[Fish Sandwich]

This show is so unbelievably, spectacularly dumb, it genuinely floors me. Ex-Aid is such an insane, avant-garde... thing, I honestly don't even know why I bother typing crap about it at this point. I mean, I'm going to anyway, because it's what I do, but like, forgive me if I can't add anything of value to one of the most beautifully bizarre television programs I've ever seen:

- So just up front I should probably mention I think this was a pretty stellar episode and really enjoyed it.

- Emu was great this week and it's nice to see that he's truly back on track as far as actually being cool goes.

- And on a related note, Maximum Mighty X has quickly become one of my favorite Rider power ups now that the show is using it to give Ex-Aid an excuse to just appear in his default form regularly (with a different thing jammed in the belt, mind you). Still miss the Level 1 suits, though. They were so cute~

- The action scenes in this show are something special. I guess it just comes down to Kamen Rider wanting to be an anime now but Ex-Aid gets really experimental and dynamic for a weekly TV series that basically never takes a break.

- Okay, when Dan died at the start of the show, it was fun to joke about how this keeps happening for Rider protagonists, and when he got Toucon Boost it was a little frustrating, but now this is just getting ridiculous. You couldn't think of ANY other way for him to get Mugen? SERIOUSLY? Dan is just such a Mary Sue at this point it's stupid. Nothing ever goes wrong for this guy. What consequences are there in a show where anybody who dies just keeps coming back to life?

- (obligatory reminder that Parad is a way better villain than Kuroto "I found the Warp Zone guys!" Dan ever was.)

- Facetiousness aside (I'm totally not bitter), I'm actually pretty dang happy with what they're doing with our old pal the Game Master, despite not being able to make heads or tails of his newfound comedic talents. The whole reason I fell off the Genm hype-train was that I felt his shtick got super repetitive and boring during his zombie phase, and this is basically the exact opposite of stagnation. And he's almost certainly not Chronus! That's a massive bullet dodged right there!

- Also if I start mockingly calling Dan "Shin-chan" from now on is that not self-explanatory enough to avoid confusing people? Because I really wanna start calling him Shin-chan. After all, he said himself his old name is behind him now.

- Next week looks super hype, so I can't wait for that.

- And hey, Dan took his spot in the OP back! Now to just wait for Kiriya!