[Daikaijuman54]

Hey, it's the movie where Japan decided to make Pixels, but better!

You would normally not expect a movie with the subtitle Vs. Dr. Pacman to be anything but a joke, and yet, this is one of my favorite Kamen Rider movies.

I've never seen Ghost, but once again, I didn't need to since this movie is more rooted in Ex-Aid more than anything else, so I was able to keep up with this movie very well. But as many people have come to acknowledge, Ghost has some amazing suits, and the one he gets during the final fight is probably one of my favorites next to Grateful, Mugen, and Ryoma, to name a few. Even if the way he gets the form is, as somebody put it, the power of bollocks.

Also, there's Raiha (one of Ultraman Geed's heroine)! But honestly, the villains and how they fit in work well with Ex-Aid's season yet also not a requirement to the main story, in how they touch up on the Bugster Virus, while leaving the major developments to the show proper. Even if the Pacman motif was only for the first half, I find it funny how there's swarms of Pacmen eating people, then merge into a giant one, whose ultimate weakness is Ghost! This movie is pure genius in how that works out, not only making it fitting for Ex-Aid's Videogame theme, but being able to tie in Ghost to fit in, despite how far from similar they are, just makes this a *chef's kiss*.

Of course, I can't forget Wizard, who just works wonderfully, albeit slightly shoehorned, and Drive, whose season I have yet to watch, but had fun seeing him here regardless. Gaim sort of just shows up, but I can't deny it was funny seeing him be the one to bring Belt-San to Drive. This movie didn't need to bring them in, but I am absolutely happy they did, this trilogy of movies was a great way to send-off Heisei and welcome Reiwa.

This was one of the first Kamen Rider movies I heard about when I was only getting into the franchise, even if I had no idea why these characters being together was such a big deal, I was excited to get into this, and grateful I got to see this along with the other movies that followed, but that'll be for another time.