[KRiderBlues]

After seeing Madoka for the first time a couple of weeks ago,this was the episode I was dreading/anticipating.

Seeing Hase taking a bite of the fruit almost made me do a slow motion "noooooooooo".To break up the Kurokage/Guridon team was sad enough,but this took it one step further.I sadly don't see a way for Hase to come out of this okay without feeling like a copout.Urobuchi is definitely living up to his nickname.

This show is focusing on something I feel has been missing from Rider shows for a while and it's the reaction of the ordinary folk to everything that's happening.Seeing the Zawamites being angry and violent towards everyone involved with the Invess Game really makes me take what's happening seriously.It's logical that they would put the blame on the Armored Riders since they started showing up around the same time the bigger Invess started attacking people.Seeing the victims of the attacks still suffering after the fact really builds up the drama and if people start dying or becoming Invess from it,this could bring the danger level of Rider monsters back up to how it was in the early Heisei days.We haven't seen any body counts from MOTW's since W,maybe.Not that I haven't been enjoying Kamen Rider the last couple of years,but Gaim is really raising the bar for Rider shows.