[Powerman293]

This episode was okay. the only thing I gained from it was the fact that the extinction of Helheim's people was due to it being an internal Invess war and those get chosen by the fruit. So whoever predicted that one right, bottoms up. With the whole internal war thing, I think this might back up my theory on the Gaim-styled Overlord being head of Yggdrasil creating the Drivers to create lots of infighting amongst humans to speed up the process.

But from the looks of the flashback, it looked like everybody that fought got turned into an Invess beforehand in order to be able to fight. Or maybe they're hiding something?

Calling it, Forbidden Fruit is the Salad lockseed.

I was actually expecting the Sengoku Driver Takatora got, to play more of a role, rather then it being just for the nutrients. But maybe in the next few episodes that will be expanded on?

We haven't had much advancement on the knowledge of the civilization since the Overlords showed up, so I'm glad we got some new info here. I still think the major dump about who the civilization actually is will come in in the last 10 episodes.

[TokuChris]

The part that confuses me is that they show Kikaider at the end, however it appears from episode listings that the events with Kikaider take place "before the events in Helheim". So let's flashback a few days prior, then flash forward after the episode. Hate that.

[TheXrosLoaderGen]

I goddamn hate Micchy so much now! Kouta seriously needs to find out that he was betraying him already. Ugh, I really wanna see the next episode already.

[Dr Kain]

We just watched this episode today and it was another excellent episode. A shame the next episode is just going to be another pointless non-canon filler crossover one.

[MidoGreen]

So, it wasn't Helheim that destroyed that civilizarion. It was the infighting amongst the strong that did them in. Interesting to know that and should serve as a cautionary tale for the cast. Sid is rather smart, not only did he destroy the crack opening device and he destroyed all of Yggdrasil's Lock Vehicles too. I really wish Kouta had more time to smack down Mitchy, damn you Demushu for interupting that. And Demushu escaapes to earth and...the Kikaider cameo episode will be in canon or not? Either way should be fun.

Edit: The Energy Rider and Demushu free for all was fantastic. Probably the best fight in the series so far.

[Xtreme RX]

Pretty great episode building up to this weeks. Roshuo explaining the Femushinmu's downfall made a lot of sense actually, and definitely clashed with Kaito's viewpoints. Also, glad Takatora had survived.

I mean, the strength of this episode was the massive fight scene between Sigurd, Baron, Zangetsu Shin, Gaim and Demushu. That was awesome, and really reminded me of older Hesei Rider.

I mean, since I previously posted my thought on ToQger up until this point, I might as well do so for Gaim.

So far, it's been a wild ride. All (well, most) of the characters are well-developed and interesting in their own ways. Kouta and his relationships with characters like Kaito and Mitchi make the drama scenes really interesting to watch.

The action and plot of Helheim and how it is to take over Earth is honestly engrossing and I'm probably more interested in this than any other Rider series.

I think this series is a good example of making good-use of something potentially stupid. Fruits as a gimmick? What were they thinking?

But they made it work. Incorporating the fruits into the designs and story was genius. Gaim has some of the best suits in Rider history, IMO, because they had to find a way to make it work. And they succeeded with flying colours.

Yes, shows like Fourze and Wizard are easier to work with, because Space and Magic are pretty awesome themes. But the amount of effort put into Gaim to make fruits actually "cool" is exciting, and the fact that it actually pulls it off competently is extremely impressive.

From the top-notch writing, to the great artistic design and cinematography, Gaim is truly a special Rider series.