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Kamen Rider Fourze Episodes 39 & 40 - The New School Rules & Of Values And Passion



There's a good story about the sometimes arbitrary restrictive nature of the law here curtailing people's freedoms for some idealised perfect sociey in here, that falls apart a little at the end when Taurus's motives turn out to be simping. I like the gimmick of the episode, with Gentarou unable to help as Fourze while Meteor plays golf, although Meteor being brainwashed at the end is both thematically strong (the law is often selectively applied, and rarely to those who enforce it) and narratively very lame (they don't even have him and Gentarou fight!). Taurus rejecting his law-and-order persona upon seeng how it makes the one he loves sad is fine, but it feels cheap to resort to love as the mechanism and not more proper self-reflection. Glad to have finally seen the infamous golf episode after all these years, though.

There's also ongoing deep lore finally moving, as we learn Virgo's identity, and Tomoko gets a one-way trip to the Dark Nebula. Tomoko's been feeling underused lately, so it's cool to see her take the point on this, even if it ends terribly for her. It does feel like we've backloaded the Kengo's dad family drama in way, but maybe I'm misremembering when it's popped up through the series.