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And so we took hold of the greatest of Gotchas one last time (though we'll get to do it again soon).

Honestly a pretty solid finale in which the world's most one-sided game of Splatoon is played. I had kinda suspected it back when Saboneedle was first turned to gold in the flashback but turned out fine later obviously, but I think it's hilarious that Geryon's plan to turn the world into gold is superficial from a metaphorical and physical standpoint. The most he could do was coat things in gold and freeze them in time, kind of like those chocolate syrups or dips that make a hard shell over something. Which in turn makes sense as Houtaro isn't reversing anything when he uses SteamHopper Ultima, he's just peeling away everything and not letting it go to waste.

But also this is Kamen Rider Gotchard, when confronted by Houtaro who defies reality via his conviction, friendships and dream, of course it's not going to stick with him and he can resist it. And I do love how he's legitimately impressed by Geryon's power before he goes into tearing down just why it doesn't work.

This was a packed finale, and everyone got to have their own little moments even if it wasn't much. I'd get into it all but I feel like I'd just be summarizing the story and I don't want this post to run on too long. Though I'd like to highlight the fact that they ended up bringing back Batkingrobo of all forms and that's honestly great. Houtaro taking a page out of Aruto's book when it comes to using mecha to try and smash the villain. Honestly though I'm impressed they remembered Wind existed, though it's clear Fuga's actor wasn't available for filming that day. But it was nice to see Majade and Wind actually fight together.

Will say, wasn't expecting there to be another Earth but hey, Sanctuary for the Chemies while Houtaro and the others figure things out in eventually integrating them into society alongside trying to see if they can use this Earth for something more than that is a pretty cool note to end it on.

Overall I enjoyed my time. There's a couple of gripes I had [Geryon as a villain, the fate of the Dark Sisters (though according to tangential plan they might not be done yet?), the Dark Kings, Fuga in general, a couple of misc things] but I honestly had an enjoyable time with Gotchard in the end.

But before I close things out, I do want to share what Uchida ended up saying in the Production Blog that someone translated:



But well, we aren't done just yet with this episode. After so long (Alongside Donbrothers and KingOhger getting the treatment) we're getting another Rider Finale Directors Cut via TTFC:

https://x.com/tokusatsu_fc/status/1827503658961142046