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Kamen Rider Ryuki Episode 30: Zolda's Lover

You can download the live watch HERE.

Kamen Rider Die and I are forever fated to collab on Ryuki-related content.

Which is actually kinda funny, given that mine and his tastes on Kamen Rider only lines up every now and then.

I suppose it is fitting though, given that a big theme in the show is about how everyone has their own unique perspective and making efforts in seeing and understanding those perspectives is an important part of life.

So when Die proposed episode 30 for this Tokucast, my initial reaction was "Huh?" because I'll be honest, I barely remembered it, especially given that my all-time favorite episode of Ryuki, 29, was right before it and is something that'll stick in my memory until the day I turn senile.

But man, it's impressive that I managed to forget it because this episode is out there. Like, especially in the kind of story that Ryuki is.

It still very much has alot of the same themes and character quirks that the show had up to that point, but it does it in an incredibly outlandish, Inoue way that, if not handled properly, would've felt like something out of a totally different show. But I gotta say, he nailed it. Despite just how outlandish Megumi as a character is, the great cinematography of Ishida really helps to make this episode feel right at home in the world of Ryuki.

In a meta sense, both this episode and 29 also serve as a way to give the viewers a bit of breathing room before getting back into the dire stakes of the main story, and both episodes being legitimately funny really helps in bringing that atmosphere and not coming across as obnoxious. In lesser hands, these episodes would be downright annoying to watch. For me atleast.

Die certainly had a ton to say about this episode, so I highly recommend atleast listening to the episode we recorded rather than just reading me kinda casually go over it in this post. While 29 is still my favorite, I will say that on this rewatch, I did find a good chunk more respect for episode 30, and hopefully as time passes I won't just forget like 80% of it again. It's a fun time!

Up next: A new face to these sorts of projects arrives as GrandComplete joins me in watching episode 6 of Power Rangers Super Mega Force! It's sure to be a Super Mega Win!