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Shin-chan has graduated from chewing the scenery to straight up attempting to eat the camera. Be scared. Be very scared.

I remember when I was worried the whole Saki thing was just going to be brushed under the rug. Ex-Aid is a nice show~:

- No opening narration? Man, they really can't make up their minds when it comes to the intro. At this point I fully expect to tune in one of these weeks and just see Ghost's opening or something.

- So, um, I guess this is up for debate apparently, but I still think everything Hiiro has done lately has made perfect sense and speaks to the character's depth, rather than taking it away. But even if working for Chronus WAS just overly convenient writing (which it isn't!), I think the solid drama we're getting out of it would go a long way towards making up for that.

- Hiiro's dad got the tiniest bit of focus! That was really awesome! We could use more of that! The downside to hyper-serialization like Ex-Aid has is that you can't really do "the episode about Hiiro's dad". He's had some nice moments throughout the show but I can't help but feel he should have a little more presence than he does, especially when the plot is currently revolving around his son.

- Kiriya's so chipper now! Although I guess if I cheated death I'd be pretty happy too.

- Also Shin-chan seems to be completely incapable of moving without making a wacky cartoon sound effect anymore. I wasn't kidding about that medication guys! You're doctors! Do doctor things!

- I like how the camera pans up when Ex-Aid launches out of the armor and then when it pans down it's just gone. The magic of cinema, people! This is kind of a tangent but it reminds me of how anytime Drive was indoors Tires just magically showed up out of nowhere. I remember being so disappointed they never showed one shooting off the Tridoron and just like, smashing violently through several walls or something.

- Chronus calls Ex-Aid Hyper Muteki but he also calls him Ex-Aid. I know this is a super pedantic complaint but is Kamen Rider Chronicle confusing his shtick with Bang Bang Simulations' shtick?

- On which note Taiga really shined this week. Both in the big ways and little things like just stopping to observe a fight before jumping in, showing once again that he's secretly the smartest character in the show... when he isn't trying to get himself killed.

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Originally Posted by MaskedRiderAsakura

Likewise, I'm not sure who it's going to be here.

My money's on Parad. He's been the most consistently present villain in the show, and despite not taking center stage most of the time, he has massive relevance to Emu's character (including a showdown they've been building up to forever now), and is more or less the leader of the Bugsters, who, despite the show's love of focusing on literally anything but saving people from monsters, ARE the main bad guys.

Maybe I'm biased because he's basically my favorite character in Ex-Aid, but I've always gotten the impression that he (and by extension the show) deliberately downplays his importance to get everyone's guard down. He basically let Genm be the main bad guy because it was convenient for him, and he's already plotting to take down Chronus.

EDIT: Oh, and also he's the only bad guy in the entire show with a coherent motivation beyond "crazy/is a jerk", which I feel also helps his odds.