That was such a great moment when Emu and Kuroto came up with a way to stop Cronus. The part where Hiiro turned on them was probably the most infuriating moment of this entire show.

Lol with this episode did dan the man just step in become 2nd rider of this series :D because that's the way i see it and its kinda ironic when we think about it, dan resurrect but become ally while kiriya resurrect as an enemy, i always though other way around :D

what do you expect hiro to do, beat chronos with his weak form? he will die, that's lose/lose situation. if emu had muteki gamer i think hiro joining chronos will be out of the question.

it's almost like when go had no choice to join the villians to get banno because he knows he has no chance of beating the main villians, if he did, he wouldnt join them. it's called using your head and not being reckless.

Well first, we don't know the entirety of Hiro and Masamune's conversations. Second, even without that information, I think it's still logical to assume Brave's state of mind regardless. Cronus is just too damn powerful. He can too easily completely erase Saki's data if Hiro even so much as attempts to double cross him. The "big picture" doesn't matter, because Masamune's threats are immediate. Even if they get rid of his pause ability, he's still a strong opponent. He could easily escape and delete as much data as he wants. Even if they remove his ability to transform entirely, so far they can't pin anything on him as the CEO of GENM. The ministry of health is clearly unable to shut down the corporation for one reason or another, and now they can't apprehend him for the same crimes he was charged with years ago either. He gets away scott-free and is able to make Hiro suffer either way.

If Hiro wants to save his girlfriend above all else, he really has no other choices here.

i think kamen rider poppy not showing up has alot to do with that she's not as powerful as most riders to take on the stronger busters/rider forms, that also applies to nico as well, they can only take on the lower level bugsters.

i mean you saw kamen rider poppy fight pardo, she had no chance against him even emu doesnt want her fighting any bugster that's stronger than her, that's how much emu cares about poppy. it's just more of a plot thing than a personal thing against kr poppy.

Budget, probably. They want some cool night shots in there, but can't spare enough to shoot during those hours for long periods of time.

They're probably either short on suit actors, or only have one Buggle II prop.

That's because her revival wasn't even an option up until recently. For a LONG time, Graphite was dead and Hiro had accepted his loss. It's been a while ride for Hiro's emotions over the last couple weeks.

Isn't she a Level X? And Dan took on Snipe at level 50, so while current Parad and Graphite are a hassle for her, the other bugster shouldn't be a problem, and being lower powered doesn't stop Snipe or Brave from facing their opponents.

It might also be that her gashat game is not a combat one or one that can be used in combat so her fighting skill could be lower than others her level. Plus you can't compare her to god complex Neo Dan. the guy who made the powerful Dangerous Zombie and cheated death so many times. Also who made her gashat? Was it the JuJu Burger guy?

I'm kinda chalking it up to Poppy, being the bugster of a rhythm game (a.k.a. one of the few types of video games where there's no sort of fighting or violence), she doesn't like to fight all that much and would much rather use her powers in a support role. Hell, even when she was evil, her role was moreso to keep the Riders in check rather than do any sort of active fighting.


At least that's my in-show explanation for it. The real reason is probably, as someone said, possibly only having one version of the Bugvisor Zwei or they can't spare the suit actors.