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Zeztz is like reverse Wizard. When Wizard fails in the real world, he has to take the fight to the Underworld. When Zeztz fails in the dream world, he has to take the fight to the real world. The way the Nightmares enter the real world is the opposite of how the Imagins enter the past.

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Originally Posted by Frontier

No OP three episodes in a row? Bold, are we?

The suspense is a nightmare! Fortunately, the blog confirmed that we're totally getting it next week.

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So the Capsem conveniently follows him into the real world too?

This was already shown at the end of Episode 1 and when Baku used the dispenser in Episode 2.

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I'm glad Baku has mastered the art of conveniently falling asleep when necessary. That will serve him well.

Man, I suck at falling asleep. How do I obtain this power?!

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So it doesn't seem like Baku's relation with someone outside their dream tansfers to their dream perception of him. Baku became friendly with Fujimi outside his dream but inside of it he still sees Baku as public enemy #1 and throws him in Dream Jail.

Fujimi isn't a lucid dreamer after all. He can still control it a little, like throwing Baku in Dream Jail immediately after catching him, but not enough to know that Baku is his dream buddy or how Bomb Nightmare framed him.

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It is kind of rough seeing someone you came to respect was actually deep down invested in the idea of blowing up his own department. Though you gotta appreciate the Bomb Nightmare went out of his way to blow up the directors' office.

However, Baku insists to Bomb Nightmare that it's not what Fujimi wants. Even though it's his subconscious desire, consciously, Fujimi would never want for such a thing to actually happen, hence why his role in the dream was trying to stop the bomber.

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So it's not just the Nightmare taking over the body of its host and appearing in the real world, it seems like the fabric of reality starts falling apart and Zeztz has to stop them in the real world.

I...guess that clarifies that Baku can Henshin in the real world? Or was it only because things were starting to get...weird? Either way, at least we know that if he stops the Nightmare in the real world, it can save the person being possessed.

Makes sense that if the Nightmare can manifest in the real world, then so can Zeztz. Shows how the worlds have become critically distorted and how this is the last resort for Zeztz to defeat the Nightmare and save the world.

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I ended up really loving what it brought to the story to have it be Baku confronting the Nightmare in the end, rather than Seven. The way he's so scared throughout, the way he can't pronounce English as well, there are a lot of nuances to that section of the episode that made it really enjoyable. Credit to the actor for managing all that so early on.

Seems like he can summon Agent Seven after henshining though, with his ability to defuse the bomb. Either that, or it's placebo effect. Maybe the Rider System has a long-term effect of merging the two Bakus by unlocking the potential in his brain.

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Pretty strong conclusion to this opening trilogy; kinda makes me wanna see it as one long director's cut movie, even?

Considering how Episode 2 ended a little anticlimactically mid-fight, kind of feels like these 3 episodes were made with that format in mind. Curious to see what a normal Zeztz episode will look like.