#kamen rider para-dx

[missmako-chan]

I want it to be Parad to be a Puyo Puyo player.

On it, boss

This edit took way too long to make but I don’t care I’m proud of it

[mangolon]

How many Parado/Horobi types will this show have!?

[tokuteasings]

Kisses - Emu, Parad, Taiga, Kiriya

I AM SO DOWN BAD FOR EX-AID Y'ALL HAVE NO FUCKING IDEA IM NOT SORRY THIS IS 1000% SELF-INDULGENT NO ONE TALK TO ME-

Warnings: ignore my parad bias, ignore my emu bias, no one talk to me....unless y'all want to.....and uh slightly nsfw maybe and talk about emu's mental health. Slight ship between Taiga and Maki??? Mentions of Kiriya and Jungo¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Hojo Emu

A salve to a wound, an ointment to a burn, medicine to heal all wounds - that is what Emu is. His kisses are water in the most arid of deserts, an oasis, and you are each other’s healing factor. It’s always so sugary sweet whenever you two kiss, like you could get cavities from it. Emu’s always smiling into the kiss he gives you, like the concept he is named after. Why wouldn’t he? When he loves you this much and loves you for all you’re worth. He tastes like a drive to be better, to be stronger, to help others. He tastes like an angel.

Public kisses are not spare at all, but more so planned and spontaneous. It’s a simple pass in the halls and a simple quick kiss on the cheek or the lips. It’s something he builds up to and hypes himself up for - the confidence to kiss you in front of patients and coworkers and friends. Sure he may get some teasing from the others but he’s proud to call you his and reiterates it with another quick (slightly longer) kiss. The kids may find it gross but Emu thinks his relationship with you is the fucking best.

Also kisses for games! You’re his good luck charm and even more so if you two play games together. If you are competing against each other, Emu always bets kisses even though he knows he’s going to win in the end and get all of the kisses. But there’s the Genius Gamer M bleeding through and this overly cocky smirk that you just want to fucking wipe off of his god damn mouth so you pull him into your lap or go into his lap and grab him by the collar of his shirt and kiss him until he is fucking breathless. It’s the best sort of reward for him, when he tangles his fingers into your hair or your clothes or placed on your hip or around your neck…deep and passionate - like the affection he hid from you is finally coming to the surface.

Finger kisses make Emu so fucking happy, okay? He uses his hands to heal and of course, they need to be loved and cared for just as he does! It’s your way to “heal” him, to show him that you care. In return, he dots your face with all sorts of kisses and he won’t stop until he is satisfied or until the two of you are both blushing messes full of lovely lil giggles. Likes holding your hand whenever you two kiss as well.

Emu is very clumsy and sees your kisses as a sort of placebo effect on his wounds whenever he does end up harming himself in some manner. It’s a bandage first, then a kiss to the wound, and then a kiss to his lips that just perks him up and returns the smile to his eyes. He claims he doesn’t need it, that the wound will heal up but the two of you honestly believe that your little kiss tends to make it heal faster. Call it corny, call it goofy, but Emu honestly feels better about his clumsiness whenever you do kiss his little bumps and bruises. As Emu’s clumsiness is a sort of…offshoot of a desire to be loved and to be noticed, Emu has gotten better from “faking” his clumsiness just to earn affection from others. He isn’t as clumsy anymore but surprise little kisses from you are always the best. Especially if you kiss his chest, right where his heart is, where you’ll always stay.

Parad

It’s a challenge to kiss him, a game to kiss the virus - but you are the cure, the antidote. Your lips against his are a puzzle piece that is finally complete, pieces that are meant to be together and finally have been found. It’s a burning sensation in his chest whenever you two kiss, forming into a flame right where a heart should be and it makes it dance. Parad tastes like victory, winning the best prize of saving a captive royal at the end of a dungeon. His hands will always find yours, find your form and cling on to it. Because you are life itself and he doesn’t want to lose you. Human life is finite and he doesn’t know when this kiss could be the last. He may age, or live on without you, or all sorts of multitude of things…death takes and takes and takes but it never gives. So Parad kisses you like the world will end tomorrow, and savors it with all of his heart.

Like Emu, finger kisses for Parad are the best. But his hands that once were meant to harm and hurt are now used to save and help. His hands are different from Emu’s who are thin and dainty but scarred. Parad’s are unblemished but rough and have a sort of thickness to them. They are used to play games and a kiss from you to his fingers are almost “magic” to make him play better. They’re ticklish to him and he giggles and laughs whenever you kiss his fingers, complaining that you’re too cute. But he kisses your fingers back, letting his love soak into your form and clings on to your fingers like they’re his lifeline.

Again, similar to Emu, your kisses are good luck charms to him whenever he plays a game or you two play a game together. He has a sort of cockiness that’s similar to Genius Gamer M but it’s somehow…different. Emu’s returning to his childhood, to the boy who loves games but Parad? Is this cat-like natural reflexes that are mysterious, makes you want to draw in closer and closer to see just how he ticks. So whenever he wins at the games, he tickle your nose with his and demand a kiss as his reward and he swears he’ll give you one in return - it’s only fair~! Compared to the passion that exists with Emu, Parad has simmering passion that boils and bubbles. His affection is always on the forefront of the kisses he has with you, so he has no reason to hide it when he is kissing you until you’re breathless.

Public affection with kisses is mandatory. Especially with his abilities. He adores just surprising you with kisses randomly then teleporting away just to taunt you, so you can return his affections! This is a lie though because he just teleports back with a pout, wanting a kiss or two in return. He can never stay away from you for long. His favorite thing to do is to teleport behind you, hug you from behind, and then pepper sweet kisses to your forehead and then to your cheeks and then your lips! It’s almost puppy-like, his pestering affection. But he loves showing you affection in any and all forms~!

The kisses to his chest are his favorite, because it’s where his heart is. It’s where you are. You’ve crawled into his heart and made it your home, sticking your roots into the organ and forever anchoring yourself to it. It makes his chest flutter in the most fascinating of ways and it makes him the giddiest persona around. His heart dances whenever you do it, aches and blows up with love that it almost cannot be contained by mere human or Bugster standards. It’s immeasurable, burgeoning forward and reaching a pitch till he seizes your lips in a kiss and makes you focus on him and him alone. He’s a bit of a brat like that, but why would you lavish affection on his chest when you can lavish affection on…other parts of him? ;) I totally mean his lips i swear im not down that bad.

Hanaya Taiga

His kisses taste of cigarette smoke, of regret, and desire to have a new future with you. Taiga kisses your because words cannot be found to describe how much he loves you, adores you. It’s things left unsaid but are enough to show in gestures instead. Taiga’s kisses are passionate at best, but brief. It’s never full blown make out sessions because of how busy he is. A part of him feels like he doesn’t deserve these longer kisses, these kisses that take his breath away and make him feel human again, to ground him in a reality where he doesn’t have to fight anymore. If anything, this is the realization of how much he loves you. He feels like he doesn’t need to fight against what he wants anymore, doesn’t need to fight against the world that took away his life, doesn’t need to fight against Bugsters anymore…your kisses bring him home.

Public kisses are nonexistent. They don’t fucking exist because Nico will very much make fun of him and he has a reputation to uphold! So really, he makes up for this with private kisses. The most he will do in public are a brief peck that makes you think it never existed, fleeting as he is himself. But there are moments when he just…needs to see you, needs to kiss you. These moments are also rather rare but it’s when he realizes that he’s so far-gone that the emotions he kept hidden just boil and bubble up until suddenly you two are in a storage closet kissing~! It never lasts for too long because Taiga has to go back to work but you two are always breathless by the end of it nyehehe. ;)

To make him melt, kiss his head in any and all capacity. There’s so much stuff going about in his brain that never makes it to the surface of his lips. Sure he’s blunt and speaks his mind but there’s so much jumbled mess in his big beautiful brain that he needs to turn it off to function. Taiga is already barely functioning as it is, so these sorts of kisses help him relax, especially if you’re like…sitting on his lap or something. It gives him a power trip, lol.

Eyelid kisses are perhaps his favorite. He uses his eyes for many things, as a gunslinger, or staring at computer screens all day and whatnot. He needs to shut his eyes, let everything fade away, and feel you against him. Simple as that. Especially if you two are waking up in the morning. He will never admit it, but he wants to be greeted by kisses upon his eyes - taking away the sleepiness - and be bidden farewell with kisses to his eyes at the end of the day - to lure him into a bed of slumber and into your embrace.

Taiga will also never admit it, but he gets rather grumpy without your kisses on a timely interval. He doesn’t realize this himself, truth be told, so used to neglecting himself. He never realized that your kisses are his drug until Nico had mentioned it to him, wondering why he has such a stick stuck up his ass when you didn’t come to his hospital the entire day. It’s not that Taiga is clingy, but he appreciates each and every moment you two have together; he wants to make it all last for as long as it can. Maki died with oh so many regrets and…he never wants to let such a thing happen again. So, you are legally required to give him a kiss every morning. No ifs, ands, or buts about it.

Kujou Kiriya

Kissing Kiriya is a ride in itself, a road full of bumps and twists and turns meant to cause your stomach to flip inside out and an adventure to be tasted at the tips of your tongue. He is a will-o-wisp, meant to lead you down hidden and dangerous paths to find treasure at the end. It’ll be worth it, though, as Kiriya is such a fucking great kisser. Like his tongue and lip action literally can make your insides squeal and I firmly believe he is the best kisser out of all of the Ex-Aid cast. He looks so so beautiful with kiss-swollen lips and eyes blown…though, perhaps that damn smirk upon his lips is the best part about it. You can wipe it off of his lips but it’ll return with a saucy little quip or wink sooner or later. He’ll find a way to make you blush, and it’s his fucking mission to do so.

Listen, Kiriya’s fave kissing position is honestly uh…when you’re on top of him. I mean, he is a fucking bike after all, he’s used to people…riding him. He loves this position because he likes giving you this sense of control and making you believe that you are the one on top…when really uh, Kiriya who is in control. He’s sneaky like that. But here’s the thing, Kiriya knows he’s in control and seeing your ego being stroked by making you believe you have the upper hand is…kinda hot. It sends him into a trip of not really taking away your supposed control over the situation, but the look on your face but simply the look on your face just says it all.

THAT BEING SAID, THE BEST WAY TO MAKE KIRIYA BLUSH VIA KISSING IS TO SAY LIKE SAPPY SHIT WHILE AVOIDING A KISS TO HIS LIPS!!! Listen, make him wait for it. Make him beg and whine oh so prettily, “You gonna kiss me, baby?” he would say as he’s squirming around in his seat, waiting for you to finally, finally, connect your lips into this blissful moment that he wants to record for all of eternity. The anticipation is killing him, and it’s a power trip for you anyway so like ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Why the fuck not??? He gets all pouty when you finally kiss him on the lips though, “Why did you keep me waiting?!” he would grumble out but chuckle as you two kiss your troubles away.

Public affectionate kisses are mandatory. This fucker will kiss you in front of everyone and show you off and he will love it. He does this to rub it in the face of the people around him and make him groan and roll their eyes but does he care?? Nope~! He lives for moments when you’re a blushing mess and getting a rise out of you is just ooooh so much fun~! His favorite way to do is it to suddenly appear behind you and grab your waist, lightly spinning you around while holding your hand, then dip you and finally kiss you! He’s making you wait for it, and you don’t really mind. Hiiro and Taiga tell him to get a room but nope! Makeout session right in front of his friends! While flipping them off of course, lol.

But, honestly, it’s the softer kisses that get him and make him the happiest person in the world. It’s slower, than the fast-paced stuff he’s used to. He dampens his engines and holds you close because death is going to come for the both of you someday…and it’s going to hit hard. He doesn’t want to feel that again, to have death take something oh so dear to him - things left unsaid and unspoken and left in the air…never to be realized ever again. Kiriya, during these moments, is oh so slow and languid. He takes his time, savoring each and every moment with you until he feels like the weight is going to crush him. Because it’s going to, one day, and damn it all he refuses to be caught off guard like that again. So these slow kisses with you are his favorite, when you tangle your fingers in his hair or vice versa, when your arms are wrapped tightly around each other and just exist in the same space in the same amount of time. If it could be paused…he would let it happen, just to kiss you in this void of eternity.

[most-calm-revice-and-geats-fan]

Parado!

What’s he playing? Wrong answers only.

Oops, ended up becoming unwell- Luckily feeling a little okay, got something done!

I haven’t seen much of Ex-Aid, but I can say he definitely got da drip, I love his character design, and can’t wait to see more of him, he seems pretty interesting!

*beep boop*

[t-u-i-t-c]

make me choose

parad or jin → parad

[violetmagician]

Just wanted to draw Parado

[plushie-sentai]

Still, the weakest must go.

[hazardlevei]

quick redraw of an old exaid piece that i drew while it was still airing 🫡 somehow

original (2017) vs 2023 for comparison

[beatnikbedlam]

goddd this man’s eyes are beautiful 😍

[descendant-of-truth]

Can you imagine if Emu had a YouTube channel back when he was doing professional gaming stuff. the last video on it for years is titled something like "Why I'm Leaving YouTube" and the comment section is full of people being sad (or complaining) and others wishing him well on his journey to become a doctor

Everyone has long since stopped expecting any uploads on the channel… until sometime after the show, when there's suddenly a video with a new guy on the thumbnail titled "My channel now" and they all lose their collective minds

[sailor-cresselia]

Give it up for half-new content, half repurposed drafts!

Featuring:

If you’ve seen some of this before, yes you have but it’s been a good long while.

The realization long after writing early Press Start that Emu is an intersection of all the groups of people who should not be trusted with caffeine actually

Nico is the only person in Ex-Aid’s cast that I trust to actually know how to cook at all and that scares me a little.

[mangolon]

Takahashi just made Parado all over again

[stickers-on-a-laptop]

um so i went overboard @kirider i did. go overboard. sorry if you haven't watched any of these 🙇‍♀️

It's A Little Crowded In Here

As far as Ichimonji knew, he and Hongo were the only Kamen Riders around, so to be sent to the quarry by Taki and discovering that, holy hell, there were a LOT OF OTHER KAMEN RIDERS, was a bit of a shock.

Well, existential crisis #69420 would have to wait, apparently, because those other Kamen Riders clearly needed help.

Be careful.

“Always am!”

Ichimonji got down to the fight, where Hongo helped him fight against...probably at LEAST twenty different types of monsters, and Ichimonji was fairly sure they were just grunts!

Still, he stood his ground, just like all the other Kamen Riders around him.

Something flew overhead, and Ichimonji didn’t really have time to react before he and a few other Kamen Riders were struck by a beam of light.

He threw his hand up to ward off the brightness, which had the really weird effect of drawing in all the other Kamen Riders...into him?

WHAT IS HAPPENING?!?!?

Shoutarou, calm down please.

Idiot genius, what did you do this time?

Why are you blaming ME, musclehead?

You try and make sure an idiot stays alive in battle and what do you get for it? Stuck in someone else’s head. Unbelievable.

I did tell you I didn’t need your help, Ankh.

Wow, this is more crowded than usual, can I shoot you guys?

Ryuuta, that has no class.

Like you know about class, perverted turtle!

Guys, please…

Don’t make others cry, Momo-tachi!

Guess using Mighty Brothers form backfired on us, eh M?

We’ll keep that in mind for next time.

“Um. Hi?”

There was a second of pause, and then the chorus of voices started up again, only this time it seemed to be in argument.

Ichimonji, they are very loud.

“I can. Hear that. Maybe someone can explain?”

I’m not sure anyone can explain why this happened, Ichimonji.

There was a collective groan as everyone seemed to whip towards two voices in particular, which was a very weird thing to only feel.

Why’d you say that?? Sento’s not going to be able to shut up if you say that!

“Sento! A name! How ‘bout we start with that. Everyone’s name. I’m Ichimonji Hayato.”

And I’m Hongo Takeshi.

There was a bit of mental scuffling.

Oh, I’m first?

You’re the most senior of us in here.

Oh, I guess that’s true. Nogami Ryoutarou, and this is Momotaros, Urataros, Kintaros, and Ryuutaros. They’re Imagins. Um, I’m Den-O.

Aibou, us next.

We’re OLD now, mou! Hidari Shoutarou and Philip, Kamen Rider W.

We are not old, Shoutarou is exaggerating.

Hino Eiji, Kamen Rider OOO, and Ankh is here because he helps in battles these days.

This is still irritating.

Hojou Emu, and Parad, Kamen Riders Ex-Aid and Para-DX.

‘Sup?

Kiryuu Sento, Kamen Rider Build. I have a feeling I’m here because I was in the combined form with Banjou.

Is THAT why? Ugh. Anyways, Kamen Rider Cross-Z, Banjou Ryuuga.

“So everyone here...combines together?”

Not usually, no, but in this case the opponent was strong enough to warrant trying it. Best Match, and all that.

Co-opt, in our case.

I’m not quite combined, the Imagins possess me.

Ankh’s case is closer to possession, as well.

We actually combine together every time, yes.

“...great! So, uh, yeah, I don’t know what to do here.”

You said you were Ichimonji Hayato, correct?

“Yeah, why?”

Fascinating.

“Is that a good fascinating or a bad one?”

It’s merely interesting, I suppose. You are not the first Ichimonji Hayato to be Nigou, nor is Hongo the first Ichigou.

Aibou, what the hell? ...Wait. The Showa nonsense, right?

Correct. But not only that. There was a Hongo and Ichimonji in 2005, as well as others.

Were you talking with Decade again or something, W?

Ichimonji was going to have a headache and also a massive talk with Taki once this battle was over.

[steelajeeg]

Sofubi Para-DX Fighter Level 50

  - from Kamen Rider Ex-Aid

  - by Bandai

Another $3 thrift find from the Book Off sofubi bins.

I have to confess that I still haven't watched Ex-Aid. I know I should, and I liked the first two episodes! But there's only so much time in the day.  Oh well, eventually.

But I do love the designs from the series. Especially because it referees the classic Banpresto logo and their own history of video games.

Para-DX has great colors, and the sofubi really shows them off. The silver-white really pops against the red vinyl, and gold highlights tie all of the design elements turner. And a really wonderful sculpt. Especially sharp details, from the etchings across the chest to the wrinkles in the fabric.

There's something really special about these mass-market vinyls. They don't aspire to have the level of artistry of indie and designer vinyl toys, but there is still an artistic hand involved.

Finding these little gems is part of the fun of collecting them.

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[missmako-chan]

Some choice reactions to the Kamen Rider Para-DX & Kamen Rider Poppy: Another Ending movie, mostly just me reacting to the subpar subs

And of course, this "translator's note: keikaku means plan"-ass line:

[t-u-i-t-c]

"Not bad, old timer."