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Last week's Zi-O rating: 4.43 / 5 (14 votes)
Alt Title: Maybe start Rider at Christmas
Every god damn year Toei. Ex-Aid, garbage until the Christmas episode. And here, Zi-O appears to have taken another jump in quality for their Christmas episode.
Sougo has scenes in this episode that made me wish they were in the first episode. Like Sougo is likeable in this episode, and it's pretty good. Like, this is how Sougo should have been all along, maybe?
The Sougo/Geiz stuff, it's totally unearned and there's a million ways they could have set it up better, but the moment itself was really good, so I'll give it a pass. Hopefully this dynamic will do a better job walking the tightrope in the future?
Mr. Decade wasn't in the episode as much as I'd like, but he's got some choice scenes. Like basically joining the fray and just going "Hmmmm, which side should I join, 'cause I'm Decade and I give no fucks." So good.
Woz is stepping up his game too.
Heck, they even let Tsukuyomi fire the gun and have her save the guys. It would have been nice if she acted as support, but still, I'll take what I can get considering Toei Riders hates women.
"I will become a demon king who will save the world!" Okay Thanos.
Giving this episode a 5 star rating, since it's gotten me genuinely excited to see the next episode. I mean, I've been excited since Decade joined the mix, but now I get to see good main characters too.
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