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I think I kind of remember this episode. Going into it, it really didn't look very familiar and even now I don't remember much of how this arc goes beyond it giving a better explanation of how Yuuto's powers work. I was honestly a bit nervous going in, as Everybody Loves Airi is not my favorite flavor of Den-O. I liked it better than I feared I would, though, as it was another good example of Airi being a lot deeper and more resolute than she appears on the surface. Would I have rather seen her throw a bicycle at the debt collector creep? Yes, yes I would. The confrontation we did get was a satisfying alternative, though.

So I've always found the story of Sakurai and Airi to be equal parts fascinating and frustrating. The show really wants to bill them as star-crossed lovers (stargazing snuggle count is up to 5, btw), but it's hard to make it work when she doesn't remember that he exists and he's just a dude in a trenchcoat and two hats who shows up for ten seconds every other episode. Yeah, we get Yuuto, but it's always been clear that this isn't the same dude, it's him when he was a jerk teenager and he barely knows Airi at all. It doesn't not work, but it also doesn't really work.