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Damn it, Saber, why did you have to make me start wondering about what exactly Tassel's deal is? I was perfectly happy to just fast forward through his sections like I do with the opening and ending credits. Now I'm genuinely curious about him and I am not cool with that.

So I'm starting to wonder if the show is beginning to pull a Drive on me: crappy first half, really good second half. I'm not sure it's there yet, but I am almost looking forward to new episodes now instead of dragging my feet before getting around to them.

I'm still completely uninterested in the villains, but I really liked the stuff with Touma and Daishinji this week. I like the pairing of Daishinji and Ogami, too, as the more veteran Riders in the organization. Yuuri's new form turned out better than I thought it would in action; I like the Climax Form style shifting of the color pieces on top of the standard black suit.

I haven't looked up who wrote this one, but I know it wasn't Fukuda because Mei is acting like a normal homo sapiens.