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So something I was thinking about the other night when I saw that Midori's debut was coming up is that Hibiki has the most regular female characters of any Kamen Rider series from the Heisei era (there may be some Showa ones with more, but that's because some shows like the original series and Skyrider would swap out the supporting actresses occasionally). We've got Kasumi, Hinaka, Hitomi, Akira, the Hime, Asumu's mom, and now Midori. Midori will be more of the Asumu's mom level of recurring - around a lot, but not every week - but that's seven regular or recurring female characters. It's neat to see so many women on the show, especially with Saber shaping up to be pretty much a complete sausagefest at the moment.

Anyway, Midori is great. Like everyone else on the show she's really nice and friendly, but she adds just a little bit of... I don't know. I kinda want to say "airheadedness," but not in a negative sense. She's just a little bit out to lunch most of the time, like she kinda operates on a slightly different wavelength then everybody else. In any case, she's fantastic and there's going to be some great stuff with her in the next episode.

We also got our first Black Puppet appearance. They represent the start of an escalating level of threat. They also look really freaking cool and I love their crazy steampunk staffs.