Also in the scene after the credits of one of the previous episodes, the Cyclone-Aссel merger was mentioned. In reality W, this is not possible given Shotaro and Philippe's deep bond, but it is possible to make an alternate reality like in "Secret Birth Movie". I would love to look at this, and then Bandai will be able to sell a new toy.

https://i.imgur.com/iEY8xrK.png

Yeah, this definitely has "final arc of the season" vibes all over it.

The plot gets serious pretty quick and a possible answer to the mystery of Tokime's' past is dangled right infront of us.

Reactor also has "season 1 final boss" written all over him, and I think his might be my favorite Dopant design in the show so far. The fight with him, while basic, did do a solid job at showing off his power.

All that is good enough for me. I'm ready to see where this goes.

Fitting we're ending the anime with a retrofitted/reworked version of the first Dopant every created.

Since Reactor was based on the first Dopant ever made (Even before Magma) that couldn't be used because it was not possible to create a suit of at the time.

https://kamenrider.fandom.com/wiki/I...n/Steam_Dopant

Anime makes anything possible!

So. Many. References!!! All in the little notebook Tokime was looking through, mentioning names from the W series. Really loved those callbacks!

Looks like we might be seeing a Joker Dopant after all, now all that's left is Cyclone, since the others appeared in the W Summer Movie.

And now we're going into Shadow Fuuto (with those fans looking strikingly similar to Ichigo's belt), now that Bando wants Tokime back in his Dopant City. But first, they must overcome Reactor Dopant, who has a really neat design, I especially enjoy the piston. And as we probably all knew, the moment it was revealed he wasn't the Brachiosaurus Dopant (though he has the habit of slamming his overalls like that guy from Fourze, who's name escapes me), that left the kid.

The fight was short, but the idea that they're suits are getting actual damage really sells how strong their enemy is this time.

I also enjoyed the skit at the end with the Band-O, and him reaffirming that his subordinates aren't suited (heh) for it.

And neat thing about the Reactor Dopant. Thanks for the info, Enchilada!

But there already was a cyclone dopant.

So, there was. I don't remember this one, must have been from one of the V-Cinemas or something I didn't see.

The more you learn.

No it was in the W Summer Movie with the rest of the NEVER Dopants and Eternal, it just didn't show up as often as they did.

Gosh dangit! My memory is that bad!

I always found the Never Dopants interesting given Cyclone and Metal are clearly designed to look like "incomplete" halves of W with one compound eye, as if the Memories themselves were always designed for the W Driver, but Heat, Luna, and Trigger are all more typical Dopants with no obvious W influence.