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As you guys might've imagined, I was bouncing in my seat like Fujimi with a new Black Case the moment Zeztz pressed that lever the fourth time. Man, that was totally worth the wait! A finisher so legendary the Rider System couldn't even take it, which makes me even more excited for ExDream knowing that this event is the catalyst for that.

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Originally Posted by Frontier

Zero never wanted to be a father, what he wanted was the decisive weapon that could make the difference in humanity's battle with Nightmares and ensure good dreams win over bad dreams. And he saw the solution in Zeztz: something that could only be born from his own son and the "bad dream" of the Catastrophe Gore Nightmare he had within him.

Honestly, I'm still trying to come to terms with the Zero father reveal. Like, I appreciate how Zeztz arrived at that conclusion through his own deduction, as a good agent should. And I appreciate how Zero being his father doesn't mean their relationship has to change. Zero rejected being a father and yet, unable to deny his attachment, became a bro instead. If Baku and Minami are still siblings, then Baku and Zero are still bros! That's what I want to believe anyway.

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Originally Posted by Frontier

What are Nightmares? Entities that date back to critical consciousness of humanity and the source behind all evil and crime. CODE was formed to stop them, but in the escalating conflict Nightmares have become even more powerful.

CODE wanted to destroy darkness so badly they ended up becoming the "darkness inside CODE", by making the Nightmares even more perilous everytime they think about Nightmares. Sure is stupid to try and eradicate "evil" as a concept, which was born from the complex duality of human consciousness.

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Originally Posted by Frontier

Uh...random Agito movie tie-in?

Reminds me of Hongo showing up in Kabuto 20 years ago to promote The First. As a non-Agito fan, I'm indifferent, but I wonder if Agito fans care about a cameo of a character they haven't been properly introduced to yet.

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Originally Posted by Frontier

My condolences to Orderm that it only got two episodes before they introduced the Final Form which has got to be a record for anything that's not a two-tier upgrade form.

Orderm seems like the climax of Zeztz mastering Catastrom's volatile powers, like Progrise Hopper Blade was for Zero One Metal Cluster Hopper, so I guess the only reason this form exists is due to Bandai making the Dualmare Capsem work like that.

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Originally Posted by JusticeMagnum

It also turns out that the TV Asahi website clarified why the Zeztz Driver was destroyed. Some people thought that defeating Darkness Zeztz caused it but it turns out Over Banish just puts way too much strain on the Driver and caused it to be destroyed.

Alternatively, you could say that Zeztz Darkness Nightmare forced Zeztz to the point of breaking his Driver so he could complete his mission to make Zero's bad dream come true even in death: The ruin of Zeztz.

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Originally Posted by Mesnick

(They also fought in an open container, strikingly similar to the one where Blade and Garen fought Undead Zebra 20 years ago. Could Dawn have gotten them there?)

I recall this is the same container where Geiz promised to mercy kill Sougo if he ever strayed from the path of the greatest kindest demon king.

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Originally Posted by Deepsea

I'm mostly just worried you're making yourself slog through a show you're not enjoying for the sake of "completion" or something.

Feels like I'm getting called out here. Well you might be glad to know that I did quit Gavan Infinity after getting repeatedly frustrated with that. RED is too young a franchise to trigger my completion compulsion.