torturing Kageyama. We really do get to see the complete breakdown that leads him to the dark path of hopping and punching. I think it works and I agree on how good that last shot of him and Yaguruma is. Also, I will never not enjoy scenes of Yaguruma wandering in to start kicking people and/or Worms.

We get the debut of the Natives this time, too, in the form of a character that I completely forgot about. We’ll get a lot more about what their deal is in upcoming episodes.

Finally, I do want to say that I’m finding Renge to be more fun and dynamic than I remembered. What happened to Misaki, though? I know she’s still around, but it feels like she hasn’t been here in a few episodes.