Plus his actor never got the flowers, so he'll be back. He's still in the middle of doing another show at the moment, as Takeru once said it all depends on their schedule.

Yeah, that was absolutely an "I'll be back" speech.

Something tells me Decade will probably be involved in giving Zi-O the Zi-O II Ridewatch or maybe even the final form.

Also, can we consider Nobuhiro Mouri to be the main writer now? He has wrote from episode 9 to 16, and those episodes are better than the ones main writer wrote, at least imo.

This was a good episode. And the 16.5 was especially fun.

But now comes the really great stuff. :D

Gotta admit for the first quarter or so of episodes, loved all the twists and turns too. The brief story psyche outs, and the timey wimey shifts that took place to allude to stories that are now undone before they happen.

Bringing Geiz's story full circle finally was fun too. And now I'm ready to see how the open road future goes and takes the story.

And loved the 16.5's bit on Toei assassins. xD

*Huggles Toei* you too good to me.

Oh, he's definitely coming back. Other plans are in motion now of his. So we should get some bigger Decade things in the future, and some other twists still. But he is still only a cameo role and it will likely be spread out across other story stuff to him out of the limelight for a bit to back in later, etc. alongside other twists.

No, you can't say someone is the Head Writer when Toei themselves say its someone else. Besides, their website confirms Shimoyama has been busy with the film. He's back next episode.

I agree that Mouri's episodes are superior, though.