I love... this show

continually in awe of how they manage the tone

it NEVER feels whiplashy

I love how they're developing Shoma and Hanto's relationship through their fights as Gavv and Valen, and their continued mutual ignorance of each other's real identities

the way they actually like. kept getting in their own way this episode because they both HAD to go investigate any lead on the kidnappings, and neither one was willing to let a "civilian" go alone

and they actually do work really effectively with each other, even when they're hampered by having to hide important information from each other

though it DOES look like at least one side of that is going to come down next week - if I'm interpreting that preview right, it looks like Hanto's going to get knocked out of his suit in front of Shoma

I can't wait for Sachika to inevitably get her rider shit, I don't want her to have as bad a time as Hanto did but I cannot fucking wait to see the whole trio in action

the ways in which these three characters relate to each other are my favorite fucking thing about this show

it was so cute when Valen asked Gavv if he could have more gochizos

and shoma was just internally like "ohhhh right, he's a granute who can't make minions, like I was! it must have been so hard for him"

and gives him a whole new batch of chocodons

the chocodons have father's blessing, they will now gladly die for Valen

and then of course aside from all that there's the end-of-episode reveal about Suga. which is not terribly surprising but I am very interested in it.

Father Lets Us Fight, We Will Die For His Pal