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Originally Posted by Den-O

The Dragons Forms are the redeeming thing for me. I find most episodes to be Shinkenger levels of boring right now. But the Dragon Forms are far more awesome than the standard costumes and have ridiculous powers which I love. On that note I am so beyond glad that he didn't use that same damn copy trick on the sword this episode. Talk about a one-trick pony.

I actually like the Dragon powers but don't like the suits as much. I think the black suits with colored accents just look so much more stylish. And I'm loving the action in this show - the rings are kind of gimmicky, but they work much more smoothly than the switches in Fourze (and Haruto can pull off some cool tricks with them like how he used Liquid to dodge the car this week).

Haruto himself is growing on me a lot, too. He's reminding me more and more of the caring, collected, and competent Riders of the Showa era, which is a nice change from the less professional heroes we've had for the last several seasons. He's one of the rare Heisei Riders that I could see one of the classic guys hanging out with as a peer, not as a senior hanging out with a kid. That scene at the end with him and Rinko talking about Chizuru? That may be the moment that I'll look back on as the defining moment when Haruto clicked for me.