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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

I suppose in a version of this series that placed greater emphasis on episodic plots, where the big twists are more about how the individual stories mix things up, that might very well have been a hook they decided to use at some point. Heck, I guess it's not impossible for them to still do it in this version, but it does seem right now like the show just isn't interested in doing those sorts of Dreamer stories anymore.

I guess we'll see! I always get bummed out when Rider shows in the last third or so become focused on heroes fighting boss characters at the expense of episodes where you see them saving people from monsters in a more direct way. Plasma's transformations are always cool, but I don't think any of them have been as cool as the one in 21 where he's also cradling a child. Would *love* to continue getting imagery like that even late into this show.

It at least seems like we might not be done with the Nightmares as major threats. In the scene where Nox fires at a Nightmare there's a silhouette of five Nightmares that might be a series of Bosses for the Riders to fight so this doesn't turn into yet another Rider vs Rider show from Takahashi.

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Originally Posted by Mesnick

Yes, I think it's quite obvious that the first step in preventing a terrible future is to save the lives of Baku's three senpais. And given that NOX is in a more vulnerable position, being neither a rider nor a knight, protecting him is perfectly logical. Incidentally, I wonder if this will influence NOX's shift in position and its transformation into an ally of Baku. That is, for the current/real NOX, Baku turned against CODE as soon as it learned of the organization's corruption, so they have the same goal, but different methods.

The OP does make it look like they're fighting together as Riders.