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First of all, I completely agree on the title: you can't just call something "Daddy Fight" without creating some implications. If you don't plan to follow up on those implications, then get out your Japanese to English dictionary and try again.

Second of all, I am seriously reevaluating my inherent Kengo bias. I will freely admit that it has been a long time (~11.5 years) since I first watched Kiva and I really don't remember why the character annoyed me so much back then. This episode has definitely put me on the "Kengo is a good dude and a good friend" train.

The biggest thing for me in this episode is the Otoya stuff. Probably the best part of Kiva is Otoya's journey from 1980s Japanese Jean-Ralphio into... well, what he becomes by the end of the series. Picking up the Ixa Knuckle here is a big step in that process. And yes, his creepy obsession with Yuri is still his primary motivation, but he's acting out of legitimate concern for her safety now and not just romantic jealousy.

We're also setting up the events for episode 14, which includes a moment I have been deeply anticipating since the series began. We are about to hit peak Otoya.

Oh, and finally, one thing that I hadn't realized before this that having both Kengo and Wataru showing off their respective talents in the same episode highlights one of the really weird issues that we have in a series that's so focused on music and musicians: