[AkibaSilver]

I always liked Daishinji enough, but something about him never exactly clicked with me, so I'm glad you lot are exploring him, because it's bringing him a lot more into focus. Someone so commit to his craft of swordsmanship, to the point it's where he communicates and reads others, but is still a calm hero (a dork, but a hero) and not some kind of blood knight... yeah, I get why people would be really into that!

The parts with Touma trying to reconnect with his former colleagues / the SOL trying to decide if Touma really has become Calibur 2 (wonder where Kurayamai has gotten to in the meantime) has the easier connection here, considering the pre-existing emotional bonds, and while I don't think the MOTW plot is bad, it's doing nothing really unique to Saber. I do appreciate how it's a child, though - I have an easier time imagining Touma connecting with children through his role as a children's writer than I do any recent Rider back to Emu?