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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

Kinda sad to say, but I've basically forgotten most of the non-Grand Zi-O things in this episode beyond "Everyone was hanging around a hospital I think...?" It's good to be reminded it was doing some very Den-O things with its drama, even if, yeah, evidently it didn't connect with me all that much either.

Took the words before I could say them, then again, I am going off memory and most I remember from this episode was Grand Zi-O, who is majestic.

I know I gushed about his form last episode, but now I can get to the meat of the matter, that being his glorious transformation. Every Heisei Rider's (main season) statues appear, all of their standbys play, then the main jingle plays, reciting all of them, followed by an Iwae! (I love this line so much), it's just so good! Even Woz is at a loss for words, which normally I'd be disappointed in him not giving out a speech, but here it's absolutely justified that there are no words for him to convey this form with.

And gosh diddly darn, do I love Grand Zi-O's attacks, summoning his predecessors through time to dish out attacks, sure one could argue it makes no sense since he took their powers, but in the context of this form itself imbued with the power of all the Heisei Riders, it can be said that he himself is the Riders' timeline, thus making it possible to summon them through their own respective times. I did not need to write all that, so long story short, I love Grand Zi-O, and Next New World slaps.

But I did enjoy seeing the Imagin jumping personalities with Geiz and Uncle, and I'm glad Momotaros got to shine somewhat in the fight against Another Den-O (who I'm glad to see return since it's such a good design, even though it was obvious he'd be back), just like in Decade, though at least this time he's not getting kicked in the head by an ally.