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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

How many times do I have to say it, Toei? Leave M alone! Just because he's bad at math doesn't mean you have to kill him off!

Very, very, VERY well done episode, although it feels a little undercut by a couple things. This is going to sound more complainy than usual, but rest assured, I enjoyed this one a lot:

- So, tell me, Chronus, if you've finally learned you can just shoot the transformation devices out of people's hands before they use them, why have you not tried this on Emu??? The only reason he was still able to transform during Muteki's debut is because he already jammed it in the belt and hit the switch by the time you Paused. It' really frustrating because, while Chronus is a cool villain on a lot of levels, huge swaths of his actions made no discernible sense to me. Like he makes Genm look sane.

- And did they ever establish why he can't just erase Parad with his KRC Gashat the same way he can the other Bugsters? I'm not formally complaining about this part until someone can confirm or deny this because I've been known to forget details in this show.

- And how is Emu supposed to kill Parad for you if Bugsters only permanently die when killed while time is Paused, anyway? It's been long established that death is cheap for them.

- ALL that being said, at least they specifically stated that he's just toying with people by fighting them without Pausing! That's something! Although it just raises further questions about Masamune's personality and motives that I suspect I'll never get satisfying answers to.

- Hiiro is adorbs.

- All the character stuff with Parad here is just wonderful.

- Oh no, Emu killed Parad. Except there was no tone destroying "Game Over" announcement, and Emu never talks or acts like that unless he's tricking somebody, and he transforms in the next episode, and there's a movie we still have to get to, and...

- It's cool they were willing to show Emu in that light, though. I imagine that freaked out a lot of kids watching, and that's always a good thing in my book.

- Not sure what Ex-Aid's sudden obsession with SYMBOLISM is, though, between Hiiro crying last ep and the whole drowning thing here. I don't remember this show ever being this melodramatic.

- The action seemed nicer than usual. Parad and Chronus' little fight had a bit of unusual camerawork I liked a lot.

Oh and this doesn't have to do with this episode in particular but am I the only one who doesn't see it as a big deal that Ex-Aid is getting cut "short"? 44 episodes doesn't seem that different to me from 47-48 like most shows that aren't Ghost and Wizard are.

I don't. Gain ended at, what, 47 episodes and had at least 3 filler episodes? And Ex-Aid hasn't had a single episode I would consider filler thus far? 44 episodes is reasonable.