[Tokumonkey]

There've been some terrific Kamen Rider series since I started watching it, but so far, Geats is the best of them. It continues to feel like mid-series Gaim in the sense that anything can happen, and that what we're watching is not a normal Rider show. Speaking of Gaim, this episode casually dropping mention of the Sengoku period is probably the show's most obvious nod to Gaim yet, and we JUST got done with a storyline involving people being attacked with fruit.

Part of what I'm enjoying is that so far, the big revelations all make sense and build on things we've learned so far. I hope the show can keep it up. I'm nervous that we'll eventually get to a totally nonsensical twist, but maybe, just maybe we won't.

Did Beroba destroy only the Jamar Garden, or the entire world, 'cause it kind of seemed like the latter. It also looks like Ziin escaped with Ace. I'm curious to see whether the Gardener survived, because it sure looks like he didn't. I think we can safely assume most of our cast will make it to the next iteration of the world.

Since we just learned that our time-traveling audience has set the game in different eras (thus making the otherwise-bizarre "Ace is from ancient Rome" theory seem more likely), I'm wondering if our next round of the DGP will feature a young Keilow just for the sass value.

Beroba suddenly whipping out the Laser Raise Riser made me wonder whether she stole it off Ziin, but apparently, there's more than one of them. I'm now wondering whether all the supporters have them, and if they're connected to their ability to travel between realities.

I didn't catch that Kyuun was the grumpy character we encountered in the previous episode. What's his deal, and why did he decline to actually meet with Neon? (Also, UGH, I hope he's not her eventual love interest, because I'm pulling for Keiwa.)

Where is the show going next? If Beroba seems to be our primary villain for the moment, is anyone else going to be able to steal the producer's driver back from her? It still seems like the narrative arc of the show seems to be about our hero Riders working to end the DGP.

I guess we'll get a better sense if any of our audience members bust out a kaijin form. I'm glad that stuff isn't being telegraphed.

The Fever Slot buckle giving Neon her Beat form was so anticlimactic I have to wonder if it was intended to be a joke. I guess Monster is the default form for misc_hostile-Rider.

I'm hoping the show, in its next phase, expands on the "Culling" thought from a few episodes ago. We already know the DGP is monstrous, but it's probably worth revisiting that there's a large swath of players intended to die early on to fuel building Jyamato.

Ooh, speaking of that, I sure hope that doesn't mean we've seen the last of previously-dead DGP participants. I suppose that if the producers can get hold of their driver, they can just roll that particular thing back.