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Awaken, Episode 31!

-Gotta get this outta the way, it's nice that they're trying to make Tsuku relavant again after the show's been sliding towards "The Sougo, Geiz, and Woz Show", but revealing Tsukuyomi has amnesia and time powers in the same episode.......It's Not Good. I think I might hate it, actually! Personally I would've thrown the amnesia tidbit in a way earlier episode and let the time-powers debut in this episode.

-......Almost forgot Heure and Ora was still in the show, feels like it's been forever since they've done anything other than stand around.

-But who cares about all that because it's the Agito arc!!!! Agito is one of my favorites, and this arc is my favorite in terms of Legend Rider content! For this first part, it's as good as I remember!

-I really like how raw Another Agito's fighting style. The sight of that one G3 slamming into the glass, it reminds me of the viciousness of the Lords (Monsters in early Heisei in general, i guess) Importing that kind of tone 1:1 would feel odd, so I'm glad they found a way to evoke it without feeling out of place in Zi-O.

-Speaking of G3, isn't it hilarious? That a system that was outdated/ill-equipped for the monsters running around currently when it debuted is now even more ill-equipped now?

-I love how they've twisted the "Seeds of Agito" plotline from the original show into this fun little zombie schtick, it's good!

-Hey it's Omuro, glad we could get at least one member of the G3 team back! Very happy to see Mana again! (As an additional note, if you go Jun Kaname's (Hikawa) Youtube channel, he uploaded a 2-part special where the G3 Unit + Hojo's actors got together in 2020, answered questions, and had a good time! However....it's totally untranslated, so I won't be posting it unfortunately!)

-I'm going to save the Shouichi talk for next time but man! Love that guy! Such a good pick for a story like this!