That's just one of those "It's Japan" moments.

Ex Aid 25. Holy crap. This show is insane. At this point I think it's safe to say Ex Aid is easily the best toku show I've seen so far. I wonder if anything can top it...?

Yeah, it's preeetty awesome! You'll like Gaim, Blade and Ryuki a lot if you dig Ex-Aid.

Black 20: I can't believe the villains actually nearly killed Kotaro, only to ACCIDENTALLY ATTACK AND FLING THEIR OWN KAIJIN into the cage they had trapped Battle Hopper in. Good job villains.

Just finished Faiz.

On the whole, I'd have to say that I'm a fan. Faiz is, without a doubt, riddled with flaws and frustrating characters and character interactions, but I nevertheless enjoyed it a lot. I think if circumstances were different, it could easily have been a legitimately great show. It had an interesting plot and characters, but Inoue's unique brand of melodrama didn't do the series many favors. Still, I liked it. And the HBV is still amazing.

Still got the movie to watch...will probably give Kamen Riser Tasen and GP a rewatch soon too. And I can finally watch Yongou so I'll do that too.

I worry for the next Kamen Rider show being able to top what Ex-Aid is doing.

It'll be tough, but not impossible. They just need a creative team that understands and respects the property as much as the Ex-Aid crew does. With that in place, it should be okay.


Provided Inoue isn't back in the saddle.

HAHA! I love you, Inoue, you cynicall old coot!

I just got done watching Kamen Rider Black episode 12 and I can't get over how much Black is, ya know, actually riding a motorcycle. Not only that, but he actually gots another one and the show is actually treating it, much like Battle Hopper, with importance. There are a lot of differences between Black and modern day Kamen Rider, so much so that its a bit hard to believe its the same show, but the motorcycle thing has to be the weirdest difference.

I have not been following Ex-Aid. Is it that good? Ghost was so bad that I didn't feel like watching another Rider show again. I only saw episodes 1 and 2 of Ex-Aid, they are not bad.

Ex-Aid is fantastic, every episode matters. 31 episodes in so far and none of it can be considered filler. It's stacked with plot and storyline.