Kamen Rider Gaim Episode 22: The Truth of One in Seven
 

Another exposition heavy episode that will require waiting for the subs to truly judge, methinks. Though it does appear that we're finally seeing some cracks (no pun intended) in the Yggdrasil ranks. Cherry Jinba is pretty neat, I will say. It was kind of amusing watching the Kurokage troopers fighting the Inves in the background because at times they seemed a little bored. Kouta gets another energy lock seed! Sneaky bugger. The Yuya reveal really hit him hard, too. Wait. What?! I expected to get a preview for Peach Jinba next week, not Kachidoki Arms already. (Although Kachidoki Arms looks freaking awesome in the actual suit, at least based on what we're shown.)

The Heisei vs Showa scenes in the credits and the new commercial in the middle were awesome though. It's going to be a painful wait for that to get released. The Figuarts commercials were nice, too. That Kabuto renewal really does look gorgeous! I was originally going to pass on it, too. Dangnabbit.

Edit: Also, if anyone has $500 laying around and wants Kouta's jacket, here you go: http://www.doarat.jp/fs/dostore/jacket/j316. Not sure if anyone has pointed that out or not.

Wait a sec We just got jinbei arms and now we're getting Kachidoki Arms already?! C'mon Bandai don't shoehorn this crap in and ruin a good story....

The shit has hit the fan.

It's both weird and great that the very first monster a Rider kills is making such impact on the story. While we know that Kachidoki debuts next episode I doubt Kota will ever be the same again. He sure wasn't kidding when he said they were forced to grow up too fast back in 11.

I can't wait to see what happens next time!

Considering Jinba is lame as fuck, and yet despite how many riders and powers there are, the show has yet to feel bogged down by it, I don't foresee this happening. Gaim has made just about every rider/power reveal feel natural, since the entire story revolves around the discovering and exploitation of these powers.

Is this the fifth or sixth time that's happened in this show?

By my count maybe it's happened 10 or 12 times by now, but I could be wrong about that number.

And yet it still never gets old.lol

Jinba isn't really that new, it's been around for enough and now we need to have a new form appear to mix things up a bit for the conflicting sides. Besides even in Jinba form Gaim could just barely hold his own against the energy riders (well, except for Sid of course) and with Kachidoki it'll progress the story now that Gaim has the most powerful form and (based on descriptions) will be able to overpower the Energy form Riders.

Plus for all we know there's a limit or penalty when using Kachidoki, maybe it's like Suika arms and needs to recharge after being used.