[Fish Sandwich]

Well you see, there was an alien squid monster living here a while back, but he kinda- oh it's not important! They just like to recycle filming locations, alright?!

If Ex-Aid's last two episodes are as good as this one, it'll be leaving on a very high note:

- Man, when did Taiga get so cool? Our little (wannabe) edgelord has come so far!

- Real talk: Ex-Aid has understood from very early on that its ensemble is one of its best qualities, so it's no surprise it's cool enough to just devote almost the entirety of one of the final episodes to a "side" character. It makes sense for the story, builds on stuff that's been established forever, and is just generally awesome.

- I'm not sure where Hiiro gets off assuming that Taiga wanted to clear KRC and become Chronus because he's built up a resistance to the Bugster virus though. Unless this is another thing I'm forgetting happened? I don't recall anything being said about becoming Chronus other than that it's the thing you do to beat Gamedeus. Unless there was some manual offscreen that only Taiga bothered to read. I always did say he was the smartest character in the show...

- While I'm nitpicking, can I just say I would've very much appreciated if when Emu makes his little joke about Shin-chan helping him and Hiiro out, they didn't cut back for a short little scene that exists only to let Shin-chan make more goofy faces? Considering it's sandwiched between two pretty emotional moments, it just comes off a bit awkward. Not that Ex-Aid is any stranger to tonal antics, but still.

- I can see why it'd be disappointing Kiriya isn't there too, but honestly I think him helping fight Chronus/Gamedeus/Whatshisname wouldn't jive with the emotional payoff the episode is going for. Lazer may nominally have been just as important as the other three Doctor Riders, but Emu, Hiiro, and Taiga spent like half the series building up relationships without him. Having Kiriya there wouldn't mean all that much since the only character he ever had any real connection to was Emu.

- Muteki Ex-Aid gets smacked around, but never actually seems any worse for wear! Considering the blatant cheating going on by the villains at this point, I wouldn't even be that upset if he DID get beat up, but this show aims to impress!

- Aw man, that was totally Level 1 Ex-Aid in the next episode preview! I know there's no way this will happen but if it's like when Ghost did something similar in its (sort of) finale and Emu defeats the final bad guy by just straight up Rider Kicking him in chibi form, I might have to instantly bump Ex-Aid up to my favorite Rider series. I think that's a joke, but then if this somehow happened it might stop being one.