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Episode 25!

-Kinda weird that this episode sorta functions as a psuedo clip show/recap? I sorta get it, its the middle of the show and all, but huh. That's so much info we're already aware of.....

-I never thought about this before, but "four" Humagears were hacked? Did that mean Horobi was already buliding/bulit Jin before he was hacked? I wonder if Jin has any memories of that.....

-Like I get it, it fits his New Look, but I won't forgive them for trading away that lovely shade of pink for Jin's Rider form! Could've went for a shade of violet red or smthn......(Burning Falcon's cool and all but like. Discarding away all the classic MJBR suit aesethics feels thematically appopriate (since his vision is seemingly no longer aligned with Horobi) but feels kinda weird to me, because of that?)

-Eh...I don't have any strong feelings about the bit where about Aruto asking Fuwa what his dream is, but I'll go up to bat for it. Since this whole episode is half recap/half set-up, everyone's spilling about their goals and shit, right? Fuwa's kinda an outlier here-he's constantly talking about following his own road, doing shit his way and no one else's, but like.....? What kind of road do you want go down, Fuwa? Everyone here has their eyes turned towards some kind of future, but Fuwa is standing solidly in the present: If there's a bad robot, he'll scrap it. Something shady going on, he'll butt in. That's all there is to it. And living in the moment is fine and all, but for someone like Fuwa, whose entire being is centered around his current goal....is that really ok?

Basically: I think it's a good question to ask Fuwa atm (in terms of the story for the audience, since he's getting his brain squeezed by Gai and Horobi every other week for a good while now) but its dropped in at a weird moment that feels super clunky for the characters within the plot?

-Depending on what raws you're using, the Jin v Fuwa fight has that famous "got smacked so hard the aspect ratio changed for a split second" bit! I think it happens a second time later on, or maybe I'm misremembering it....?