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I'm not gonna go too deep into this, cuz the I know the usual suspects are likely writing a college essay on their thoughts about the episode right now, so I'll just keep it short and simple: Jesus, what an episode.

Like... it was obvious last ep that the show was trying to get out of the Toy/Card shilling phase every rider has, by Houtaro using 5 Wild Forms to absolutely fuck-up a single MotW's day. But the decision to have the "New direction" of KR Gotchard be kicked off with "the MC is suddenly exposed to the very real possibility that he's gonna die" is a hell of a choice.


Boy is taking 14.2 tonnes of Force to the skull and still got up afterwards (that whole Chemy catching trip must've really meant a lot to him).

KR Dread himself is... really well done. I was worried how black armor on a black undersuit would look in motion, but the whole thing actually works great. I also like how he uses the RepliChemies (y'know minus the whole "killing them" thing) similar to modern Ultramen; Just jam the collectible into the toy, get covered CGI effects or a prop flies into his hand, and continue fighting.

It's a lot faster than Gotchard having to freeze the entire pace of the battle to show off the cards so he can summon one of his 50(ish) extraneous forms so he can use their power in this one instance.

The Ex Gotcha Riser... I actually kind of like how it was introduced here. It's the obligatory "Power up weapon given to the MC by just appearing in his hands cuz of ___", but the context of it appearing before Houtaro at his absolute lowest point (so far) as a literal shining ray of hope to him, is one of those cliches I can't dislike. Plus, I'm just glad he didn't immediately go Super Gotchard this ep and beat Dread within the same ep as his introduction.
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Originally Posted by Kiwami

I hope they somehow keep Dread around and maybe even have the guts to let Gotchard fail regardless of his power up, so the situation isn't immediately reset to the status-quo.

If it's any consolation, TV Asahi site specifies him as "Kamen Rider Dread Type: Zero". So perhaps Dread will be like the Glare suit, and will keep getting passed around throughout the show with minor paint apps and a stronger user each time.