Yeah these were an odd bunch of episodes I'll admit that.

I think the concept of "Oh our heroes were defeated by a powered up villain, it's time for them to try and train and better themselves and maybe find a way to win"

And instead we just get a really odd lesson of "You all weren't protecting anyone, you were just thinking of fighting" which like... okay if the climax was the two managing to smartly give their enemies the slip so they could get to the Power Spot and calm it down? That would make sense.

But no it's just two standard battles before Ray and Dimas finally get the idea to strike fast and hard in one spot enough times.

Other than that I think the best part of the episodes for me was seeing that Iron Mask will just wear his cloak while as Evil Torga which is sick. And also Draconer as a zombie now is horrifying but I couldn't stop laughing at how he didn't have the capacity to kneel and basically just hunched over while twitching slightly the entire time Black Lord was in the room.

For some reason, Bima had the major antagonists not shown to be really strong, at least in their early appearences, with Topeng Besi being slain by OG Bima's Helios, as well as how the Death Phantoms fare to current Bima-X's forms such as Earth Mode in its debut. Topeng Besi was even seen as a failure by Rasputin, and in his infighting with Azazel, Azazel just (literally) curbstomps him without problem.

This is an even better way for how the people managed to know the Satrias' fate and pray for them, rather than them just viewing the destruction and the heroes being on the verge of losing.

Guess this is something that doesn't commonly happen in Kamen Rider regardless of the KR series' quality. And yeah, with how the previous thing has said Power Stone being referred as Power Stone Yellow.

This adds an interesting new angle to Topeng Besi's undying hatred of the Satrias. Even when he was revived as a cyborg without his memories, that hatred was the only thing driving him. Now he lives only to get revenge on the Satrias, for denying him the power to change something that wasn't his place to change, the exact details of the event that got him excommunicated being yet another mystery saved for later. There's so much lore with this guy, it's crazy!

Just like Thunder and Ice Mode, Evil Torga is another cool variant of the Torga suit! Black Lord is kind of a genius for figuring out from Rasputin's old plan that he could make a synthetic Power Stone as strong as a real Power Stone simply by imbuing it with strong emotions, the undying hatred of Topeng Besi being easily enough for the job.

And the suit is dark. Poor Azazel.

I guess the moral is that a Satria shouldn't seek power for the sake of destroying the enemy, which is what separates Ray, Reza and Dimas from Topeng Besi who lost his way a long time ago.

Anyway, I thought it was humorous how Dimas performed especially poorly at training, since he was literally introduced in training scenes.

Zombie Draconer sure did happen.

For sure, that's what makes him such a memorable and iconic villain!

Okay but like, it still wasn't a sponsorship deal like how it very much is in BIMA-X.

That would've been a way smarter play to make. Heck, they still could've tied it to the water thing too via "fixing a leak."

It's like how Shadow Moon was never allowed to sit down in Kamen Rider Black. Funny stuff.

Yeah, more often than not a new hero showing up means it's all about them, for better or worse. It was nice to see this show subvert things in that regard.

I mean, he's also a spoiled rich guy, so of course he has no idea how to properly mop a floor!

Our third recap episode.

What? You're expecting more out of me? Well unfortunately, this is the most basic of them all, and thus there's not much to talk about.

This episode is written and directed by Ahmad Nurudin, another of the directors who works on BIMA-X. And I guess the staff just decided that directors should handle the recap episodes.

And as a recap episode not handled by Hideki Oka, this one is much less insane than the previous two. It's all about Iron Mask and his army having flashbacks as they discuss what their new plan of attack should be after everything that's happened across both BIMA and BIMA-X.

As a result, the episode is just shy of being a straight up clip show, to the point that you can tell this was a budget episode due to how the editing is handled during the original scenes. But hey, I can definitely say that the bit at the end, where Karax kicks a dude into re-entry? A really fun(ny) reward for sitting through a bunch of old scenes. I appreciated that.

Anyway, yeah, it is what it is. Nothing crazy, nothing bad, it just serves its purpose of catching the audience up some while very slightly advancing the plot. It works.

Yeah, this is pretty much a Bottle Episode + Recap all wrapped in one package.

As a result I really don't have much to say but it's probably just my least favorite episode of the show? Mostly because out of all the recaps this definitely is the least interesting of them. It's not bad, but it's definitely the weakest episode we've had I feel.

Forgot about this part but it seems disappointing yeah to have a dilemma with more stakes being solved normally as if the stakes wasn't there. Can be just a tactic for the monsters to just psyche out the heroes and have them more hesitant in their actions so they fight worse or let the monsters wreak havoc.

Was only Ray that tells Dimas about Randy, with Dimas actually explaining what he meant by what he said and Ray understanding him better. Should be a new info as well for Ray to be conveyed to Randy. Ray was the one that acted as the middleman between them, guess it's better handled by the one that has clearer head and isn't clouded by anger in their judgment.

In terms of recaps specifically, sure. But across the whole show? Can't agree. Other episodes have annoyed me more. And this one had that amazing re-entry scene.

That is a way to look at it, yeah. But at the very least it should've lead to a bit more character drama, I feel.

I'm gonna miss you, Gackt.

Honestly, the title of this one straight up tells you what's what: Evil Torga throws down with our heroes in the Satria World.

And it's a really cool fight with alot of emotional highs! As always though, Bima Legend is the show stealer. The staff behind BIMA had to have known that he was gonna be a fan favorite, because they do him alot of good here.

It's to the point that the credits of the episode are a tribute to him and his actor. Although in that regard, it does point out one minor flaw in all of this: If anyone's tuning in to BIMA-X without having seen BIMA first, the effect isn't going to be anywhere near as strong.

That's about the short of it really. The fight is big, cinematic, and comes as a great loss. Bima-X dual wielding both versions of Helios is awesome, the three Satrias doing their own version of the Father-Sons Kamehameha is even better, and Evil Torga with the cloak on is just cool. Much like this episode. And thus I have no real complaints. It's a fun time.

Yeah this was a pretty exciting episode to witness.

We get an epic and grand final showing for Bima Legend, a really cool team-up between him and the younger Satrias against Iron Mask. And all around a pretty intense and action-packed episode.

I will say I did enjoy what comedy we did get in this episode though. The bit with Ricca and Dimas at the factory and even Dimas pointing towards his toy with a smile when asked "How did you even move this potential doomsday device to our front yard?" were great.