[DreadBringer]

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

KAMEN RIDER OOO EPISODE 25 - “A BOXER, A LEFT HAND, AND A BIRD YUMMY”

The show goes to enormous lengths to make Ankh not only the prime suspect but the only conceivable suspect, with his normal smirking indifference curdling into suspicious obfuscation. Eiji and Gotou immediately realize that only Ankh’s Core Medals could spawn a Bird Yummy, so this can’t be Uva or Kazari. The presence of an Ankh hand around the events only drives home to the audience that Gotou and Eiji’s theories are correct. And then we get the end fight scene, where Ankh gives Eiji strategically unsound Medals, while a Greeed hand blocks Birth’s shot. It’s an entire second half that’s shouting at the audience that Ankh must be behind this.

Said hand looks like Ankh's left hand. Despite TaJaDor being OOO's strongest Combo (individually, GataKiriBa surpassed even his final forms) and his mid-season upgrade for now, it's apparently the most unsuitable combo for OOO against the bird Yummy, which makes me confused on what's the better tool for OOO to fight him off, like other Combos may not be able to fly and that their physical attacks can be weaker.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

I kind of love it for that, even if I’m not connecting with this episode on the same level it’d prefer. It’s blatantly obvious what’s really going on here, if you pay close attention. The pre-credits scene practically screams it, while the very specific phrasing of the flashback to Ankh and Eiji’s conversations about Ankh’s lack of regeneration – the specific things Kobayashi needs you to keep in mind – gives you all the clues you need to connect the dots. Even the story going on with the boxer, about a man warring against his own body… big clues! Incredibly big clues about what’s really going on here!

If this'd be a red herring, there'd be something that happens for real later. Not only Eiji working with Ankh, Date is also working with an even more depraved character, Maki. Eiji and Goto already notice about how depraved Maki is, and Maki's already working with Kazari, but to Date, Maki seems to be a quirky companion for now. Goto's problem with Ankh continues after being more co-operative with Eiji, reminding him that Ankh is a Greeed.