Because that was the most important plot hole in this episode[/sarcasm] :p


Honestly, Wizard needs to stop with the 2-parters. I know that's a tradition for Kamen Rider, but it just doesn't work for Wizard. The entire misunderstanding fight (which had no actual fight) was just padding to fill out the 2-part runtime.

That said, this episode was better than the first part. So much so that I wonder if the episodes had different writers.

But they implied that one can do to the Underworld without that happening first.

While they could, that now raises the question of why Haruto protects the gates when he could just use Doll chick (I forgot her name...) to point out gates and Haruto just use a combination of Sleep and Engage to terminate their internal Phantom.

Don't think Koyomi can see Gates, just Phantoms.

Even so, why wait until the Gate is undergoing despair? There are plenty of times where Haruto was just chilling with the Gate as they tried to keep the Phantom off of them.
Why doesn't Haruto just use Engage then?

Cause then the series would be over in less than 20 episodes :lol

Um...what Blade Raider said.

Padding, filler, waste of time. Take your pick.

Filler? In a Tokusatsu show!? WHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT?

I would guess that you can't destroy the Phantom until it actually emerges from the Gate. The only two options seem to be either kill the Phantom once it comes out or prevent the Gate from falling into despair. There's been no indication of a way to carry on a direct proactive assault.