I thought the movie came after ep 12?

That's where TVTropes puts it, which is what I've been going by.

Not sure that it really makes too much difference though.

They go by chronological order, Die goes by release order.

Yeah, that seems good. (It’s all where I’ve got my Ridewatch playlist scheduled)

My overriding memory of this 2-parter is the split-screen fight at the end. Like, double timeline Sougo is very fun. Woz deciding "Well, waga maou, I guess I need to be proactive in giving you trauma to make you evil?" Good! But that fight is just real good, you know? And sometimes, that's all you need.

I thought released by then.Okay my bad.

While I do agree that Kouta cameo was too short. I feel with the time given they did alot with him. Seeing God!Kouta in all of his glory was so cool how he sets this entire arc and other things in motion. And I like small detail of Alt!Kouta working at Drupers all those years later.

The Suika Watch was such a clever gag in fact this entire twp-parter with laugh out moments from me.

And I don't think I can say anything about the visuals now do I?

Haven't seen Gaim yet, so I can't do my bit, but I will say that the gags all throughout this two-parter were top notch.

alsoyoutotallystolethescreencapiusedfor12.5

Episode 12!

-The episode's lots of fun. Lots of gags dedicated to our two Sougos, which are all pretty good! My favorite one has to be where they're trying to figure out which Sougo to hide from uncle.

-That split-screen fight is one of the few things I clearly remember about Zi-O, it's such a fun idea and it's exceuted wonderfully.

-Kaito does exactly what I expect him to, pushing Geiz to not half-ass things and get himself in gear, as well as kicking out our MOTW out of the group the second he steps back. Used pretty well here, I'd say. Unfortunately, the same can't really be said about Kouta, normal or Fruit Jesus flavored. But hey! Out of all the "actor returns with a slightly different haircut", he scores pretty high in that regard.

-Woz....Dude's got his work cut out for him if he's to mold this guy into a evil overlord. At least Sougo doesn't mind his beteryal, so it seems he's free to do as his pleases...

-Glad to see you coming around Sougo! For me, I don't think this was the moment I said "Yeah, this kid's alright!", but this arc really is a good one for him!

-I don't know what kind of persona Swartz's actor was going for in this .5 episode (maybe a character in one of the plays he was doing) but like. it's golden. Wonder what it would be like if he had that kind of personality in the actual show.

-Geiz coming back with chicken in this episode(wonderful landing to that setup) and the .5 episode with him stating that his main appeal is that he's a tsundere....I love this kid so much. Never change, Geiz.

Aw man, this is reminding me that I've actually haven't seen a lot of these or HeiGen Forever. (Only watched OQ/GM/ZvD specials). I've been avoiding some of them for........Reasons, but this rewatch is the best time to actually sit down and watch some of these for the first time. Excited for that.

It's the most dynamic fight scene this show has managed yet. The rest of the episode's really fun (there's a FANTASTIC bit where Tsukuyomi is trying to get one of the Sougos to leave the room before Uncle notices there's two of them), but that fight at the climax is really something else.

It's nice to see Kouta again, but I was a little surprised they didn't give him much to do here. He's mostly just carrying fruit, and then giving Sougo a couple RideWatches. This episode landed all of the Legend Mentor stuff on Geiz/Kaito, which it also sort of did in Episode 11? There's the Space God Kouta stuff in the beginning of Episode 11, but after that we're pretty firmly in a Kaito story.

I think it worked, though. I really liked Kaito heckling Geiz enough to stop pouting and actually work towards his goals. Never ever go to Kaito if you want to just vent! He's not one of those friends!

Ha ha, did I? I want to act shocked, but, like, what other screencap could someone use from 12.5?

I did like his haircut, for what it's worth. Not seeing him with the super-short dark hair or the longer white, but with a mid-length black haircut was different, but I think he looked good.

It's a great callback, that chicken gag. I love the continuity of both Geiz assuming no one ever got the chicken, and Uncle politely pointing out that they still had dinner when Geiz ran away, but HEY fried chicken is always good thanks for getting the chicken Geiz.

Geiz is so good on this show. He's tied for first with Sougo, Woz, and Tsukuyomi.

Neat! I hope they're fun! For both of us!