[GodSpeedLove]

I really wasn't paying attention to Satonaka until this episode, so I was very pleasantly surprised with how hilarious Satonaka is as a foil to Gotou! I can't believe how fast the show won me over with the Birth switch. I was loving Gotou as Birth within half an episode after like 20 episodes of dreading the very thing! I honestly think that, although I much prefer Date to Gotou, Satonaka/Gotou is an immensely more entertaining duo than Date/Gotou. I would watch a whole spinoff!

I'm also very glad that, although KR definitely has a bias against she/her (apparently other terms are forbidden/auto spam filtered?) riders, they're not afraid to have them in more wacky, comedic roles (for the most part). I know not everyone's a fan of her, but Akiko's antics were incredibly funny to me, even though she never got involved in the combat. OOO was mostly missing that frantic comedic role, but I'm glad that it's coming back and it's just as funny! Definitely makes me wish we saw more of her.