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Originally Posted by Sunred

Kinda off topic but this reminded me that the riders were all operated on to be riders. Kind of a cool little homage to the Showa era, no?

Totally.

Love the EP. Ruminations on mortality was the last thing I expected from Ex-Aid, but there is - and not handled too poorly! I need to watch again to talk any deeper but, Nico - I'm telling you, she's related to Emu. I mean, isn't it odd that we haven't heard a peep about his family when a big part of his mythos is that he almost died as a kid?

Looking very likely that he's a Bugster, which is a Heisei trope (the hero is one of the monsters) and, at least obliquely, a nod to Showa as well. I'm fine with this provided that this reveal is not the end point. I mean, it's almost expected.