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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Exile

So much more respect for drive after this episode, its not about kamen rider, its now about a cop moving on from his past and being just as heroic even without the belt...love it. Henshin-free story that ties up the series in a respectable and appropriate manner

I would agree that this episode is one of the best KR episodes that have been made in the past couple of years. It's not about the suit, or the flashy CG, but the heart of the person.

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Originally Posted by Haxxx5

Controversial opinion: I really really liked Drive waaay more than Gaim.

Even the start of the show was fine because it focused on the cop drama and investigation rather than everything else. Later on we saw excellent characters rise to their own:Gen, Kyu, Rinna, Heart, Brain, Medic, all were fun full characters. And 5he best amongst those is got to be Gen, his character arch was way more interesting to me than any other supporting character in Gaim (Mitchy is a main and thus doesn't count).
The show was sort of episodic but it didn't feel like it. Everything flowed from one episode to the next without the harsh stop-start that were the Gaim arcs.

This episode shows how good was this show really. It was a reasonable epilogue after last weeks episode and didn't just retconed what was akready established. Ya, the villain was week but he wasn't supposed to be strong, he needed to be human to bring us down to earth.

The only thing I despise with a passion about this show is how Kiriko was treated. She started out so well. I remember one forum user thinking she was an android because her amasing acrobatics. She wore the belt even, and got her own fighting gear. But by the end she was just another damsel in distress, a thing to be won over by Chaise or Shinoske. That's really bad.

I do wonder: now that it has been solidly established that there is no more belt, how would they involve Drive in the movie wars or will they not address it at all?

There's plenty of ways to involve Drive. It's not like Krim/Robert Downey Jr. is gone, merely sealed away in his House Party Protocol.

I think it's cool for someone to appreciate this series over Gaim. There was a lot of detraction with the whole cop serial meets wacky Scooby gang hijinks that was the first 25 episodes of Drive.

At least Kiriko didn't turn into the Koyomi of the series. Seriously, Wizard really ruined the whole female counterpart thing going forward. Then again, Gaim's Mai wasn't exactly a sparkling example either. Kiriko had a few parts where she actually was a perfect counterpart in the series.

And unlike Gaim, the series wasn't mired in the villain take up the whole series aspect.

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Originally Posted by Kiwami

Meh... as expected, a completely pointless waste of an episode. The real ending in the last episode was good enough; if anything they should've used the extra episode for a real epilogue or a longer fight against Sigma instead of this.

Ghost isn’t even a factor in this episode besides just being there and fighting for 10 seconds... what's the point?

I hope this will be the last time they sacrifice a whole episode for this stupid last episode crossover stuff.

I would agree, since Ghost was in the last episode, and in this one. But it wasn't so poorly done that it didn't make sense. There was some flow to it. But they wrapped everything up last episode and kind of needed a filler, so we got it.