By the way, this is the sequence in the manga (taken from the free preview on Amazon.co.jp)
I feel like there’s a fair bit more tension there. It feels like he wasn’t prepared to do this… he had to do it, even if he wasn’t sure whether it would actually work. (And extra props for the forest rat breaking out of the cage, adding to the “he has some good ideas, but he’s not exactly powerful yet” impression.)
Me, when I realize the manga tells the story better:
