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Originally Posted by Kiwami

So first off the episode was great. The more I think about how this was tackled and that they allowed it to happen in the first part made me realize once more how great this show really is.

Now that we talked about this, let's focus on the important stuff:

Kamen Rider Poppy. I should hate her. I hate idol girls. I hate cutesy stuff. Like hearts, rainbows and sparkles and shit. But I can't hate her, she's too awesome. It really helps that we saw this character through so many situations and that we always had the puzzle pieces since we knew she was a Bugster for quite some time but they never really told us how she came to work for the CR and why. I mean they haven't done it now either but we can put some pieces together and I'm pretty sure once the show works on getting her back to the good side we'll see some flashbacks.

And the actress continues to do a fantastic job. Her voice is amazing. The way she can alter it really helps with the delivery, the way she says "Henshin" in this episode for example, so good. Her suit isn't the best, her fighting style (while different) isn't all that exciting, but dang I'm still very glad that she's here.

So yeah, bring on the merch, Kiwami needs a Kamen Rider Poppy Figuart now.

Agreed. As silly as Poppy is as a character she's still, well, a character which makes her infinitely more tolerable and even likable than some other comedy relief we've had in the Neo-Heisei era.

Something about Kamen Rider Poppy though really reminds of something you'd see in Super Smash Bros., too, and I can't point my finger on it. Maybe it's just the idea of this very colorful, very eccentric and very unique fighter that's just coming in and wrecking shit.

Ditto on the Figuart too, this might be the first Rider series where I'd try to go all-in.