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Faiz 5-16

Its nice to see the Crane Orphnoch be less tense about everything after the stuff with Snake Orpnoch going all rogue. And HOLY JESUS DID SHE JUST KILL A BUNCH OF RANDOM THUGS? Wow, she's a terrible person. But I guess that she has to get one off every once in a while. (Hint that was a masturbation joke)

Before she went on a date with Keitaro, I was making the joke in my head that's she needs to get laid in order to get less stressed.

Faiz's sword comes out of AutoVajin's handle, that's..... odd.

And Mari is the best character in the show, although she's become more shy as of recent episodes. She tells people what to do and doesn't take shit from nobody and now she's kinda the standard background girl.

So the president of Smart Brain goes from trust random street thugs in order to get back the Faiz belt, to his circle of friends/ mercenaries. Although seeing a black guy in Kamen Rider is really cool. Is the black guy a Dinosaur Orphnoch? Because he sorta looks like a dinosaur in his monster form.

Yay Kaixa! I actually liked the idea of a group of people using the Kaixa belt to protect themselves and each dying off one by one as they used it. Granted, that was a one episode thing but hey, I liked it. Oh hey and this Masato guy is now Kaixa, he's not as bad as people say he is...

2 episodes later.....

Holy fuck this guy is evil.

Episode 15 is having the communication problem people make fun of Faiz about. And people are not kidding about how bad it is.

Overall, I like this show so far, I wouldn't say its anywhere near my top 3 KR series yet but it does have a lot of good points about it. Every scene feels relevant to the story and every episode is perfectly paced. I like the villain focus and the blurry lines about what it means to be human and when killing is okay. The mystery is grabbing me, as its getting not only deeper but more interesting. I'm not all that into Takumi yet and my likability for Mari is going down as she 's sort of having her personality being worn down by the "generic female character" role that the show is trying to fit her into.

I like the suit designs and the interesting tools that Faiz uses for his final attacks. The fight scenes aren't the best though, and I think this is the first time I've said that about a Rider show. I think the problem is that each Rider has sort of a generic approach to combat combined with he fact that there's no mannerisms when they do make moves. Asides from Faiz's wrist flick in between a succession of punches and kicks, Masato and Takumi feel kinda generic when they fight.