I don't have a problem with the building, I have a problem with Mari attaching the Exceed Charge thing and Takumi going 'dafook' to the next episode where he starts pulling weapons out of the wazoo and seems to have mastered all of them.

Yeah that is a pretty big issue. I mean if she had to tell him how to get the weapons out and he just remembered from that point onwards, it would all be cool. But he just seems to know automatically now what to do. As I speculated, did he read the manual or something?

Faiz 05. Turns out Takumi is a good guy.

There was a lot of good stuff this episode, I like how they made the Smart Brain capitol building feel like their actual building, rather than just hastily putting up a few signs in what is obviously a blend between a totally unrelated building and some interior sets.

Plus this episode seemed to have at a much better pace than last weeks, as within the first ten minutes we'd had multiple twists, new information about the Orphenoch's and the police are investigating the massacre from last week.

Ironically, this week, it was the second half of the episode that went down the crapper. Didn't Takumi just declare his allegiance last episode? So why is this whole sub-arc about getting a ticket and needing to work part time, here? It's like that stupid hairdressing scene.

Toda looks ridiculous - I mean seriously, is he the Pope Orphenoch or something? And what is he armed with, a closed parasol? - I guess he's a friend of the Penguin. And I really hate how every villain so far has died in the episode they were introduced.

I did like the fact that Takumi can't just pull the Driver out of his ass though, like all the other Riders, it actually had to be delivered to him.

That's one of the best parts of the Gear: nothing materializes out of thin air. Every piece of equipment is stored in the case or on Autovajin. It's a cool touch of realism that starts out neat but gets annoying when the show starts playing musical belts later on.

Why is everybody watching Faiz all of a sudden? I've been watching it for 3 weeks and I'm nearly done with the series

Because of me, lol. And I was inspired by Ryan.

Because Locke started watching it and me and NGW decided we'd watch it with him and give you all three different reviews of the show.

And Winston right now is all edgy in our trio, he's the Accel to our W.

Well, considering the stupidly slow speeds on these DDLS of Faiz, I might get finished with the series around the same time as you guys LOL. I'm on 39, BTW.

Hey that means I get the funny, awkward cute girl :)