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Originally Posted by (Basically) Everyone But Me

BEST EPISODE EVAR GENM <3

Dang it, and I managed 17 whole episodes before fundamentally disagreeing with people on Ex-Aid. It was nice while it lasted, I guess.

I thought it was alright? I mean, I liked it fine and everything, and I doubt Ex-Aid is actually losing my interest as much as something was just kind of off this week, but man. It's probably just my Gaim PTSD acting up again.

Still not sure if that's a joke...

Getting back on track, and in no particular order:

- So right off the bat I'd like to extend my thanks to the show for patching over some things that seemed like plot holes, first having Emu upfront ask Hiiro about Genm's blatant hint dropping. Since it didn't seem like he really reacted last week, I was worried they'd just forget it happened. Much like Emu apparently never thought everybody's mentioning of his ability to transform being odd was worth looking into until now. I'm starting to think Emu is kind of a moron, but, to be fair to the show, he's consistently been shown to be pretty stubborn and short-sighted for an otherwise upstanding guy, so this isn't anything inexcusable.

- Also on the subject of patching things up, it was really nice of Parad to explicitly explain what his problems with Dan are.

- On the subject of Dan... he's kind of lost his appeal to me. Credit where credit is due, he FINALLY got around to actually retrieving the other Riders' Gashats after setting out to do so about two months ago, and he's clearly threatening and all, but man, he's getting so impossibly petty and over the top, it's mostly just making me chuckle. Props to his actor for acting the s*** out of all his scenes though.

- Oh, and Genm totally saved the VotW! What a hero!

- Kind of an underplayed reveal for what Kamen Rider Chronicle is all about. Although I'm happy to have a theory about Ex-Aid that was confirmed instead of shot down for once.

- Motorz is getting away! Drat, if only Ex-Aid had some sort of vehicle to chase after him on. Maybe some kind of motorcycle? No? Okay then...

- Where's the dang opening?! It's been a month now! And the (I assume) contractually obligated use of EXCITE as an insert has been pretty hit or miss. This week was okay. Just okay though.

- So as a counterpoint to all my naysaying this week, I'd just like to point out that I'm digging Hiiro as much as I wanted to at the start. I remember back in the episode 4 thread I even said something like "well if Kiriya isn't going to be pals with Emu hopefully they can start putting some emphasis on Brave actually being a reliable ally in spite of his personality", so... wish granted. At a greater cost than I imagined at the time, but hey.

- Speaking of which, next week looks freakin' HYPE. I'll probably rave about it as much as everybody was raving about this episode. I'm always more about cool character stuff than the almighty Plot, so I guess that's no surprise.