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[CENTER]Episode 2

Things such as the establishing the rivalry between Bima and Iron Mask, the reveal that there are seven Power Stones out there(do they get to make a wish if they gather all of them?), and Mikhail(the mysterious man from last episode)'s' role as a sort of spiritual advisor.

The Power Stones are, fittingly, a source of elemental power, which would definitely help expedite Rasputin's natural resource extraction plan if he collected them all. This gives VUDO a pragmatic reason to terrorize humanity, since drawing out Bima means they can try and take Power Stone Merah from him. Topeng Besi is eager about the "fighting Bima" part though and will gladly leverage Ray's loved ones to make it personal between them.

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Originally Posted by DreamSword

It's funny that I'm currently watching Kamen Rider Revice at the same time that I'm deciding to do coverage of BIMA, as this episode ends with a hook that the opening arc of Revice also took on: That being of the main character's' resolve and how that ties in to their personal brand of heroics, if at all. The needs of the many vs the needs of the few, sort of.

I do like that both shows go about it at different angles, and don't me wrong, I've been liking Revice just fine so far, but BIMA's' take interests me alot more immediately. Basically, rather than pressuring Ray into being a savior of the world just because he can transform like how Mama Igarashi did to Ikki, he instead poses a rather important question to Ray: If it's not Bima's' responsibility to protect the world, then whose is it?

Haha, yeah, this is a humorous comparison and I can see the superficial similarities. While Revice easily wins in action scenes and special effects, I think Bima depicts a more wholesome healthy functional family, especially with the constructive depiction of adoption that DreadBringer mentioned. Ray's backstory of having two sets of missing/dead parents also gives more potential for drama than Ikki's neglected soccer aspirations. The Mikhail and Yukimi comparison seems more circumstantial though, as the former is speaking as a mentor and logical perspective, while the latter is speaking as a mother and emotional perspective, so it makes sense that their moral guidance would be delivered differently.

I wonder how Revice Garuda Genome would've looked like.