[Enchilada645]

So we get Falchion back this episode and some nice little small beats with Yuri and such.

I do like that Touma and Yuri "duel" at the very start with a way of sort of figuring that Luna might show up if Touma tries to recreate what he accidentally did before. And while it did have the setup of a duel, I did like how it ended up being a sparring match between two partners who have been through a lot together in the past few months.

Other than that... I agree on the redundancy of the Durendal stuff. It was likely there to give Rintaro a clean win against Ryoga, and really they should've just skipped to Bahato finding and attacking Rintaro.

That being said the stakes are really starting to stack further and you really have to wonder how much more inching we're going to do? Cause Yuri was poofed this episode, and we've slowly been losing our other Riders as well through various means. And that's not counting the fact that Kenzan is very much handicapped even if he does have a buddy in Desast.

As for Desast! No Desast Walk this time.

As for our story though, nice to see you getting back into Ogami's boots after a while. I do love the sort of compare and contrast/worry he has for Sora should the kid ever want to try out for the position of a Kamen Rider. Real nice piece tbh.