[Dormamu]

I think the best way to describe this episode is Melon Balls.

Thoughts :
I had a serious holy mother of all that is fruity moment with Redue's display of power. That's some serious Magneto on the beach gonna make you weep with the display kind of impressiveness. The CG effects were kind of wacky with the freeze frames, but it got everyone's attention now didn't it? I don't remember the last time we had a villain in a Rider series that was so powerful, and actually serious about it (there's a distinction there). Redue is off the charts.

Why hasn't anyone talked more about the persistently referred to 'humans' usage in the Overlords speech? It's staring everyone right in the face.

And now can we please stop saying that Kouta's sister is a jerk? We obviously see that wasn't the case.

I started calling him Mitsuzane ten episodes ago when he first stabbed Kouta in the back. And he's not Cuckoo. He's a bad melon. Spoiled fruit. Seedy.

I honestly feel like this episode emphasizes how serious a Rider series this is. The fact that Oren and Jounichi is so over the top in the comedy, you can tell that it's shoehorned in to break up the dramatic element proves that the writers really went above and beyond to create a serious and dangerous environment.

I want to take bets now. How many think Kouta is gonna find his grapes and actually do what's necessary to Mitsuzane? Baron has been spelling it out for him this entire time of the invasion. Melon balls.