[MaskedRiderAsakura]

Thoughts:


- First off, somebody needs to put the L'Oreal logo over Hyper Muteki's debut ASAP.

- I think we all knew Kiriya was playing Masamune the whole time, but still KIRIYA'S BACK and I love his interactions with Kuroto.

- Speaking of Kuroto, it's just sooo....Kuroto.....of him to waste 10 seconds of invincibility monologuing and bragging about his creation and then Taiga rightfully calling him out on it. It was just perfect.

- The actual concept for the Final Form is something I don't think we've ever seen in Rider before. The main character has to actually physically merge with the big bad to assume the form. It's not only a clever way of limiting the form's use, but there's the obvious tension it creates. And I totally buy Emu needing Pallad to use the form. After all, it was meant for the "Ultimate" Gamer, and Emu isn't the Ultimate Gamer: "M", the combination of Pallad and Emu, is.

- Gotta love Kiriya and Nico INSTANTLY buddying up when Emu is kicking Chronos' ass.

- Regarding, next preview...looks like we'll get to see Kamen Rider Poppy again! But of course, the flags are raised higher than ever before with next episode for Taiga.....Ex-Aid giveth, Ex-Aid taketh