[DreadBringer]

Probably I won't be as invested for Faiz from what I heard about it (well, I don't want to watch in order, but I also want to share my thoughts for KR so I will follow). But for surely good things (design and action above, I'm not into Faiz' design that much, but other Riders are), Orphnochs are one of the good monsters of KR series no matter what Faiz is. And I can't talk about it yet, but there's something I really like here that hasn't been shown yet.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

[B]God, it’s a dark show, isn’t it? Starting off with a nighttime science experiment is an appropriately spooky start to a Kamen Rider series.

And the Faiz belt comes from there... I guess early termination for the Orphnochs?

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

[*]Yuuji! Hot damn, that’s a fun story.

Oh well, as others have told you here, the melodrama is strong in Faiz, and Yuji's story here is just a glimpse of it. Like how the people around you, like Chie and Yuji's cousin/uncle, are heartless jerks who only care about themselves. Dunno if actually at first they mourn over Yuji's death if they are not overjoyed by his resurrection, but instead forget and manipulate him. Yuji's so screwed up sure, but at least, he's the one who gets the extra power, to fight back in this cruel world.

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Which is no slight on the second-most important character in the episode, Kamen Rider Aubrey Plaza.

This is probably one of the running gags in Kamen Rider where "girls cannot be Kamen Riders", I can't talk about it here, but I think for this case, bashing the series like this is unfair for Faiz's case, in the same fashion as Ryuki before (Femme) where Riders are meant to die there and other males also die. Also this is another glimpse of the series, dudes lusting after Mari Sonoda (I think whenever they're Orphnochs are not are irrelevant) that already happened in the beginning. She's obviously exasperated with the constant unwanted affection and males hitting on her (Inoue is the epitome of horny writings), and later on there's a very good reason for this.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Kamen Rider Faiz! He’s… in this episode, too! I guess! He’s a background player, and there’s not really much to say about him yet.

Well, here goes the main Rider that isn't a goody-two-shoes. Name's Takumi Inui. Also one of the fights where Kamen Rider doesn't use a finisher to finish its enemy (I'm excited to talk about the finisher, but it hasn't been seen yet), just a standard kick does!