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So yeah in hindsight with this episode, very much, I saw what they were trying to do with Yua in the long run in terms of Episode 1 to now. Was it a completely bumpy road with a lot of frustrating moments? Yeah. But I think you put it best in that Yua doesn't exactly fit in with our main Rider duo, and that really makes her stand out tbh. It's really hard to word anything else because I honestly think you hit the nail on the head about Yua this episode.

Other notes is while I don't think our Humagear this week was too incredible, he was charming in little scenes. Like Love-chan being like "I want to compete in contests!" only to deflate when Izu tells him that's illegal but then the kid who threw him out going over and being like "Hey don't worry, you can still apply for the coaching positions". Thought that was a really cute scene.

I also like how far Fuwa's come when it comes to this episode, well aside from the sudden revelation that part of his life is fake (which has divided a lot of people on whether it was necessary or not), but the first scene being him delivering a Humagear to Aruto. He plays it off like it's no big deal and he's doing his job, but would the Fuwa from Episode 2 have done that? I don't think so, so it's nice to see.

Also I know you dislike Thouser getting owned every week, but I feel like this one was at least special. We get to see Vulcan and Valkyrie back together again, doing combo's with each other. Like that cool running around shot with Valkyrie leaping over Vulcan while their pelting Gai with everything they've got. Then that final finisher with her in Lightning Hornet, might be one of my favorite finishers in the show?

Like, I always talk about mixing finishers and this is one of them. Yua going for a Rider Kick, realizing that's not going to cut it and then shooting Gai in the face at near point blank range? Really good!