what's taking so long?

https://x.com/Gozyu_toei/status/1989...0_8rYdrwzVview

Seems like the new Sumino/Gozyu Unicorn will be Shida Kohaku (Oni Sister) starting Ep40

This will be interesting.

Uh...at least they're keeping it in the Inoue family!?

Ryosei Konishi aka OG Garo appears as UW Deka Red in episode 38.

So.. I've been thinking about how Toei gonna do the switch between Maya Imamori and Kohaku Shida as GozyuUnicorn and I think I've found a way: In ep. 20, Oto don't recognise Sumino, and that's because Sumino dosen't looks like herself... Just like Kinjiro Takehara wishes to be young and got it (switching from old actor Masaki Kobayashi to young actor Jin Matsumoto), Maya Imamori is actually Kohaku Shida in disguise, so she'll be able to catch Rei Gushima that kidnapped Oto, without him recognise her as well. So now that Oto is free, Sumino can reveal her true self to everyone.

I'm not sure about the "it was all a disguise" part personally, but I'm open with the idea of the writers explaining and justifying her looking different. Den-O did this sorta with the Hana/Kohana switcheroo where they explained it was because of a change within the world of the narrative.

Honestly, I'll accept pretty much any explanation, no matter how dumb, over no explanation at all. The disguise idea could work, they'd probably just have to reshoot the flashback 8 years ago from Oto's perspective.