Satoshi Matsuda just replaces Gaku Oshida as Geiz halfway through the series and no one notices

I can't believe someone at Toei found the Abyss suit in the closet and decided it needed using again.

Can we really do that, because I would be so down for the change.

Ahem...
https://i.imgur.com/Fyyhtf4.png
This was probably an inside joke thing they did while filming but boy does he seem comfortable with this costume.
:lolol

Rider Time Shinobi looks pretty cool. Maybe they can make a full series out of it if it gets popular.

Glad to see more cast members of Ryuki back but it would have been nice if they got Kitaoka back too. I guess its easier to bring back male characters than females for this special since Yui and Reiko might not get a lot to do based on the preview.

And that picture of Ren in Geiz get up... good to see they have a sense of humor.

The Kitaoka thing bothered me at first but then I remembered that he had cancer (or some other similarly life-threatening disease).

So maybe the reason he isn't present for this special is because he succumbed to his illness....resulting in Goro being the main Zolda for this timeline

Yeah that cam to my mind too when I saw Goro. While it's a little sad it's a nice attention to detail from the original series.

I think with Kitaoka maybe he succumbs to his illness like most of us are speculating(myself included) or maybe he was taken out off screen. Either way a bold move if one of those turns out to be true.

I could see him just being sick off-screen, rather than outright dead, and Goro fighting to save his life.

Well, the bright side is that he was in Chou Super Hero Taisen if that helps.

EDIT: Speaking of Ex-Aid, it's weird seeing Asakura with his normal coloured hair than the white hair he got in the Brave special, almost didn't recognise him here.