honestly I like that Daiji goes to the dark side after KAgerou dies

I'm not sure that his position can be considered a transition to the dark side. Rather, non-resistance. By the way, this does not prevent the villains from beating him.

Dark Side not in a literal sense I feel, but he is going towards one side.

Daiji is basically, using a watered down term, going full Shin Megami Tensei LawBro in how he is descending and I absolutely love it. Because I finally realize what they're doing with him now that I've let it sit and thought about it in recognizable video game terms.

It really fits in that it makes sense that Holy Live really feels weaker than a usual upgrade in comparison to higher level threats. And how it basically replaced base Live entirely. Dude became an angel and discarded his inner demon, became pure, in a series where you're meant to grow with your inner demon/accept them.

Dude couldn't accept or grow with Kagero, while Ikki and Sakura are still able to fight with Vice and Lovekov. And he while he seemingly got stronger via an upgrade, in reality he's actually weaker without Kagero. And as a result without some kind of anchor to weigh him down, he's becoming worse than if he did have the baggage of Evil with him.

The short of it is, Chaos is the way to go, ChaosBros let's go!

THIS is a great descriptor for this arc. Well thought out

Tell me I'm not the only one who shed a tear when Hiromi appeared and said "Tadaiima :)".

God, I loved seeing Hiromi back. Please let this man transform again because Over-Demons isn't doing it for me

I can see how everyone feels the show has been dragging as of late. It does feel similar to the lost/gold smash bottle arc from Build, which really halted the pace of where things were headed. Not sure we're quite there yet, IMO Saber had the more egregious pacing issues. I still like all these characters enough to see where things are headed.

Also, please don't kill Papa-san. I know this show already has its share of fakeouts but the hero having parents was a breath of fresh air in this series

The problem is that in Revice we have been watching the same thing for more than a month. Igarashi and the Weekend plan fails, Akaishi's plan works, Daiji suffers. And, remembering Saber's accusations of the one-dimensionality of the Riders, even Ryoga Shindai is a complex and multifaceted character compared to Hikaru (and Weekend Kid, wait a minute, from the first episodes on the screen!) Giff also does most of the main villains of Sentai due to passivity. So I think even if Revice gets interesting again towards the end, the disappointment of his 30th episodes will not be forgotten. IMO, of course.

did we even watch the same show a year ago true Saber had pacing issues until PRimitive Dragon's debut it was gangbusters after that unfortunately this has gone the Build route of padding so they don't overtake the toy schedule(just with less blatant Gaim rehashes)

honestly I feel like this is an accurate depiction

The weekend riders are growing. Might as well toss George, hiromi, and Julio tamaki the extra demon drivers and go all out kyoryuger style at this point Akashi is the typical rollover over the top insane villain without the charisma. Really can’t expect the heroes to be smart when they’re not aware of the obvious bad guy leader in front of them for the past twenty episodes.