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Originally Posted by MarsHottentot

I'm guessing, again, that it's a virtual reality realm that can entrap bugsters. I was thrown for a loop when Genm appeared (I know!) but I think any driver user can access the same level. How did he know what level they were on, however....

That's basically what I assume too but the whole problem here is that we're left to just assume in the first place. Like, Genm could've showed up because that's how it works, or maybe given his secret identity he was just standing outside the room and nobody noticed. The show doesn't really show any evidence to particularly support either conclusion but there's an equal lack of anything to contradict it, leaving the whole thing in this slightly frustrating gray area. Genm suddenly appearing practically gave me whiplash. Thankfully the show is easily engaging enough for this all not to be TOO distracting. This and episode 4's whole "the patient isn't lost, she's just at the end of the game"(?) thing are really the only notable instances so far.

On the subject of logical oddities, while it makes sense that the room for "operating" on patients is tiny if the whole idea is to use the stage select, why don't Ex-Aid and Brave immediately know to do that? Hiiro especially is all about ~procedure~, so instead of Emu playing charades with his dad, why not have a quick little character-building exchange where Emu is really eager to start wailing on the Bugster (which would be in line with the hotheaded personality they've established he has when transformed), only for Hiiro to pull him back and tell him how things are supposed to go (maybe even work a "no thank you" in there).

I really don't mean to harp on this stuff because it's not actually hampering my enjoyment of the show that much but Ex-Aid just keeps leaving me with so many niggling questions.

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Originally Posted by MaskedRiderAsakura

I legit felt bad for Lazer and felt even worse when he chose to accept his role as the liar. It's such a unique take on a character that I haven't seen before in Rider.

Definitely. It's really cool they decided to flesh out his more sympathetic side this early on too. I felt like they were setting some things up with his debut that I'm happy to see realized so quickly, especially how we now have a reason why he's so unconcerned with honesty. It adds some layers to his actions and there's all sorts of potential for him to develop down the line now.