I would have to agree with you there Kiwami, this super being a toy commercial at this point.

Although I felt there was some good points to this episode I really do feel off with the biggest tease of a form in drive.

Here is hoping that the chase plot is resolved next episode we can potentially get kamen rider Chaser.

I am really loving the set up for the weekend

I don't think any other Rider season I've watched has been that much of a tease with the next form. That was just uncalled for.

For the most part, I thought this was a really good episode. It felt like the show was definitely upping the stakes this week, both in terms of Chase's upgrades and the Roidmudes plan to go all-in on destroying Drive and Mach. The fights really felt important this time, especially when both Riders found themselves needing Dead Heat at the same time. I think the episode really built to a good climax, especially with the mystery of what Brain did to Chase and how it could interfere with the battle against Drive. But then...

This. Just... this. :(

To be fair, from what I've seen of Drive so far (only started watching when they introduced Mach, I've been undeniably prejudice against this show before because of reasons...mostly fatigue), isn't Krim's thing being a secretive bastard who only tells Shinnouske things when he feels it's necessary? Sure, it's still bullshit to only summon it after Gou had to give up Deadheat to help them, leaving Gou at the mercy of Heart and Medic, but at least it's kinda keeping a theme going? Maybe. I'm grabbing at straws here.

He can be secretive, but even Type Wild and Type Technique had some sort of build up. If we hadn't known about Type Formula from magazine scans, then we wouldn't have found out until the very moment Shinnosuke gets it.

I think this is the first time Krim just outright introduces a helpful piece of weaponry mid-fight like that.

And even Type Dead Heat got proper build up during its introduction. We saw it earlier in that episode and then it got used later.

Formula just shows up out of absolutely nowhere.

I actually think that maybe the formula reveal would have been better if it was completely out of nowhere, and no one not even Steinbelt knew about before hand.

I think the one thing I got out of this episode is that it made me actually LIKE Gou.

I would wholeheartedly agree that how they've introduced not just Type Formula, but most of the power ups have been just sloppy writing.

I also had a thought during/after watching. I get that supposedly Shinosuke is supposed to be a 'gear head', but we really don't get that sensation at all from anything out of the Drive universe save for just some references. I mean, he's a cop. Character wise, he doesn't seem like it if the shift cars weren't there. It's like they just slammed together W with Carranger.

I'm not mad, it's just an observation. Obviously the whole point is to sell toys. And fish sausage.

Also, it's official. Chase is the Mary Sue of KR Drive. Please put us out of our misery and either make him a good guy, or just leave him out and give us more Medic. Or perhaps make Heart something more than a Japanese Elton John that hulks out.

It's possible we get a. If backstory on Formula but in the a second half of this arc. Not better but forced by the two part format