[Fish Sandwich]

Hot dang that was literally everything I was hoping it'd be. One of my favorites of the series so far. Thoughts abound on this one:

- *No opening* You know what? Whatever. You do you, Ex-Aid. At least the song fit nicely into the last scene this time.

- So I guess Emu's virus breaking out turned him into a bad caricature of himself? He's acting so obsessed with games it gives the impression he's some kind of sociopath. Between the way he acts as a Rider, that one flashback, and how we know he always wanted to be a doctor, nothing has ever suggested M is this much of a jerk. I'm just going to chalk this up to Ex-Aid's ever confusing internal logic and move on, but for the record, stuff like this is why Emu isn't even in the running for favorite Rider for me right now. He was promising early on but the show has been treating him like an object for a while now. Presumably by the time he gets his next power-up, things will pick back up for the poor guy. I mean, this is HIS show, right?

- So, Hiiro is the man now. He's been exhibiting some pretty nice character development already, and this episode cemented that exactly how I wanted it to. Everything's gone to crap, the only one with a Gashat is Emu, who's not exactly in a sound state of mind, and there's a patient to save, so what does Hiiro do? He gets s*** done. What a guy. I think he's surpassed Kiriya as my favorite Rider in Ex-Aid at this point. He even actually earned his new toy! Nobody in Ex-Aid does that! That little moment at the end with him tossing Emu his Gashat back was also perfect.

- He doesn't get to be Ex-Aid, though. That was a commercial break, too! What a tease! This show really enjoys trolling the viewers, doesn't it?

- Wait, Dan, what do you mean he can't use a Level 50 Gashat because he's only up to Level 5? What? Is that how Gashats work? Is that why Ex-Aid and Snipe could suddenly just use Drago Knight Hunter Z by themselves? You can't just throw this s*** out there, man! I'm struggling to keep up as it is!

- Oh, so you just defeat a Bugster that's taken over somebody's body by blowing them up like normal? How convenient. I was thinking it'd be like Drive or something where they'd make a big fuss about it.

- Also, Dan continues to simultaneously win and lose and the same time. He's seriously in like, villain purgatory, or something at this point. I suppose he is undead. I think. They never really explained that very well either.