The Obvious/Obscure Realization Thread

Fish Sandwich · 03-05-2021, 07:36 PM

I'm not sure if this was intentional or not, and I this is probably old news to most people, but it just occurred to me today that Zi-O's name, beyond the whole king of time thing, might be pulling the same "20" shtick that ZO's is, since he's the twentieth Heisei Rider? Like, he really might've been Decade 2 the whole time!

Changing gears real quick, I also learned the other day that according to Arakawa, Juuru's name in Kiramager is actually derived from joule, the unit of energy, which is a bit surprising, if still thematically appropriate. Like, the specific interview that comes from doesn't specifically say it isn't from "jewel" as well though, so I'm going to go ahead and assume it's simply derived from both until further notice.

Sunred · 03-05-2021, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

I'm not sure if this was intentional or not, and I this is probably old news to most people, but it just occurred to me today that Zi-O's name, beyond the whole king of time thing, might be pulling the same "20" shtick that ZO's is, since he's the twentieth Heisei Rider?

zi or ji is commonly used for goroawase wordplay when using the number 2 and o is used as 0 so by that logic definitely yes.

GrandComplete · 03-05-2021, 10:05 PM

Yeah the ZI-O being "20" was mentioned in very first .5 episode too.

Fish Sandwich · 03-05-2021, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by GrandComplete

Yeah the ZI-O being "20" was mentioned in very first .5 episode too.

So it was! I'd chalk my forgetfulness here up to it having been a couple years since the .5 episodes, but strangely enough, I think I remembered basically every gag/bit of trivia in here except this.

03-05-2021, 07:36 PM	#571
Fish Sandwich The Immortal King Tasty Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Every diner you've ever been to. Posts: 2,924	I'm not sure if this was intentional or not, and I this is probably old news to most people, but it just occurred to me today that Zi-O's name, beyond the whole king of time thing, might be pulling the same "20" shtick that ZO's is, since he's the twentieth Heisei Rider? Like, he really might've been Decade 2 the whole time! Changing gears real quick, I also learned the other day that according to Arakawa, Juuru's name in Kiramager is actually derived from joule, the unit of energy, which is a bit surprising, if still thematically appropriate. Like, the specific interview that comes from doesn't specifically say it isn't from "jewel" as well though, so I'm going to go ahead and assume it's simply derived from both until further notice. __________________ 誰かの笑顔のためだろ？

03-05-2021, 10:05 PM	#573
GrandComplete Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2019 Location: World of Ataru Posts: 263	Yeah the ZI-O being "20" was mentioned in very first .5 episode too. __________________

03-05-2021, 10:48 PM	#574
Fish Sandwich The Immortal King Tasty Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Every diner you've ever been to. Posts: 2,924	Quote: Originally Posted by GrandComplete Yeah the ZI-O being "20" was mentioned in very first .5 episode too. So it was! I'd chalk my forgetfulness here up to it having been a couple years since the .5 episodes, but strangely enough, I think I remembered basically every gag/bit of trivia in here except this. __________________ 誰かの笑顔のためだろ？