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So given I don't think we have a thread specifically for Stage Shows, and recently there's been a lot more subbing of Rider Final Stages (Including a Stage Show for LupinVSPat alongside the Zangetsu Stage Play). A new group even subbed a Kamen Rider W special event one, which is basically a remixed Movie Wars 2010 that tells you to go watch Movie Wars 2010.

I thought I'd share my brief thoughts on all of the ones I've watched recently. So let's start with.

Zi-O Final Stage: This one is specifically set after Over Quartzer and basically confirms that Over Quartzer is just an alternate timeline deal with a single line towards the end. Lot's of fun on this one, and I always enjoy the clever ways they get around special effects for Henshin's and stuff. Special mention goes to how they handled Another Kuuga here which was cute.

Also probably the best decision they made was turning the villain into a gigantic Showa Boomer who wants to erase the Heisei Era so we're instead in Showa Year 93. Special shout outs to the The Reboot Ichigo, Nigo and V3 alongside Amazon Alpha and Omega showing up. Especially with Alpha yelling out, "Cheer 'Do your best' or I'll kill you!"

Drive Final Stage: Some post show fun stuff, not too much to really say on this aside from us getting the Car Sentai Driveranger. Also it's kind of hilarious given Paradox is the villain but he spends most of his time in a cloaked Roidmude Form, except it's clearly a low budget stage show variant since he shows up near a bunch of the high quality grunt Roidmude suits. So that's kinda hilarious.

Ghost Final Stage: This one is probably my favorite next to Zi-O's, mostly for the set up that's used to involve basically every single Ghost Parka suit. By turning an innocent "Which one of you is the strongest" question into "We're making this a big battle royal wrestling style tournament."

The Onpu Ganma that became a bit of a reoccurring character in the show ended up showing up and partnering with Beethoven. Plus he finally got a name like Cubi. Gyro decides to name him Roman because Romance is involved when thinking of Beethoven. Also the new stageshow exclusive form they had with Shinsengumi Damashii was really cool. I like how loose it looks and the light blue is a nice coloration. Kinda clever how they decided to tie the object that was used to create the eyecon into the katana we see Ryu Tenkuji always use.

Finally the one that got released like not even 2 hours ago...

W Final Stage: Of all the things I expected, I didn't expect an alternate Weather in the form of Isaka Shinkurou (Not Shinkuro, Shinkurou). Who is basically an Isaka from an alternate world who stole a Foundation X Memory named the Fuuto Memory.

Hijinks ensue where Akiko ends up running into him and accidentally gets the memory plugged into her, turning her into Fuuto-Kun. And basically the way they bring back a bunch of old characters who are quite understandably dead, is through that memories power. The Fuuto Memory basically calling upon Isaka's memories to bring back old Dopants and even Eternal of all people.

Special mentions go to Kirihiko who tries his hardest but was sadly stuck as a Maquerade Dopant and thus, terribly weak and easily killed. And also they brought out Skull and he got to fight Eternal and it was pretty cool. Always love to see more Skull.

Overall, Rider Final Stage Shows are fun little desert courses after the series concludes and I'm amazed people are only now starting to sub them because they are just genuinely fun experiences that everyone needs to watch.