Funny that you bring that up, because I believe that's going to play a big role later on in the series.

I thought he was the Bugster of Perfect Puzzle and Knockout Fighter since there was that blue and red energy when he possessed Emu.

I doubt he could be the bugster for two games, and since the episode clearly states 'Parad is Gamer M', the 'Parad is Puzzle/M is Fighter' theory is almost cert
ainly debunked, too.

Parad is the Bugster from Mighty Action C, originally, but is also the Bugster of Mighty Bros XX, which we can assume he created with Emu.
We can assume that he's the Perfect Puzzle / Knockout Fighter Bugster, too but, I think the show may have bit off a bit more than it can chew with this idea and it's best to not pick at it.

I think Cronus might end up being Nico: she's the actual challenge Parad is looking for, made it clear this ep that she intends to beat him and, as we've seen with the Ride Players, Kamen Riders - like actual video games - don't need to conform to the gender of the player.

and so the whole deal with Parad is revealed. He is Emu's Bugster and is the actual gamer M.
Para-Dx totally kicked their butts and despite being more powerful than the level 50s still augment his attacks with power-ups to defeat them. He even has his own theme song now.

Genm returns and Poppy is going to use it first?!
cant wait for Kuroto boy to come back.
Nico as Cronus? Why would she fight the doctor riders as well since scans shows Cronus doing that. Unless more than 1 person becomes Cronus.

So Level 0 may have infection prevention prowess?
Why would Kuroto need something like that? xD

I don't think Parad is tied to any specific game but more to Emu's desire for a friend to play games with hence his human appearance.

Great episode. I liked that new OST. I find it weird that level 50+50=99 though but it is probably an aesthetic choice they went with. I wonder if we will get a Tekken 7 Gashat someday...

Welcome to the forums! 99 is usually the max level in JRPGs so they went with that

It's a game thing. Mostly in RPGs. Level 99 is max level because 100 would require adding a 3rd digit to the number and in early gaming history that would take a lot more space for just one number. Thematically, this means that if/when a Rider goes to Level 100 or higher they are breaking the game.



So this is a good episode. I expected the Emu and Pallad plot and it did pretty much what I needed it to do to explain a lot of things, though I feel there's still questions to address. However, I'd have to rewatch the show from the beginning to spot them. Eitherway, they did a good job here. What I didn't expect was Poppy's B plot. Without a word, they revealed who died in Poppy's creation. That's some good stuff.

On the negative, I don't like Perfect Knockout. I knew something was off about it from promos, but it wasn't until I saw it moving that I realized the helmet is flat and narrow. Also, the designs gets rid of the pearl color that made his unique undersuit. I don't hate the design, I'm just not a fan of it.

This really feels like the episode before the final. Ex Aid is great.


BTW- The actors are really good looking especially Pallad.