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Originally Posted by Powerman293

Wow, this was a good episode, albeit I felt like forcing it down into a conflict between Ex-aid and Genm kinda messed with the tension the episode had going for it. I don't think I've ever seen a Rider fight this early on where the stakes are this high. So many Riders and the villains all gathered together in what? Episode 5?

I love how Graphite's Bugvisor does the sort of a "Level Up" sound except for going into Bugster form. Makes me wonder if he too might get a gashat and put his bugvisor on his belt to strengthen him or go into some sort of Level 3 equivalent.

Oh, and Genm is actually the CEO. This puts a whole new spin on things. He seems to be cooperating out of his own will given that last scene, rather than being forced due to Parad and Graphite giving him the Virus or some other reason. Also explains why that dude got away with theft. But then why is he cooperating with the CR and the other Riders and giving them Gashats and Drivers? Maybe to make it look like humanity at least had a fighting chance against the bugsters?

It feels like this show is getting to key plot points pretty quickly so far. Makes me think that the current set of villains are probably not just the entire show's villains, kinda like Gaim and the Overlords.

Also, I need some high res images of Emu in his shirt so I can try and read the binary. Anyone willing to help?

Yeah, one thing I'm worried about is that Ex-Aid seems to dealing a lot with its main plot early on, hell, even the VotW plots have been mostly background noise. On one hand, this keeps the show very interesting early on, in contrast to Drive and Ghost where they felt like they were running in place early on. On the other hand, I hope this doesn't mean a middle section that drags on and on and relies on filler. I'm hoping it is indeed a Gaim situation where there's other stuff going on that we haven't even seen yet.