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Episode 11: Star Scarlet's Mission

Episode 12: Trimming the Intruding Flower

No, what stood out to me most was just how much character development we got out of Ricca. Even moreso than the two-parter that was advertised as being all about her! Her family having died during the Grand Gator attack made for a really great follow up to the previous show, to say the least.

A dark reminder that the Satrias can't save everybody. The tragedy of losing family is something the Bramasakti-Iskandar family can relate to and Ricca shows courage for supporting the Satrias to save as many lives as possible.

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Oh, and Azazel's' new Dark Meteor attack is frikken sweet. That certainly helps!

Good to see Azazel still getting new moves to keep up with Bima-X.

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Episode 13: Television Star's Secret

Episode 14: Echo! Earth Power Stone

Ati and Rena's' friendship gets showcased alot more, and it really worked for me.

Ati's such a caring idol that she would rather wear a seemingly cursed bracelet and complain about it making her career more difficult than offend Rena by removing it. That's crazy sentimental! Even more humorous that Rena just happened to give away Power Stone Hijau without realizing. Glad that Ati and Rena were able to make up in the end.

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Still, minor gripes aside, I did overall like these two episodes. The ways things continued to escalate felt like an action movie, and Earth Mode's' debut IS really cool, featuring highlights like the ground quaking with each step Bima-X makes, Helios transforming into an axe, Bima-X straight up punching a hole through the Armadillo Monster... it was just so cool, all around. Black Lord not punishing Draconer for failure was a shock, too.

Flame Mode is the reliable type, Storm Mode is the speed type and Earth Mode is the strong type, just like Wizard. But since there's no water-elemental Power Stone, makes you curious to see what the wildcard type form will do, huh.

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Also, you know I'm way too used to modern Kamen Rider when I'm mentally noting just how much space was between the acquiring of the Blue and Green Power Stones. It's very refreshing to see by comparison. A shame Reza didn't show up though, given that the Power Stone Hunt was his assigned mission. But eh, whatever.

The quest for the Power Stones is a significant part of the show after all, so it makes sense to put some distance between them and give the new forms a generous amount of focus. Power Stone Hijau is the first new Stone that Ray has used in this show, since Merah and Biru were his main 2 as Bima. This is a sign of how Bima-X can synchronize with more Stones than before.

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In this you are more insightful than me. When I watched Bima-X, I also noted the frequent appearance of Chris Ruslan, but considered him a constant background character, like teachers or the same journalists in MMPR.

At first, I thought he was just a comic relief, but eventually I started to suspect he was up to something. I was still surprised to find out he was actually Draconer though.