[barnstenchfartface]

Man, things are really getting interesting now. As I expected, the more Riders join the fray, the better this gets. Taiga really feels like an interesting character. He's got a mysterious past, plays foil to both of the other Riders (and it looks like Hiiro has a particular bone to pick with him) and he also has a personal conflict with Graphite, who appears to have been responsible for the Incident five years ago. Good shit. My guess is that same incident may have given Graphite a chance to steal a Driver and the still in development PMAX Gashat so....hmmmm.

Emu is a damn cool guy, and a good protag. Was surprised he actually lost his Gashat though. Of course it looks like Kujo's getting it back not even an episode later, but still. Speaking of which, excited to see Kujo finally make his proper debut! Having all four Riders should really be something.

Also, holy shit. The Riders fuckin die if their health bars get to zero? That seems like a glaring design flaw. And why is Poppi only telling them this now??? That's some high risk shit. But it does certainly raise the stakes.

I enjoyed this episode a lot. By episode 3 Ghost had already sorta started losing me, but Ex-Aid is shaping up to be very very interesting already. Can't wait for next week.

Also man, I need a Snipe figuarts like yesterday. I wanted to wait until I saw the suit in motion to decide, but yeah. Definitely my favorite Rider design in this show. The colors are just too good.