Not sure. Someone might have better memory than me, cuz I don't remember Show Hayami getting flowers for his role as the Ark.

He did, it was in the next episode behind the scenes as not to spoil the twist with Ark-One.

So does this mean we have to wait 4 weeks for the story to continue?

yeah lol

It's basically the Kikaider situation from Gaim but even worse. lol

I don't mind admittedly. It's not like Zero-One where we weren't sure when it'd even come back. I can stand the wait because we know it's coming back.

Me too. At least we get some clarification, If it's 4 weeks then so be it.
If it's true, then we have Kamen Rider Storious, those 4 other guys he's with, and Touma being the Wonder World chosen one for 3 episodes, that's a lot to cram in.

Is there any actual proof of this or is it just more completely baseless speculation. We only know about the special episode and the break on 7/25

i mean, its the fucking olympics lol theres nothing to speculate

we literally had a full discussion on this like a month ago. this shouldnt really be news

but yea its been confirmed. we are getting the crossover special and a 3 week hiatus

Here's the TV Asahi Schedule for August, no Olympic coverage during SHT after 7/25, hence the one week break

Cool, so it's just a normal preemption then.