Parado

Parado (パラド Parado) is one of the leaders of the Bugsters who takes the appearance of a teenager with pixel-themed pants. Lacking his own game correspondence, he is a manifestation of Emu's desire from his childhood to have a playmate. Although protective of his race, his true agenda is to enjoy fighting Emu due to the original purpose of his existence while hating humanity for being a prideful race.

Parad was the first Bugster to exist during Emu's infection and has since dominated as his gaming persona “M”. His time within Emu's body helped the former to enjoy a long popularity as a gamer. After beating a young Nico in the 2010 Tekken tournament, the vigorous training he went through took a huge tool and collapsed. During that time, scientists from Next Genome under Kuroto's request took advantage by harvesting the virus and separating Parad from his host while the surgeons vanished. His departure allowed Emu to regain his inspiration as a doctor while retaining his gaming persona. In the present day, Parad joins forces with Kuroto to help him with Kamen Rider Chronicle's completion but would help his former host on certain occasions before completely deserting Kuroto for abusing Motors Bugster. After killing Kuroto and taking over the Kamen Rider Chronicle project, Parad completes it via Graphite and a brainwashed Poppy's help, using it to eliminate humanity for the Bugsters. Seeing how Emu prioritized saving Poppy, Parad possessed his host again and obtained his DNA sample, forcing the young intern to fight into the point of exhaustion before Genm's intervention.

During the midst of the Kamen Rider Chronicle game as the villain character, Parad become afraid of being "permanently killed" as he attempts to face Masamune to avenge Loverica. But Parad confronts Emu instead, who needs to erase his Bugster counterpart to obtain the Perfect Knockout Gashatrophy in hope to saving Nico. Parad ends up being "destroyed", metaphysically drowning while Emu loses his ability to transform. But in reality, he was reabsorbed by Emu before being released from his host using the Mighty Brothers XX Gashat, with the two now on good terms as they resolve to end Kamen Rider Chronicle together.

By his own, Parad demonstrated the ability to both teleport and block Lazer's Giri Giri Critical Finish without suffering any damage, while still in his human form. As he is Emu's Bugster, he is capable of existing as Genius Gamer M even after the Next Genome's operation split them both. It was also through this link that he obtained Emu's DNA imprint as the component needed to utilize Kuroto's Gamer Driver after goading the young intern to use Maximum Mighty X's reprogramming power.

After the crisis in Heisei Generation, Parad disguises himself as a second Dr. Pac-Man in Kamen Rider Genm to support Kuroto in creating the Gambarizing Gashat and those themed after Bandai Namco games.

Using data from Emu's Mighty Brothers XX Gashat, Kuroto manages to complete Parad's personal Gashat, the Gashat Gear Dual (ガシャットギアデュアル Gashatto Gia Dyuaru), for him to transform into Kamen Rider Para-DX (仮面ライダーパラドクス Kamen Raidā Paradokusu) without a Gamer Driver like the other Riders. According to Kuroto, Para-DX is a boss character for Kamen Rider Chronicle so he created the Gashat Gear Dual for Parad to utilize while the game was under development. The Gashat Gear Dual is composed of two Gashats for Para-DX to change into one of two Level 50 forms depending on which logo position he rotates its dial to before pressing its corresponding Gashat's button. He then inserts the Gashat Gear Dual into the strap-like Gear Holder (ギアホルダー Gia Horudā) on the right waist of his gold-colored Para-DX Buckle (パラドクスバックル Paradokusu Bakkuru). When activating either Gashat, a Game Area is created which generates several Energy Items with unique power-ups. Each of Para-DX's forms has a variation of a Critical finishing move that is activated by first rotating the Gashat Gear Dual's dial to its neutral position, then rotating it back to its previous logo position, and finally inserting the Gashat Gear Dual back into the Gear Holder.

As Parad is partially Genius Gamer M, he dominated the Double Action Gamer Level XX R form and took full control of it when possessing Ex-Aid, forcing both halves into fighting each other.

Parad later claimed Kuroto's Gamer Driver as his own to use in conjunction with the Gashat Gear Dual, which combines Perfect Puzzle and Knock Out Fighter into Perfect Knock Out (パーフェクトノックアウト Pāfekuto Nokku Auto), for him to transform into a fusion of his Level 50 forms known as Perfect Knock Out Gamer Level 99 (パーフェクトノックアウトゲーマーレベル99 Pāfekuto Nokku Auto Gēmā Reberu Nainti Nain) by inserting the Gashat Gear Dual set to its neutral position into the Gamer Driver and then pulling its lever. Para-DX's Gashacon Weapon in this form is the Gashacon Parabragun (ガシャコンパラブレイガン Gashakon Parabureigan), which has two modes: axe and gun. By closing and pulling the Gamer Driver's lever a second time, he can perform one of three Critical finishing moves depending on the Gashat Gear Dual's current position. In addition to both of the Gear Holder-based Critical finishing moves each activated by rotating between the Gashat Gear Dual's logo positions (Critical Combo via Perfect Puzzle and Critical Smash via Knock Out Fighter), this form has its own exclusive Critical finishing move known as the Critical Bomber (クリティカルボンバー Kuritikaru Bonbā) that is activated when the Gashat Gear Dual is in its neutral position. After joining forces with Ex-Aid, Para-DX can use the Mighty Brothers XX Gashat in the Gashacon Parabragun to temporarily split his Perfect Knock Out Level 99 form into his Puzzle Gamer Level 50 and Fighter Gamer Level 50 forms.

Personality
No one can read his mind from his innocent smile. He has a great obsession with games and is often seen playing on handheld consoles. And true to his obsession Parado treats all matters like one and operates in a more relaxed and playful manner unlike Graphite. As such, he take joys in observing the event before him unfold and acts in more of a general oversight role while, Graphite tends to take care of the fieldwork. However, despite his usual cheerful attitude, Parado can be serious enough, to the point that Graphite himself can't help but to obey him. However, unlike Graphite, who is loyal to the race of Bugsters, Parado didn't hesitate to trick and use his comrade to collect more data from the fights with the Kamen Riders, as a part of his former collusion with Kuroto Dan. He didn't even seem to be sad or remorseful when Graphite is killed because of his plan. Since he had already reach a perfected form, Parado can just simply revive him again, which he does eventually.

Parado, despite his playful and fun-loving behavior, can be provoked if anyone interrupts him while he is having fun fighting, as shown when the Revol Bugster shoots him from behind, which he responds by just quickly destroying Revol, much to Kuroto's dismay.The Paradox of Defeating M However, he won't kill any Bugsters that don't attack him at all, nor provoke him, like Graphite and Burgermon. After seeing Kuroto destroying Burgermon and Motors (when the latter is used as a tool), he would eventually drive a wedge between their partnership. He reveals to have a code of honor among the gaming rules and his own species, such as disliking of unfairness like how Kuroto sees and treated the Bugster species as nothing more than the tools for his own ambition unfairly, and also deeply shocked when Lovrica is killed permanently by Cronus. Eventually, having lost his patience with Kuroto and his hubris, Parado murders him in cold blood, all while he promises to finish Kamen Rider Chronicle by in his own way.

After completing Kamen Rider Chronicle, Parado reveals his contempt towards humanity for their arrogance, considering Kuroto's treatment towards his kind as expendable pawns. His plan for Kamen Rider Chronicle contradicts from Kuroto, as Parado uses the game as a meaning to wipe off humanity. Parado also shows his more violent side to play with Emu and even attempted to kill Poppy since she allied herself on the side of humanity.

However, upon Masamune revealing himself as Cronus and even killed Lovelica permanently, Parado shows a sign of fear against him. This fear amplified after Masamune killed Salty permanently by using the Master Kamen Rider Chronicle Gashat. The trauma and fear was so great that Parado was cowering in a fetal position after Masamune reminded the Bugsters that he could kill them at any time for their disobedience, showing an immense fear of truly dying. But, after being reprimanded by Graphite about his initial objective (to "Play" against Emu) and saw Emu's almost successful plan in dealing with Cronus, Parado regained his confidence once more, stating that his heart is burning once again, only because he knew his weakness.

It is revealed that Parado is only blinded of the fear of dying and just knows how to have fun. When Cronus' power even without Pause showed how strong he is, Parado finally broke down. His breakdown was also revealed when Emu found and seemingly killed him. After he realized his sin, he decided to seek for redemption.

While a redeemed individual, Parado still does not discard his friendship to his kind. Despite now on the side of humanity, he tried to reason with Graphite to stop eradicating humanity. As humanity's savior, he also showed his newfound combat affinity with Emu which was able to pressure even Cronus.