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Kamen Rider Zi-O Episode 42- "Tsukuyomi Confidential 2019!" Discussion
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Hey everyone, guess what time it is!
Time for these two to sort out their toxic relationship already. They've been at this since 2009. For f***'s sake, Takumi and
Kusaka
have managed to patch things up by now, why can't you guys? Kaitou, are you still mad about Super Hero Taisen? Because if it's any consolation, you're far from the only one who was angry about that movie.
Fortunately, this episode is a lot better than SHT was, though. It's not great. I still feel like astonishingly little was accomplished, with a lot of the drama here feeling completely redundant. Hiryuu didn't budge an inch from where he was previously, my previous comments about Geiz in this arc still apply, all the Time Jacker backstabbing didn't feel too different from what's come before...
It's essentially like Zi-O's Greatest Hits or something. A lot of old material that, as good as it is, just isn't fresh and exciting, and it drags down my enjoyment of the arc significantly. I've already seen Sougo and Geiz flirting a million times. I already knew Woz would never turn against his overlord. We already found out Tsukuyomi was Swartz's sister. It feels like this could've been two episodes
easily
and maybe even one, if they really trimmed the fat. The whole point of this entire arc seemed to just be to build up to one motive rant from Swartz, as well as him getting Decade's powers. And again, all of that is cool, but I generally get to expect more from this show. It especially bugs me that Sougo didn't seem to grow or learn anything from this whole experience.
The action is good, but I'm starting to come around to the idea Grand Zi-O's fight scenes could use some more effort after that awesome debut. Considering it rivals Muteki with how late it came into the show, I don't think it was too much to ask for under a dozen notably crazy and creative fights to send off the Heisei era. At the very least, that Rider Kick would've been way cooler if everyone was doing their unique poses instead of matching Zi-O, but I want more than that. Why can't we have Kuuga blasting out of one of those doors on the Try-Chaser to grind someone against the front tire like he always did? Have Kiwami Arms show up throwing all its weapons at Another Zi-O while Grateful Damashii sics a ton of historical figures on him at the same time. What if he did his finisher with the Saikyou Girade while Blade was also doing a Royal Straight Flush in King Form and Kiva was there in Emperor From charging up the Zanvat Sword?
I'll admit I'm probably overestimating the show's budget asking for this, but go crazy! Grand Zi-O could've been the most memorable, amazing final form we've ever had if it was portrayed as such. Imagine if every single time he summoned a Rider, it was from a specific point in their respective shows. That's not even a budget thing. It's just a matter of putting the extra effort into the script. Unfortunately, as it is, Grand Zi-O is merely pretty cool. Which, like these episodes, is enough, and I don't want to give the impression I hate Zi-O now or something, but if I see room for improvement, I'll call it like I see it.
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