[Fish Sandwich]

This is a set of episodes I definitely love more than Die does. Even though there wasn't any break in the airing schedule or anything, I consider it the sort of "season finale" for Den-O, like a lot of Rider shows from Double onwards do around this point in the episode count. I like how it drives the overarching plot forward enough to actually start resembling an overarching plot, and it keeps it all grounded in great character development for both Ryoutarou and Momotaros.

Between these two and episodes 3/4, I have a theory that it's a particularly good arc of Den-O whenever Plat Form gets significant screentime. Which isn't saying that all good Den-O stories have Plat Form, mind you, but that all Den-O stories with Plat Form are good, no exceptions.

Anyway, while it's nothing compared to how whimsical some of the others get, I will note that the title for 18 writes "fiance" in kanji as konyakusha, only to tell the reader right above that it's supposed to be said in English for some reason. Maybe for no reason? It's hard to tell with this show sometimes!