Christ, this episode starts out completely no nonsense, then shows how insane Kuruto's become, more conflict with Hiiro and Emu, Parad's honour, Kuruto's pettiness and just how good the show is. This is very fast paced as this is the kind of episode that takes place in the mid-30's usually

Dear sweet Goddess. This episode. I think everyone has said everything for me already. Can't wait for next week. Although, I do wonder if we'll ever see the Bugster version of Emu?

Can we just take a moment to appreciate & give a round of applause to Kuroto Dan's actor?! I mean, this guy knows how to pull off a character with two very polarizing personas: One who was a plain-looking president, and the other being a madman psychopathic villain who is very, VERY quickly climbing up to be one of the most twisted & demented Kamen Rider villains in the franchise. Seeing his facial expressions and just the way he looks now in comparison to back in the old days of him running Genm Corps made me really see just how far this character has gone, and how well his actor pulled off the look.

GREAT Episode of Ex-Aid this week. This clarified a LOT of things that were unclear before on different character motivations. Hiiro asking for Emu's Gashats AGAIN this Episode at first annoyed me, but it wasn't until he said something that I couldn't believe I missed out on: "I don't want to lose the patient right in front of my eyes." Now, I don't mean that I missed out on the obvious fact that Hiiro doesn't want Emu to die. But I'm referring to the fact that Hiiro was mostly asking for the Gashats because of the increasing symptoms they have when used by Emu, and instead of being punishing like last time, this time he's doing this for Emu's good.

I also love how they went ahead and clarified on Palad's actions a few Episodes killing off a Bugster, yet getting mad when Genm does it. I heard a couple complaints on that hypocrisy going on, and I'm glad the show actually addressed that and justified why it makes sense. And might I just say, GOD, PALAD, you didn't have to do him like that!!! MY GOSH, Dan made a HUGE mistake by giving him the strongest Gashat thus far!!!

Get this. He also has an actual medical licence and is the only Rider actor on the show who wasn't a doctor at first

If Emu is a bugster and M is original - and Emu is dissappear so that means M can't transform again, why M can transform ?

Honestly, we'll have to wait for next week for that to be answered

Something else want to bring up
Hiroki Iijima (Emu's actor) also did really great. I wanted to hug him tightly when he started shaking in denial

The strange thing is it does'nt feel like Emu is the main character which is a good thing. The series is really giving every character enough time and focus to get their actions and motivations across which this episode is a stellar example of. And of course props to Kuroto Dan here and I wonder if Pallad will be a sort of a lone agent anti-hero possibly becoming the final boss.

That scene near the end. Where Dan truly shows himself as the bastard that he is. It has Hiiro, Taiga, AND Pallad charging at Dan. That scene for some reason just hits me the hardest. Not in an emotional way, but just the tension in it that makes all 3 of them run at the same time.

Genm is a psychopath. No other way to put it. He is just pure psycho.