[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

Even the first appearance of Hyper Kabuto's sword doesn't feel like a big event since it just appears out of nowhere with no explanation, Kiva style.

No joke, I legitimately LOVED how Hyper Kabuto's sword shows up. The Worm Widowettes are mocking Kabuto for needing Hyper Clock Up to win fights, so Kabuto's just like Eff You Here's A Sword From The Sun Now What Are You Gonna Say. It's like he uses his new toyetic weapon as a comeback to shut up some heckling adversaries, and I love that? That feels like an intensely Tendou move.

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

It's a really funny episode, too. Tsurugi's presence is incredibly forced and nonsensical, even by his own standards, but goddamn if he doesn't continue to be hilarious. I'm not sure what part I liked the most: the running gag of Jiiya getting dragged out of the classroom, the absurd response to the math question, or Tsurugi's delightful misinterpretation of his punishment as some kind of reward. So many good comedic bits in this one.

One of the small choices the episode makes is to not dwell on Tsurugi's crush/obsession with Misaki during the school scenes, and I am incredibly grateful for that. That part of Tsurugi's character was the most (only?) cringe-inducing part, so I'm totally okay with the show letting it stay relatively unaddressed in the future. Him being all flirty for one second and her shutting him down with a look, and that only happening every six episodes, that's my limit.

Otherwise, yeah, A+ episode for Tsurugi insanity. You will hate me for saying this, but it reminded me a ton of the first appearance of Kiriya on Hibiki, and that made me happy.