So it's now airing subbed on Crunchy and I have seen it and

Yeah. Yeah this one's got The Juice.

Okay yeah today was... THAT was a lot all at once and I'm pretty sure I can call where this is going from here, but damn that was a lot of new developments I hadn't expected, but as the saying goes...

https://content.imageresizer.com/ima...hat-meme-9.jpg

Good to actually have a demonstration of how wide the gap is between a full-geared Samurai Trooper and a "normal" human is, though.

So, Kaito is the Banjyo of Yoroi Shinden and Gai is the Gentoku + Sento-hybrid.

We've also got shades of Sentou in Mirei, I'm pretty sure Yamato is going to pull Banjou duty, and then there's one more that we have yet to see...

Also given what we know of Kaito from promotional materials, he's also got a bit of Kazumi going on.

Addicted to this song. For those wondering what One or Eight is supposed to mean, it's a literal translation of "Ichi ka Bachi ka (一か八か)" which is a saying in Japan that is close to the English expression "All or Nothing" or "Do or Die." It's a saying that originates from the dice gambling scene during old-timey Japan, supposedly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw45Q_mr0_M

I'm not much for modern J-pop or anything like that but the show's song choices so far are absolutely blowing me away.

Oldies J-pop songs that were featured so far.

Episode 1 - Namida no Request by The Checkers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7MHXbsT3J4

Episode 2 - TOKIO by Kenji Sawada
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUfTDQru5yI

Seriously, at this rate I wouldn't be surprised if they inserted songs by Koji Kikkawa (yes, our very own Kamen Rider Skull was a charismatic singer first back in his heydays), Yutaka Ozaki, or BOOWY in future episodes. Looking back, I'm surprised episode 2 didn't use this song, considering the plot for it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLbWXxj8T5I

So we're now in uncharted territory; the first three episodes were previewed during an event late last month, so anything beyond today is effectively unknown. I can say for certain we're still missing a few scenes from the trailers (namely the ones featuring Shion) but what happens from here... That's entirely up in the air.