History YMMV / KamenRiderExAid

** Episode 39 has Ex-Aid briefly dives into a merciless hero facade to give Parado a reality check when it comes to human lives. While the two did reconcile in the next episode and Emu no longer indulging into such attitude again, [[spoiler:his powers would be indirectly used in such brutal manner once more in ''Series/KamenRiderOutsiders'', as Zein uses it alongside Xross Saber in a one-sided match against a helpless Bronze Drive]].

** Kuroto's plan in ''Another Ending'' ends up somewhat resembling unleashing a virus on people to create a pandemic. Based on the timeline, ''Another Ending'' takes place in 2020. There is a real life pandemic occurring in 2020. Whoops.
*** Becomes even worse when in August 2020, Emu's actor Hiroki Iijima is announced to have come down with the COVID-19 virus.
*** Becomes less so when, as of August 18th, he has recovered completely. The gamer doctor has done it again!
*** Unfortunately it got worse again with Shouma Kai (Parado) having tested positive in November. Thankfully, he also recovered safely.

* CompleteMonster: [[KillerGameMaster Masamune Dan/Kamen Rider Cronus]] is the first CEO of Genm Corp., a game company he uses to upload people into the digital world. First appearing as a victim of his son, [[Characters/KamenRiderExAidKurotoDan Kuroto]]'s, misdeeds, it is revealed that Masamune willingly allowed his child to infect and kill countless people for his own plans. After taking charge of the deadly video game, ''[[TheMostDangerousVideoGame Kamen Rider Chronicle]]'', Masamune tricks people into playing the game, collecting their data once they are in it to control their lives. Destroying any who oppose him, Masamune also uses his control of data to delete a woman when her lover refuses to murder a heavily injured Taiga for Masamune. Reprogramming the final boss of ''Chronicle'' so it will digitize the entire world, Masamune [[ControlFreak seeks to control everyone's life]]. When offered the chance for redemption, Masamune [[SpitefulSuicide kills himself]], making it impossible to revive those who died in his game, controlling and spiteful to the end.

** From ''True Ending'', Kagenari Nagumo. He joins Machina Vision and becomes Kamen Rider Fuma so he can carry out Johnny Maxima's plan while using it to put everyone in an "eternal heaven" virtual reality where they are all happy, specifically wanting his daughter to experience the life that her chronic illness prevented her from enjoying. Kagenari is supposed to come off as an AntiVillain and WellIntentionedExtremist like Ren Aoi before him, except there are a few problems with that. Namely, there is never any explanation provided in the movie script itself as to ''why'' he was absent in his daughter's life for so long, which can make his desire to help her with her illness a little hard to swallow if he couldn't even be there for her when she was going through it. Additionally, he antagonizes the main characters who are actually trying to treat her illness [[spoiler:and succeed]]. Also, while his words to Emu claim he has concern for her wellbeing, his plan to save her involves meeting her for the first time in her life just so he can get her '''[[FromBadToWorse even more sick]]''' with game disease, seemingly without allowing anyone in the real world to continue aiding her ill body since they're all stuck with her in the VR. This is somewhat mitigated by the end of the movie, when he [[spoiler:leaves Machina Vision and heeds Emu's words about being there to support his daughter in her recovery]], which does help, but up until then he comes off as a deadbeat dad making excuses for [[ParentalAbandonment abandoning]] his family for seemingly no reason.

** From ''True Ending'', Kagenari Nagumo. He joins Machina Vision and becomes Kamen Rider Fuma so he can carry out Johnny Maxima's plan while using it to put everyone in an "eternal heaven" virtual reality where they are all happy, specifically wanting his daughter to experience the life that her chronic illness prevented her from enjoying. Kagenari is supposed to come off as an AntiVillain and WellIntentionedExtremist like Ren Aoi before him, except there are a few problems with that. Namely, there is never any explanation provided as to ''why'' he was absent in his daughter's life for so long, which can make his desire to help her with her illness a little hard to swallow if he couldn't even be there for her when she was going through it. Additionally, he antagonizes the main characters who are actually trying to treat her illness [[spoiler:and succeed]]. Also, while his words to Emu claim he has concern for her wellbeing, his plan to save her involves meeting her for the first time in her life just so he can get her '''[[FromBadToWorse even more sick]]''' with game disease, seemingly without allowing anyone in the real world to continue aiding her ill body since they're all stuck with her in the VR. This is somewhat mitigated by the end of the movie, when he [[spoiler:leaves Machina Vision and heeds Emu's words about being there to support his daughter in her recovery]], which does help, but up until then he comes off as a deadbeat dad making excuses for [[ParentalAbandonment abandoning]] his family for seemingly no reason.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment:

* HarsherInHindsight:

* CompleteMonster: [[KillerGameMaster Masamune Dan/Kamen Rider Cronus]] is the first CEO of Genm Corp., a game company he uses to upload people into the digital world. First appearing as a victim of his son, [[Characters/KamenRiderExAidKurotoDan Kuroto]]'s, misdeeds, it is revealed that Masamune willingly allowed his child to infect and kill countless people for his own plans. After taking charge of the deadly video game, ''[[TheMostDangerousVideoGame Kamen Rider Chronicle]]'', Masamune tricks people into playing the game, collecting their data once they are in it to control their lives. Destroying any who oppose him, Masamune also uses his control of data to delete a woman when her lover refuses to murder a heavily injured Taiga for Masamune. Reprogramming the final boss of ''Chronicle'' so it will digitize the entire world, Masamune [[ControlFreak seeks to control everyone's life]]. When offered the chance for redemption, Masamune [[SpitefulSuicide kills himself]], making it impossible to revive those who died in his game, controlling and spiteful to the end. This is no longer the case as of ''[[Recap/KamenRiderGenmVsLazer Another Ending: Genm vs. Lazer]]'', when it is revealed that Masamune did indeed love his wife Sakurako, to show that EvenEvilHasLovedOnes.

** Some battle scenes are done with very good choreography and special effects, for example: Emu and Kuroto tag team vs Parado on #31, Emu and Hiiro vs Cronus on #32, or Emu and Parado vs Cronus on 41. Generally, ''all'' battles that involve Cronus ''will'' have good special effects.

* FriendlyFandoms: Fans of ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' and ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'' enjoyed watching ''Ex-Aid'' for the same reason as the above ''Literature/SwordArtOnline''. They even affectionately compared Emu to [[VideoGame/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair Chiaki]].

* CharacterRerailment: After his resurrection, as he helps the heroes his insanity is increasingly [[{{Flanderization}} flanderized]] and PlayedForLaughs, no one taking him as a serious threat anymore. He was ''hilarious...'' but he was hardly the same guy, to the point that there are plenty of fan theories about what his use of Dangerous Zombie or his death and resurrection as a Bugster might've done to his mind. Then comes the "Another Ending" post-season film series, where [[spoiler:we find out that the trilogy's events are all Kuroto's doing - he ''never stopped'' being his early-season self and acted more cartoonish to get the heroes to let their guard down, and he'd always planned to return to business as usual once Masamune was dealt with. During the trilogy, he's back to being his earlier self.]]

* CompleteMonster: [[KillerGameMaster Masamune Dan/Kamen Rider Cronus]] is the first CEO of Genm Corp., a game company he uses to upload people into the digital world. First appearing as a victim of his son, [[Characters/KamenRiderExAidKurotoDan Kuroto]]'s, misdeeds, it is revealed that Masamune willingly allowed his child to infect and kill countless people for his own plans. After taking charge of the deadly video game, ''[[TheMostDangerousVideoGame Kamen Rider Chronicle]]'', Masamune tricks people into playing the game, collecting their data once they are in it to control their lives. Destroying any who oppose him, Masamune also uses his control of data to delete a woman when her lover refuses to murder a heavily injured Taiga for Masamune. Reprogramming the final boss of ''Chronicle'' so it will digitize the entire world, Masamune [[ControlFreak seeks to control everyone's life]]. When offered the chance for redemption, Masamune [[SpitefulSuicide kills himself]], making it impossible to revive those who died in his game, controlling and spiteful to the end. This is no longer the case as of ''[[Recap/KamenRiderGenmVsLazer Another Ending: Genm vs. Lazer]]'', when it is revealed that Masamune did indeed his wife Sakurako, to show that EvenEvilHasLovedOnes.

*** Gets even worse when you learn that [[spoiler:Kuroto Dan goal was actually to revive his mother. Parado isn't carrying on Kuroto's wish so much as he is twisting it maliciously]].