Mayu's diver will say Okay at the end, calling it now

I will believe that when I actually see her show up again with rings and a driver. But it does seem like that's where her story is headed and that is awesome. This was a great episode of what is rapidly becoming a really good Rider series.

Yeah as exciting as the possibility of it is, I am tempering my expectations. A fully-costumed, tv-show-introduced female Rider would be great, but I'm realistically expecting her to show up in normal clothes with maybe a driver and some rings. Think Pink Buster more than Kivala.

Curious that he didn't give her a belt and be on his merry way like he did Haruto.
I hope the training does mean she might be a stronger wizard than Haruto. That'd be an interesting turn of events.

Oh, Medusa can act? Woah, when did that happen. Oh, what? We'll be waiting for Mayu to return to take out Medusa, so she won't have a prominent story arc again until that? Well, yippee skippee.

So, the question is will she return in series proper as a full fledged rider, will she be movie only, or will she just be forgotten?
(BTW, If she returns episode 30-35, kills Medusa then, that'd be a perfect time to bring Phoenix back)

I'm not sure if Maya is going to become a wizard or what. If White Wizard and Wiseman are really connected, I think they might be trying to turn her into a super phantom or something.

Maybe she'll be a primarily yellow Rider to balance out the missing female yellow from Kyoryuger :lol

In all seriousness though, this was a really good episode. Psychologically dark, and ending on a note that (if it actually follows it up well) could propel Wizard into being a really good series.

No, that's going too far.
Virtue of possibly having a female rider wouldn't make it really good by default.
Having a female rider survive, however, would be a different story entirely :lol

Nice twist this episode, I was expecting twin Phantoms but this plot development may be better. I won't get my hopes up but I would love to see a female Rider this season.

Since I can't add anything to the whole "zOmG lady Kamen Raida!" discussion, I'll settle for pointing out that Haruto's reaction was a nice way of bringing up the usual business about being a Kamen Rider sucking without just saying it out loud.

This episode is unbelievable in terms of the story twist at the end, and the great acting we got from Mayu. With her ethereal beauty and great acting skills I hope she'll be a famous Japanese actress one day.

I am really, truly hoping that a female Kamen Rider will show up and stay around for some time. They can kill off Beast for all I care, as long Witch can take his place. :lol