[TokuChris]

How did I miss this!??!!?!?

Kaito grabbed his belt, and took a second belt, which is why he says "Well, he did say anyone could use this new model."

Looks like those rumors of another Armored Rider in the future might be true!

[Den-O]

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Originally Posted by KRX

You all need to go home. Take a cab, because I do not trust your current driving ability.

You should trust my powers of prediction by now

I'm like naturally tuned to this shows wavelength.

[KRX]

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Originally Posted by Den-O

You should trust my powers of prediction by now

I'm like naturally tuned to this shows wavelength.

I've been avoiding the speculation thread, so no dice.

[Battlizer]

Aha, I'm glad they haven't forgotten Baron's inhuman card throwing ability. Looks like Marika has just as inhuman pen throwing though. It's no wonder she was picked to be an energy Rider alongside the others when she's that skilled. Marika in general is awesome. If she's Sengoku's bodyguard though...it make s me wonder why he became a Rider. Maybe it's like he said a while back, he wants to try it out for himself.

Takatora continued to show he's not as amoral as his colleagues with his idea of detaining Kouta and Kaito and depriving them of their belts, like he feels it's what's best for them. And hey, he finds out about Micchy being Ryugen finally as well! DJ Sagara...I dunno. Maybe he's genuine about helping Kota, but I dunno something about it feels off. Still, nice to see him interact with someone in person. I really wonder what they all mean about not knowing who Helheim wold choose.

Sid has a bit of psychotic streak it seems. He might've has an excuse when he killed Hase, but he was about to go nuts and try to kill Gaim and Baron as well. I really like his fighting style though, baiting his opponent to come after him. I wonder how he even came to work for Yggsrassil in the first place.

I wonder what Baron's gonna do with that extra Sengoku Driver. Give himself a spare one in case he suffers Hase's fate or give it to one of his team mates...? I like how he cooperated with Kouta and Micchy though. I suspect now that he knows what the true nature of the Invess game is, he'll be more of an ally to Kouta and tell his team to knock it off and stop playing the games.

And from what I can gather from the next episode preview...Team Red Hot is using invess to steal jewelry. I wonder if their leader becomes that winged red wolf looking invess that Gaim Jinba Arms fights?

[Deathryuger]

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Originally Posted by Kickback

Kamen Rider Gaim is going to ruin Kamen Rider for the rest of the franchise with how spoiled we're being

Ruin Kamen Rider? Shit, I sometimes have trouble wrapping my head around the fact that a Japanese show for kids about dancing teens who transform using fruit locks is better than a majority of the shows airing on American prime time.

[Den-O]

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Originally Posted by Kickback

How did I miss this!??!!?!?

Kaito grabbed his belt, and took a second belt, which is why he says "Well, he did say anyone could use this new model."

Looks like those rumors of another Armored Rider in the future might be true!

I noticed that as well. Gives me an idea that maybe his lieutenant guy will become Knuckle.

[KRX]

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Originally Posted by Kickback

How did I miss this!??!!?!?

Kaito grabbed his belt, and took a second belt, which is why he says "Well, he did say anyone could use this new model."

Looks like those rumors of another Armored Rider in the future might be true!

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Originally Posted by Den-O

I noticed that as well. Gives me an idea that maybe his lieutenant guy will become Knuckle.

I'm pretty sure that, if the show introduces another Rider, it'll just be a Kurokage with a different Arms.

[Switchblade]

Oh man, this episode was sooooooo good.

All of the stuff with both Ryouma and Sagara was fantastic. We're really starting to get some backstory here and his chat with Sagara is the moment that completely solidifies Kouta as a Kamen Rider - the man who uses his power to protect. That whole exchange was just great.

The breakout was fantastic, too. I loved the bit with Kaito and Kouta fighting the Riotro- er, Kurokages. You could really feel the tension in their breakout, especially when Takatora realized that Micchy was with them. And then we had the fight with Sid and... damn, there was so much great stuff in this episode.

But that said, shut the hell up, Mai. Nobody cares about dance team drama anymore. I know you're contractually obligated to appear in every episode, but just... just shut up.

You know, I have really been doing my best not to get too hyped over this show. We aren't even a third of the way in, after all, and it's way too early to call this the "best Rider show ever" or the one that "ruins Kamen Rider forever" by setting the bar too high. But I'll be damned if I'm not starting to feel it now.

See, the first Rider shows I really watched were the early Heisei ones: Agito, Ryuki, Faiz, a little bit of Kuuga... the shows that had more serialized pacing and ongoing stories that frequently got very dark. Somewhere around Kabuto and Den-O Rider lost that and we got the pattern that dominated the late '00s and early '10s shows. Gaim is bringing it all back, though, all of the stuff that I loved about those first shows (even Faiz); stuff I didn't know how much I missed until now. I'm not quite ready to fully immerse myself in the Gaim super hype, but I'm pouring myself some of the Kool-Aid.

[Den-O]

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Originally Posted by KRX

I'm pretty sure that, if the show introduces another Rider, it'll just be a Kurokage with a different Arms.

According to the rumors a new rider will appear in episode 17. Armored Rider Knuckle, based on the Walnut Lock Seed. Lending validity to it, the actual Walnut lock doesn't have a weapon on the inside of it when split like the others. That's based on the only known image of it, the Sunflower seed likewise has no weapon on it's bottom halve. Implying that Knuckle would be a completely brawler type character. AND the only Walnut thus far seen in show is in Kaitou's possession.

Again rumors. But easily substantiated ones right now.

[Grimlockimus]

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Originally Posted by Den-O

I noticed that as well. Gives me an idea that maybe his lieutenant guy will become Knuckle.

I'm thinking this will be the case with him giving it to the guy who had his arm broken as a sort of, here you can have this as an apology since Team Baron's health coverage is crap.

Would be kind of ironic wouldn't it, Armed Rider Knuckle is the guy who's arm and knuckles were broken.