I love how everything just falls apart. It makes it that much more interesting when things hopefully get better (if they do, still think we're gonna get a really bittersweet ending)
Kouta dying was cool. I think it's meant to be a callback to Godai dying multiple times throughout Kuuga before coming back stronger, because hey, that's what heroes do.
Lord Baron looks like a Fangire. I dunno how they could've differentiated a human Overlord from a Femmushimu Overlord but whatevs. Ryouma's death was meant to parallel Sid and Takatora's 'death'. The wall and falling thing.
Exciting episode. The episode was shot really well. Particularly the battle between Ryugen Yomi and Gaim. The feather falling thing was really nice. I feel like we don't get some really nice cinematography within rider too much these days, but this scene was just very nice to look at. Or at least, distinctive looks and feels to the shot selection and framing of the modern Heisei series.
You really just feel for Mai, watching her entire world fall apart before her very eyes. These children want to seek something greater than themselves, become martyrs or attempt to become gods and are punished for their hubris. Each and every one of them suffer the consequences of their actions and I love how Uro ties it back to his child/adult theme through Mitchi and Ryouma this time around. Ryouma says it so well, "Bad children become prey to bad adults."
Like Adam and Eve being expelled from the Garden of Eden, these children reach out towards the fruit of Helheim and are robbed of their innocence and cast out into the real world.
Anyways, I'm excited to see how the rest of the season plays out. It already looks to be the best we've ever seen.