Hmm, definitely on par with the first, maybe slightly better because HellHound looks a hell... of a lot cooler than Minotarus.

I thought the origin was handled nicely too.

Looking ahead, I just hope it keeps it up. I liked Fourze's goofiness and its nice to see this series isn't all doom and gloom. I think it definitely handles the badass to goofy thing a lot better. That organization or whatever could go either way. They could have a hand in creating the second rider (like Ixa I guess) or could be an elite group of phantoms (kind of like the natives in kabuto)

Either way I'm looking forward to next week =)

I was going in expecting the sidekick to be completely and irredeemably obnoxious, but I actually found him pretty fun.

I love how this series always seems to go against all of my negative expectations.

I must say that the bike-fu scene is nowhere near episode 3 of Garo: Makai Senki, but it's one of the better bike scenes in all of Kamen Rider.

Yeah, that bike scene was great!

I really like how we're getting mythos and backstory right away with this show.

Yeah, so far Wizard hasn't been too overly obnoxious unlike Fourze at times.

Also, Shunpei looked a lot like Gai from Gokaiger in some shots, it's not the same actor is it?

Enjoying this a lot so far.

The White Wizard looks really cool, and the Hellhound chase was pretty tight.

So next week we get to see the Water ring at work, it seems?

Found this on tumblr and just thought this was hilarious :lol

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma...00sto1_500.png

:lol

No, different guy. They both share the same "four-year-old in an adult body" personality and fashion sense, though.

I like Shunpei. The chase sequence was pretty funny. I hope he becomes a Rider, because in lots of series, the 'goofy' character basically becomes part of the backdrop once the Secondary Rider shows up.