[Kiwami]

Very disappointed with this. It was great until 16 minutes in, then they just decided to make it the most cookie cutout Rider ending you could possible come up with. Aruto is just president, no consequences to the Ark-One thing at all, Jin is back, everyone stays Kamen Rider and is happy, and the worst offender: A new Izu. Fuck. Off. What bullshit. Nothing was learned from this final stretch of episodes, nothing. It might as well never have happened at all.

Oh, and Azu? New Ark guy? Hey, guess what! Watch a movie to see how this one ends! How about no?

Zero-One was fine, it really was. The late production, as unfortunate as the show being impacted by you-know-what was, shaped up to be a fantastic and unique ending to it.

What a shame they didn't pull through with it. They had all the pieces, but in the end lacked the guts to make it happen.

Just to be clear: I don’t want a "dark" ending. It’s not like I want to see everyone being miserable. But Aruto just going back to daily president life like nothing happened? Absolute no-go. Same with the new Izu. I can buy Metsubojinrai.net serving as guardians, Yua introducing Naki into A.I.M.S. was fine too, Gai has a puppy squad (yay?), but everything else? Vulcan I didn’t even mention, mostly because he does nothing noteworthy at all.

*Sigh*... what an absolute shame. No other way to put it. They had me in the first half, and then forever lost me with the second.