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Originally Posted by IndigoArms

Don't forget Keiwa's wish for the defeated riders to come back to life. So he might win this game.

Seems to me it was a really good idea, in terms of dramatic tension, to reveal that Geats can't be eliminated. The way things were, nobody else could win a round of the DGP because the title of the show is "Kamen Rider Geats." Now that Geats can't be permanently eliminated - which was always a given due to the show's format - it'll feel more like a competition because now, other Riders can have their wishes come true.

I'm very curious about how the next parts will play out. I fully expect Tycoon to win in the next episode. Earlier in the series, we were told that some wishes cannot be granted, and I'm going to guess this is when that will pay off. I suspect Tycoon will finally see the DGP as an outright enemy if his wish isn't granted.

Yeah, Michinaga will probably return, but I really hope he won't, since I don't think he's very interesting. Neon basically tore down his whole story with a sentence in this episode. That boy was basic.

I guess at least now, we have some context for the Premium Bandai Revolve Change set including a Buffa head with a broken horn. I wonder if Buffa Zombie will be a Jyamato Rider.

If other dead Riders do return, I guess that would explain why all the Riders who've died so far have had different-shaped helmets (as opposed to repaints).

I he comes back, it'll be because the Gardner hasn't yet planted his ID core. I'll be very surprised if other dead Riders will return, since the show is now being more explicit about the "shattered ID cores are literally used as seeds to grow Jyamato" thing. Jyamato Riders - who've been killed again - probably don't qualify. That would also imply something pretty dark about why Ace's wish to find his mother can't be granted.

Did anyone else find it really weird that PunkJack didn't appear at all in this episode and nobody took note of his absence? He's still in the opening credits even though it was edited to remove Ace. We never saw him get a "Mission Failed" or a "Retired," so his status is super-murky. He wasn't in the next-episode preview, but the longer-term plan is unclear. Who knows? Maybe this round of the DGP will be won by a Giroli-controlled PunkJack. Given the in-diagesis audience's reaction in the past few episodes, I suspect that won't go over well. I wonder how many episode it'll take for Giroli too face the consequences for his rule-breaking...