He didnt show the face on purpose. You forgot that Ds skin is weak and he wasnt expecting that punch, so he crumbled.

Supplementary info/Manga changes 0:19 - Tokita is STR (Senior Third Rank), but is substituting for the JFR. 9:31 - For context of how they ended up in the car, D tried to backstab the 5 to get the key, but Shion was too alert and blocked the attack, so D retreated to get more allies and is desperate. However, he got Hisui’s attention yesterday, so she started chasing him because he was interesting, then Angel saved him by pulling him into the car, which is why they’re in it (except Yamato wasn’t there in the manga.) 10:15 - Slightly different from the manga, was Koguma sweating bullets, so it was easier to tell that he was petrified by fear of the ‘real deal’ and D using fear to recruit him (he sent Angel away to check on something, so he planned on exposing himself here and even skipped his backstory to anger him.) 11:17 - Which is how she tanked the truck last episode. 11:39 - It’s to show her leg wound is still bugging her from yesterday. 14:37 - The manga gets chaotic, too, so the pacing works for me, though some scenes are moved around here for a later reveal (also read/watched stuff like Chainsaw Man, so I’m used to chaos just happening.) 16:50 - Hekiru was willing to kill Hibiki and D in episode 4, for Blue. 18:07 - She couldn’t tell D was Hibiki, so she probably thinks neither could Peltrola and he would get exposed in a crucial moment. 22:57 - To be fair, this wouldn’t be that weird, because they would think he’s being Chuunibyou (Koguma tried to play it off because he didn’t want D to snap and kill everyone.)

So the way I took the Ranmaru (the trainee with the afro) scene was that he punched DHibiki out of deep sorrow and frustration because he just received the backstab of backstabs being betrayed by his best friend since forever. DHibiki was not expecting a physical violent outburst of course and it hit him point-blank revealing he's a Duster and at that point you just gotta roll with the punches (pun intended) and he was like "oh well fuck it, may as well go for it and try going for this poignant feeling of betrayal he's clearly experiencing" so what followed was basically a "yeah, let's fuck 'em up, team up with me and let's get revenge for everything" which really spoke to Ranmaru's emotional state in that moment about what to do with and vent all the negative things he was feeling. Like honestly people have murdered others throught history for much less than what just happened to Ranmaru, so I can totally get why he would so readily see a monster and be like "fuck yeah, let's team up and stick it to those treacherous assholes". With the way he was always following Eigen, he was also most likely doing everything that he asked of him without hesitation and everything he did was thinking about the both of them; he developed a dependency of him basically. So that's akin to being betrayed by your romantic partner of 10 years. I'm sure the poor guy was a WRECK after that.

I would love to see the Red ranger vs "God" monster. Didn't the Quincy King(Bleach) said also he doesn't like violence also lol lol D didn't revel to the guy on purpose, any impact and his disquise is done. I felt sorry for the maintenance guy may he R. I. P.

First of all, yeah, when i was reading this i got like "did she SERIOUSLY just open his hand and simply took the key?"😂😂 Also, Peltrola getting introduced in the story was like a turning point for me bc it shows how not all the dusters are "victims" of the rangers, and how not all people in the ranger force are garbage (the dude Peltrola bodied for example). This is why in this story i root for a certain group of characters (aside from best girl Hisui, i won't tell you who the rest are tho lol), and not to a certain faction.

Personally not too much of a fan of how they handled this episode, they're forgoing some of the characterization to prioritize finishing the arc. It feels a bit rushed like ep 4. Hoping they are able to pick it back up for these last few episodes