Kamen Rider Faiz Ep 23 !!exclusive!! <RELIABLE × Hacks>

If you’re watching Faiz for the first time, this is the episode where you realize: the suits are cool, but the real monster is loneliness. And loneliness never needs a belt to fight.

The episode opens on a deceptively quiet note. Takumi is struggling, as always, with his place in the world. Yuji Kiba (the Horse Orphnoch) and his found family of outcasts are trying to live a normal life, working at the laundry shop and pretending the monster inside them doesn’t exist. This is the core tragedy of Faiz : everyone is desperate for connection, but their very natures make connection impossible. kamen rider faiz ep 23

The most haunting moment in involves no action. After the fight, a group of human bullies corners Kiba, not knowing he is an Orphnoch. They mock him, beat him, and smash the flower he was holding (a recurring motif for his lost humanity). If you’re watching Faiz for the first time,