[Battlizer]

Liked this one better than the first, which I thought was okay. I like how Shinnosuke put his cop skills into action this episode. The action was pretty good, if overly cg-heavy. The Rider Punch wans't as cool as the Rider Kick, but ah well.

We get confirmation that the belt IS Doctor Steinbert, but what he has to do with the Roymoodles remains to be seen. also surprised that Shinnosuke's partner is alive but that injury does seem to have taken a heavy toll on him.

Not sure what to think of Heart and Brain at the moment, though the Roymoodles plan to take on the perfect aspects of humanity, reminds me of what little I've seen of the Worms from Kabuto.

I wonder what Kamen Rider means in Drive and why Kiriko and Belt and the Roymoodles know what it is. Next week is Chase's real introduction as well as some insight into the black Drive form the first episode. Weird that he's being introduced this early, but idk. Also the next case with the ghosts and everything seems interesting.

All in all though, the episode was pretty good. Not quiiiiite feeling it yet, but at leas tit's watchable. I feel like I'm getting more into this than I did with Double, which is weird since they're pretty similar in some respects.

Only gripe I have is....I hope this doesn't go back to the whole 2-part episodes thing. With over a hundred Roymoodles I hope Drive at least fights a different one every week, not counting plot important ones.

EDIT: Also, it's somewhat weird to see a vehicle actually being important in Rider again...