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Kamen Rider Zi-O Episode 23- "It Is A Machine 2121!" Discussion
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Hey everyone, guess what time it is!
Time for Sougo to get serious about studying. At this rate, he is in danger of flunking his exams most heinously.
Let's put aside the cheap jokes for a second, though. The episode itself already has that covered with the multiple Kikaider puns. Of course, I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy those.
I also supremely enjoyed this episode, but it's a perfect example of the duality this show has to me. On one hand, I'm glued to the screen, loving every minute, and totally pumped to see what happens next, yet on the other, I also feel far more critical of it than I usually am of Rider, and there's a few things that just don't seem up to snuff no matter how I slice it.
Namely, the show is coming dangerously close to making me straight up hate Tsukuyomi. She's already currently tied with Lame!Woz as my least favorite character in Zi-O, due to being a huge step back after a string of
really really
good female leads in Rider. She's essentially a boring plank of wood who only exists as a tool to move other characters along in their plotlines, but this is taking it to the next level. Not only does this episode show exactly what I'm talking about by emphasizing her trying to get Geiz to pal around with Lame!Woz more than it emphasizes
her
decision to team up with Lame!Woz, but I mean, she teamed up with Lame!Woz!
Tsukuyomi betraying her faith in Sougo like this isn't any kind of deal breaker to me, as it's dramatically interesting, and I think last week did a reasonable job setting it up, but the fact that she immediately runs off to the most shady dude in the whole show is
highly questionable
. Maybe her logic is that if Sougo seems nice but turns out to be bad, Lame!Woz will turn out to be good, because he's a jerk? I don't know, but at any rate, I'm pretty bummed the first time I ever had something to talk about with Tsukuyomi turned out to be this negative. Mind you, I'm pretty sure things will be back to status quo here soon enough, but even then, she'll still have all those other problems.
Back to positive thinking. I loved everything else here. I loved how Sougo's prophetic dreams are now an established character trait. I loved how Shimoyama remembered our average high schooler should logically be in school. I loved the comedy bit with Geiz being unable to decide whether or not that's important. I loved how Kikai got the best world building of the Future Riders to the point of the story playing out like a backdoor pilot. I loved that the Time Jackers were mildly interesting for once.
And finally I loved the lack of what I guess would logically be called Zi-O I, now. I'm usually the guy begging for shows to keep default forms around from start to finish (and I mean like, once per episode bare minimum), but in this case I'm rooting for the exact opposite. If Zi-O II is supposed to be the next step in Sougo's evolution towards Oma Zi-O, then he
should
be using it constantly. Especially when it's blatantly way stronger (and cooler!) than anything else he has.
I only saw Zi-O II in the preview for next week, so I'm actually letting myself get my hopes up here. I know it's sad for all those Ride Armors, and I'll miss them, but we've moved on. Maybe have something crazy like Sougo teaming up with his past self as an excuse to shill them some more, I don't know. The point is, I've become extremely fond of Zi-O II in a short amount of time.
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