I highly doubt she'd be Gemn. Mainly because she was on the scene when he appeared. And she looked very shocked that he was there. But then again....she is a computer program. So who is to say that there aren't multiple versions of her? PLOT TWIST!!!
:lolol

Something tells me Parad is going to have his fun as Genmu in the first quarter, but then his Gamer Driver will be destroyed or recovered. I say this because it feels like that's what their going for, what with this most recent episode.

However because he used Graphites Gashacon Bugvisor the weapon now has the Data of Genmu in it's systems. So Graphite makes use of his buckle and becomes the new Genmu with Parad becoming Paradox in order to keep his rider status ongoing.

That's just part of the misdirection.

I just realized something. Sports games and zombie games are some of the mosg criticized genres. Genm has both

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Well, Ex-Aid is going to be one, extremely weird, show!

To be honest, the thing I was most worried about Ex-Aid going forward was that they would drop the hot pink and green for a more "traditional" color scheme as he powered up. Especially since his first two upgrades were red and (what I assumed based on the Gashat would be) gold. I'm so glad to be proven wrong. It's not the same color scheme obviously, but it's pretty funky too. I seriously just love the orange and teal way too much.

Ditto on that. Teal and orange go well in this case.

Oh boy, Ex-Aid is going to be the reverse Double. One person who splits into two riders for Level XX.

They need to give out the full version of the opening song. I crave the song!!! :lolol

Some of videos about Ex-Aid Riders in Ganbarizing Game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv1qMBEnW1Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OqRuxA9G_o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRkhs3SlVOA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaQkqwseR-E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8O95kpjFQw

I love Snipe already.

I just remembered what GENM's Rider Machine is and now I'm imagining Zombie Gamer just pedaling away at his little green and pink bicycle. No words. Except for this one: lmao.

I don't think he could be able to use it anymore, remember, Zombie Gamer needs the Bugster Buckle and Gashacon Bugvisor, where does he activate Shakariki Sports?

You're probably not wrong, but we don't exactly know how the Buggle Driver works. I mean, it doesn't have a second slot at all, so it wouldn't be able to Level Up in a traditional way despite it being a big gimmick. It's possible that it works like, say, the Ghost Driver (or really, any number of Drivers) and Zombie just gets him in his base form, after which he is able to switch out to other Gashats freely. Maybe it'll be like "Press A to use this Gashat as armor, Press B to summon the Gamer" or something.

Or maybe not. Just throwing it out there as a possibility.

With the Buggle Driver on GENM is also left unarmed. He may be able to detach the Bugvisor after transformation and use it as usual. Maybe then he can use it to call out Gamers...?

Eh. Who knows.

It was really just a funny image that came to mind.

I know this has been discussed many times, but after finally checking it out for myself, I agree it can't get anymore obvious. Genm has to be Graphite. He has the Bugvisor and the he's already wearing the Bugster buckle. It would be the ultimate troll if they make someone else Genm.

So I was looking through some Ganbarizing cards, spotted something interesting:

http://ganbarizing.com/images/cardlist/dammy/GP-006.png

Emu committing grand theft bicycle.

The colors really do match a lot better this way, huh...

I hope forever Ex-Aid & Lazer are partners.

Well one blog I followed just put up something that finally convinced me 100% that Graphite is GENM. I was already like 80 percent sure. But now. I'm pretty sure.

This tweet from Graphite's VA says that while Graphite is in his Bugster form at the start of the show, as the story progresses he will also appear in his human form. If he is a Rider, this makes sense. The biggest thing probably distracting most of us (or at least me) from thinking he could be a Rider was that he was a big green monster, so having confirmation that he will have a human form gets rid of that. And here's the kicker: the guy is actually pretty young and attractive, both diagnostic features of potential Riders. And for some reason I never bothered to check but, he's not a dedicated VA or anything. In fact Ex-Aid is one of his first acting roles from what I could find. Another, not as, but fairly common trait among main heroes in SHT shows lately is relative inexperience.

Added to the obvious Buggle Driver connections and...is there any possible way he's not GENM? Probably. But I for one am 100% totally convinced.

Of course...all this information has been out there for a while. The tweet itself is from before the show started. But I hadn't been paying attention for some reason. Anyway.

I, personally, have been a member of the camp that thinks Graphite is Genm. It just seems to fit and make sense. It feels right. :lolol

It just occured to me that I've seen Snipe's style of helmet before. Minus all the typical Toku and Rider dressings.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CuxnDTOVUAAg-zE.jpg

It's based on a Pro-Tec model. The kind frequently used by special operations units and the like due to its lighter weight (and trust me, that's a lot more valuable in the field than you think).

You know, the kind of unit you'd find snipers in the company of.

My guess for those two mystery characters in the Level 1 transformation for the Ex-Aid riders is that it'll be Paradox's two forms.

I don't think it would be like that. Why would they make two different character screens for showing the same Rider? It would be understandable if Paradox is two different Riders, but it's not the case here. Maybe, we would get a last Rider in the 3rd quarter or even in the movie. Seeing that Ex-Aid will get his Super or Final form in the next quarter, it would be understandable if another Rider appears. Remember, Toei is really picky to give upgrades to multi Rider shows nowadays. I even can't be sure if Brave will even get another final upgrade later.

Well...every other Rider has two screens too. So it would almost fit. I doubt it is Paradox though, since he doesn't use the Gamer Driver. I think they're just for GENM, considering. The colors kinda match too.

Ex-Aid already kinda has an edge over Gaim in the form department - Five Riders from the start who will have a big chibi form, a normal form, upgrade armor, and four will share an upgrade after that, then two will get a full body upgrade after that (one of which requires three suits!). And then a totally different Rider with two forms.
If Ex-Aid doesn't go completely bonkers on the Rider count like Gaim did, and something's telling me the won't go quite that far, then we're more likely to get some "closure forms" for Brave and even Snipe or Lazer.



Which reminds me of something cool I noticed - When we got the Q2 scans I saw that the pic of Lazer with DKHZ looked like the bike, with the same dorky helmet as LV1/the bike form. I thought it was another unfortunate change from the concept art - but then I realized, he didn't have any of the black and gold from GiriGiri Chambara. He just lacked the armor from it to give him the other helmet!

New VO short, spoilers for ep 3 I guess.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuO3CTEuv7Q

Some potentially interesting plot stuff in this one. I can't be completely sure without subs, but it sounds like the Proto Gashats may have been involved in the Incident five years ago in some way, and the fact that Dan still has them is seemingly problematic. And a secret. Interesting. We haven't seen much of Dan in the show itself, but these Virtual Operation shorts are making him out to be about as shady as we expected. Makes me wonder what exactly the PGR Gashat is gonna be doing in Heisei Generations...

Oh man, these things are so weird. It's like, 80% exposition on unimportant crap I already know (though I like the idea that Taiga feels compelled to point out the joke in how he holds the Gashat, like he's really proud he came up with it), and then 20% vital exposition given out before the actual show gives it to you. Like, wow, Taiga has that kind of dirt on GENM? That explains why he would be given a Driver way better than just the cash we saw.

Oh my god.

I was just rewatching the first Virtual Operations episode to get a good look at the Proto Gashats and I just noticed the PDKHZ Gashat has a special molded dragon head on it just like the regular one does. I could have sworn it was a regular Gashat the last time I saw it.

And here I was disappointed by the fact that the Q2 catalog revealed how it looks when they actually revealed it right after the first episode. I'm friggin blind.

This is good though, gives me an idea of the size/shape/dimensions of the thing compared to regular ones. Was wondering whether it could fit inside the Gashat Case. It...may not?

Anyway.

On a different subject.

I really like how each Rider has their own little phrase for their Level 2 transformation for some reason. It's neat. Looking forward to seeing what Kiriya's is. I'm seriously like 50% hoping he just steals one of Drive's.

Since the monsters are actually villains from the game, my guess is that Graphite will be the villain for Drago Knight Hunter Z, so he'll probably be killed off in December. Then, Parad will take his Bugster Buckle and Bugvisor and become Genm Level X.

So who'd be Paradox then?

Brand new character maybe? Maybe the head of Genm Corp?

No, I mean, regarding the name? It doesn't strike you as something of a massive hint as to his identity?

Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if Dan is Genm at present, and its Graphite that'll be Zombie Genm

Obviously there has to be some relation with the name Parad and Paradox, but they can always throw a curveball at us.

I just want to say this now. I think the director is a program too, like Asuna. Hence his sudden changes and, on ocassion, glitches. XD

ALso, something else I'm calling in episode 3 we were told that Snipe took something from Brave. I'm guessing that that something was Brave's father, the Director. And this lends to my "Director is a program" idea.

Okay so there's mention of Emu's personality change which got me thinking on a theory... A GAM-*Shot*

Anyway so you know how Emu suddenly smiles after that mysterious wind, and he gets all super confident as Ex-Aid? What if that's a side effect of using the Gamer Driver if you yourself are a Gamer. And what if Mighty Bros. XX is meant to make full use of that side effect?

Think about it, Emu is clumsy and a bit soft, while Ex-Aid is very much loud and confident. While one could chalk it up to being a battle personality, what if that's what Mighty Bros XX does, it splits up his personality into two separate entities.

Also it would complete the Super Mario Bros. Reference their obviously trying to do.

I like that idea.

I guess it has to do with zero day.

Sounds great! That could set up some great character building for Emu - hope they do that!

October 30th / Episode 5: All together, a clashing crash! (全員集合、激突Crash！ / Zen'in shūgō, gekitotsu Crash!)
No new episode on November 6th.
November 13th / Episode 6: A hollow beat in the heart! (鼓動を刻めin the heart！ / Kodō o kizame in the heart!)
November 20th / Episode 7: The reason for some lies! (Some lieの極意！ / Some lie no gokui!)
November 27th / Episode 8: Men, fly high! (男たちよ、Fly high！ / Otoko-tachi yo, Fly high!)

Episode titles for November. Seems like Ex-Aid Level 3 will debut episode 5. Brave Level 3 in Episode 6 and Snipe Level 3 in episode 8. Episode 7's title doesn't seem to relate to any form, so Lazer Level 3 can appear in any of those episodes.

Have only had time to watch the first episode so far and my prediction for Gemn is that Emu's childhood accident had something to do with the bug star virus and Gemm or one of the main Bugstars is a byproduct.

http://www.toei.co.jp/tv/ex-aid/stor.../10/20/top.jpg

http://www.toei.co.jp/tv/ex-aid/stor...16/10/20/9.jpg

Robot Action Gamer looks a lot better than I was expecting. The colors don't clash as much as I had feared.