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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Oh, man, best episode.

Oh yeah, this is one of my favorites. Everything is firing on all cylinders here and it's fantastic. The humor is so on point - both the physical slapstick and the wacky writing (I love how this whole thing got kicked off because a guy was thinking about robbing a bank, saw a police officer, and panicked). The whole thing is just a pure delight: Hana accidentally beating up the robber, everyone breaking for lunch, the Imagin of the Week's ridiculously slow dialogue, the random shot of everyone sitting in the bath house with flashlights shining on their faces... it's impossible to highlight all of the good moments.

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-Best Airi episode for me, I think. It’s the comedic twist on her kindness from 7/8, where she’s sweetly oblivious to whatever danger might be occurring. (The bit where she’s walking into a scene of a man pointing a gun at Hana and she just goes Oh Hana’s Here Hi Hana! Best underplayed reaction for comedic effect ever!) There’s just the power to her tranquility that takes a tense situation of men making terrible choices and transforms it into a scene of everyone enjoying lunch together. Insane! Could never work on another show, but I bought it 1000% here.

Oh yeah, this peak Airi. I've always loved how she seems so calm and almost unaware in the face of the chaos that is the show she lives in. This episode dials that up to 11, though, with her just seeming like she's almost out of touch with reality but in a fun and quirky way. I will never not love how she just marches past a police line to walk into the hostage situation. This is the arc that made me an Airimirer, too (but in a wholesome, non-creepy way).