[FreshToku]

You think you're eager for more? Imagine having to wait an entire week :0 Or maybe I was the only one as inordinately excited for next episode as I was back when this aired.

This episode is the start of something special for me, and I remember a lot of first impressions still. ...The first of which is just a really random barely-a-gripe I have but still bugs me to this day, and that's how the Geiz Revive Ridewatch comes into play. I know back in episode 18, White Woz straight up laid out the events that when three mysterious ridewatches came together, it would create a new power. I, and I'm sure a lot of other people, assumed this was some abstract prophecy of sorts, but it turned out to be completely literal? Like, things popping out of thin air is honestly not that big a deal to me in these shows, but there's not even any thematic reasoning as to why the three MiRidewatches, based on three unrelated guys who give powers to Woz, would come together to make a powerup for Geiz.

But anyway, point is that there's a scary vision of Geiz and Zi-O's inevitable battle, but right now Geiz doesn't have it in him to commit yet. But there is someone else all too ready to commit to beating on Zi-O! Another Zi-O is a really cool design, and although a lot about him is still up in the air in this episode, I was pretty ready to accept a classic evil mirror image of our hero right away (I mean, putting aside we already have two of those in Sougo's evil future self and his literal mirror image from a few episodes ago).

I guess I don't really have much to say that this episode just left me excited for the next. Everything was hitting at my senses saying that everything that's been built up to for a long while is going to erupt in a big way, much like how episode 15 left me feeling. So yeah, it's like 100% foreboding and slow moments, but I was kinda totally into it!

Well except for those scenes with the Time Jackers being cryptic about whatever they're doing. Thinking about them has always been detrimental to my enjoyment of the show so I just phased them out of my mind as usual...