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Man, Ex-Aid is definitely on another hot streak. Great episode. Except for every scene with traumatized Parad. Still majorly not cool. He must have inherited Emu's knack for getting kicked around by the narrative. Poor guy. I know he wants all of humanity dead in a sick and twisted game, but dang it, I just want to give him a hug anyway!

Speaking of Emu's crap luck, despite getting some cool moments in here, Brave's betrayal now means there's literally not a single Rider in this entire show who's consistently been on his side. I mean, unless we count Nico, I guess? You know, the one who hates him? Well, at least he hasn't been beaten with a metal pipe for a while....

Also, "Genm Corporation is an ethical company." lolwut? Masamune might be crazier than Shin-chan ever was. And the thought of globally exporting KRC brings back up a bunch of questions I was happy to throw under the table. You see, they've kind of made it clear that it's not like every single person in Japan is playing it, and those who are generally have the explicit motivation of wanting to bring someone who already died playing it back to life, so that all checks out, but like, if it goes worldwide? So many questions.

How is all the crazy crap going on in Japan being reported? Do people not care? Why would anyone want to play a game that's explicitly designed to kill you? How are you manufacturing all these Gashats? Why does anyone even work for Genm anymore when they're 3 for 3 on nutjob CEOs? Shouldn't this company's reputation be in the toilet? It's all just so confusing.

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Originally Posted by MarsHottentot

Typically, when we're not shown an otherwise important chunk of information, it's for dramatic purposes and we get the rest of that scene in the following episode. There's no reason to believe this development will be any different.

No seriously, I've eaten my words when it comes to this show many times over. I whined a ton about Kamen Rider Chronicle for naught (and probably just did so again), back when Emu's Game Illness broke out I whined about him becoming a "shallow parody of himself" only for it to much later turn out that was just Parad the whole time. The list goes on.

Hiiro's betrayal is comparatively nothing. Like, the odds are even good he's just doing some double agent crap, given his "evil actions" here consisted of saving Chronus without actually hurting anybody. Keep in mind, Hiiro, despite his demeanor, is pretty much the most ethical, morally responsible person in the entire show. This isn't a decision he would make lightly and I sincerely doubt a show like Ex-Aid would completely, willfully forget that just to force some drama. I'm sure whatever explanation we end up getting will make perfect sense, you just have to be patient.