HAHAHA WE WERE RIGHT SHOMA KNOWS HANTO IS VALEN NOW

and of course they ENDED the episode on that revelation

next week we're getting Hanto's donut form and the episode title is "A bond bound by donuts"

(ドーナツが繋ぐ絆)

the first line in the preview is Hanto saying it's not fair that only he gets unmasked, but that may or may not mean anything as far as Shoma revealing his identity - I can see it going either way

he might agree it's unfair and reveal himself, or he might make apologies and keep the secret for now

either way next episode is gonna whip.

rapid fire takeaways from this ep:

- lango is terrifying

- fuck, i care about the twins now

- sachika is a fashion icon

- this show is so fucking funny

- THE GRANUTE DISGUISED AS A CHILD WAS VERY UNSETTLING

- that close-quarters fight, holy shit, every week the fight scenes are a Feast

- i genuinely find it so incredibly cute how invested Hanto is in this senpai-kouhai thing. he's always calling Gavv "senpai" and literally introduced himself as Gavv's kouhai to this week's enemy. it's charming. i am charmed.

- people keep being scared of poor shoma when he's transformed

- hanto putting himself in more danger and taking more damage to save the victim...

I love this fuckin show. why's it so good.

oh actually one more takeaway:

- Lango's fucking considering hum and nod after Shoma beats the shit out of his minions and rushes off to go help the victim of the week is so. fucking funny.

at the beginning of the fight he's like ALRIGHT SHOW ME WHAT YOU CAN DO and then after it's over he's just like

hm yeah ok then

guess he's got moves

ah, good to see Hanto is going to take the revelation of Shoma's identity just as well as I hoped

he's gonna be just, so okay about it

goddamn, we really are back to proper kamen rider constructing intricate rituals to allow themselves to touch other men levels of interaction

RIGHT

I can't wait

also very glad we're getting another shirtless Hanto, I hope they'll show where his modification scar is

show me the boys toei

give me

ok wait looking again at this part of the preview and. hanto.

hanto baby are you going BACK for MORE surgery

hanto this seems like a really maladaptive coping mechanism

like I mean it's not necessarily surgery, it could just be that he's trying to keep his options open for his chocolate supply and has decided that Suga and Shoma are about equally trustworthy

just, those surgical tools sure are reeaaally foregrounded in that shot