[Fish Sandwich]

Yeah, I'd guess I'd agree this isn't necessarily the absolute tightest the show has had to offer. Even so, looking at it from a more Series Composition point of view, I think it's placed super well. It's the first time we've had Zero just kind of in a normal monster plot, which is fresh, all the more so because Rei was completely absent from the previous episode (which even used the old opening without his credit). Plus, that episode was all about Kaoru and Kouga separately exploring their father's legacies, and hey, what do you know? They start to tie those together here, which is absolutely a super interesting idea!

Also, you're all talking about Clown Guy's weird noises, but I'm more focused on how adorable his hand puppets were.