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Kamen Rider Zi-O Episode 39- "DenLiner Crash 2007" Discussion
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06-18-2019, 03:30 PM
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Waited a week before watching to hold me over during golf season. Really excited for next week.
First off, giving us a sneak peak of Grand Zi-O before the week break was just harsh. The form is gaudy as all hell but its powers are really cool to see in motion. I love that he just straight-up summons the Rider from their original timeline. It's clearly Sento and Godai that appear as Build and Kuuga respectively thanks to some archived voice work, but it's most obvious with OOO's kick, which comes complete with the three chunks of cement pillar from episode 3. And then Gaim's backdrop is directly from the first episode. It's pretty creative and executed well and I cannot wait to see what other tricks Grand Zi-O has up his sleeve.
Then we head back to days earlier, when the Den-Liner crashed outside Kujigojido. Right off the bat we know this is going to be a loving tribute to Den-O - the use of original music and visual effects brought me right back to 2007 and the plot involved all of the returning cast members in a meaningful way. Momotaros, Urataros, Ryuutaros and Kintaros have their comedic moments as expected, but the stand-out guests this time were Deneb and Yuuto, who really stole the show in my opinion. It's cool to have Zeronos involved in the Oma Zi-O plot in a certain sense, fulfilling the role Geiz once carried. And I love Deneb to hell so to see him handing out Deneb candy again made me smile. Aside from that, small elements like Zeronos going Altair form, an Imagin actually playing a part in the plot and use of plot elements from Den-O helped sell the authenticity of the tribute. I mean, we've seen it before in Heisei Gen Forever. Speaking of which, though the episode never directly contradicts that film (Sougo and Geiz technically never met Nogami's Imagin) they seem to go out of their way to leave its events unacknowledged. Which is weird since we had Sougo remembering the sound of the Den-Liner just last episode.
From a drama perspective, I couldn't care less about Another Den-O and the mole Imagin's host, but that could change by next week. Comedy-wise, this episode was stellar. The throw-away reference to Kiriya and Yuuto's actor being the same got me laughing out loud. Ryuutaros possessing Sougo's uncle was hysterical, and I love how non-nonchalant he was with the Imagin. And then repairing their frickin' train, despite being a "mere" clock fixer. The scene of him revving the bike is truly meme-worthy. This further cements him as a brilliant character! And Momotaros possessing Geiz was also hilarious. I love the callback to the first Den-O episode with Tsukuyomi showing Momo how to turn into Geiz Revive and man, that swagger. You don't really register it since we only ever see it in Sword form, but the way Momo moves is so distinct and its really apparent here, with added comedic value. Some great suit acting all around.
Patiently awaiting next episode and also curious to see what they do with Drive, seeing as Mach and Krim have their cameo in the movie.
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