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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

The one hiccup is Gamel showing up, but that scene actually doesn?t make a ton of sense? Ankh says that they don?t have time to fight Gamel, tosses Eiji the Core Medals, Eiji loses Mezool?s Core Medals, then Eiji?s like We Don?t Have Time To Fight Gamel, and splits to take care of the Yummy. It?s a scene that only exists so OOO can lose the Core Medals Ankh snagged from Mezool two episodes ago, all without Eiji ever using them or Gamel being involved with this plot. It?s a weird scene, because it requires Eiji to pause for a fight that he doesn?t want to be in just long enough to lose something he never used. It?s weird! It doesn?t make sense!

It also helps eat up screen time to help make sure the plot fills two full episodes. I like to call that "Mashin Chaser-ing."

I know that we try to avoid covering future plot developments in the discussion, but it's really interesting to see these last few episodes starting to push more development for Gotou. We're getting close to the winter movie and, with it, the standard debut time for the show's secondary Rider in this era. We're starting to get more insights into Gotou and his dissatisfaction with Eiji, Cake Boss, and the whole OOO status quo. It's really hard not to get the sense that we're building up to Gotou... how do I put this vaguely... doing something other than being someone else's assistant for over half the series.