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Kamen Rider Zi-O Epside 49- "Apocalypse 2019!" Discussion
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Kurona
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I'm a bit more negative on Zi-O - though still ultimately like it - but I'd agree on so much of what you said. The high points being the main cast with the exception of Tsukuyomi having pitifully little to her; Grand Zi-O being disappointing; Oma Zi-O being an incredible moment; yeah. I STILL can't stop thinking about the fact Oma Zi-O obliterated Dragblacker in one punch -- there were definitely more impressive and powerful villains there, but the way that was shot and done just my GOD.
I think it's taken me a while to decide how I feel about the episode. Many parts of it feel rushed - Tsukiyomi actually being a Rider; Geiz even existing; Woz, Decade and Diend just sort of disappearing after Sougo shows up - and this all kinda starts to make sense when you hear that the writers felt all the stuff they wanted to do would have worked better with 2 or 3 episodes. This is actually a problem I strangely have with Zi-O -- often with Rider I feel that there's very few series that really desperately needed a full 45-50 episode run, or for all their episodes to be ~22 minutes. But Zi-O as a series feels incredibly stressed for time for everything it needs to tell, with there being practically no breathers or any space between SOMETHING significant happening; whether it be a tribute or a new toy episode or something. Most of the time the New Toy episodes are conflated with tributes, and it's hard to forget that even the FIRST EPISODE was conflated with a tribute! And then there's so much other stuff they didn't do, like a Kuuga tribute or a proper one to W. I at once feel sorry for and want to applaud the writers for doing what they could to do everything they wanted or needed to do in some fashion, but it's clear that if any series needed some more time; by god it is this one.
Regardless, I still feel very conflicted about the ending; even ignoring Build comparisons. Though to stay on them for just a second, this definitely at least feels slightly more... morally acceptable than Build's, I guess? Like at least there weren't people running screaming from Sento's Combine The Worlds wave, or the visuals and explanations of it all making it look like a whole universe just died.
But something about the whole thing still feels sorta... off. I think the big thing for me is that Geiz, Tsukuyomi and the Timejackers are now plucked directly from their timestreams and worlds with no decision or knowledge on their part, for reasons that feel almost like Because Sougo Wanted It. I know they were almost certainly going for "everyone gets a happy ending", but something about it just feels so wrong and selfish on Sougo's part that I couldn't fully get into it. Uhr and Ora in particular almost feel like their personalities have been forcibly change to remove their worst aspects, and all of it feels just a bit creepy to me.
Zi-O as a whole though? I really can't say I disliked it, and if I can hate Build's ending yet still consider it my second favourite series; I certainly can't say Zi-O's ending lets down the series for me. The stretch of 17-28 of Future Riders, Another Zi-O, Zi-O II and Geiz Revive is still an absolute thrill, and the second part of Ryuga/Zi-O II in particular is not just my favourite Zi-O episode, but also one of my favourite Rider episodes ever. Many of the tributes had so many things to enjoy -- how well they played with the legacy in that Kuroto Dan works extremely well for an OOO foil; how much I can respect the sheer audacity of focusing a Hibiki tribute on redeeming Kiriya no matter how well I feel it's done; the absolute fun of Den-O that shows exactly why that series never left; basically every microsecond of Agito that showcases a great love of that series; and the incredible mix-and-match fun of the Dark Rider arc are all things that are sticking with me. The first ten or so episodes and the Kiva tribute aside, I really fail to name a bad tribute this series had.
Like... I dunno. I feel this is a series that had a very large amount of positive
pieces
to it; but aside from that middle section I consistently praise, it rarely ever felt like it truly came together cohesively for me. Even Decade at least was
consistently
confusing, so it came together in... some bizarre way. It's why I'm not rating Zi-O too highly, but it's certainly got too many good moments and too much fun to truly call a bad show. It was a good ride, in many ways a good way to send off the era; but I'm quite happy to move onto a new story now.
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