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Originally Posted by Locke

Decade 17. Wow Ixa sure is on the nose, huh?

Overall this was another arc that really suffered for being so damn short, way too much was happening for a two episode arc, telegraphed with twists you could see for about ten miles away. As a result I didn't care for any of it by the end.

The worst part is though, I don't understand the message of this arc at all. When your Little Sister is replaced by a monster who usually mindlessly simply kill and destroy...that is okay? Not only is that stupid, it makes even less sense in the context of the arc.

Which is a shame, as lots of the individual parts are great. Tsukasa has really shined in the last couple of arcs, and as much as he's very shounen protagonist he is so badass that it almost feels okay. Kabuto is basically a sports car in Rider form, complete with a beautiful red finish. And The Bee has that ridiculous eyepatch, boxing style fighting in Rider form and some GLORIOUS scenery chewing.

Kabuto world was overly sentimental in the worst possible way, rushed to the point of incoherent and completely unengaging emotionally. Like a lot of worlds, it has heaps of wasted potential but unlike most worlds it wasn't ever really about anything. Overall Kabuto's arc was one of the worst, not quite Faiz bad, but it's pretty hard to pick what worse worse between this and Agito. I guess this had some great fights, and Tsukasa moments, Agito didn't even have that...

Since we're about to go to the final world, here are the worlds for me in order from worst to best.

Faiz.
Agito.
Kabuto.
Blade.
Kuuga.
Den-O.
Kiva.
Ryuki.

I thought that the implication was that his sister was a native worm, and was always a worm rather than a worm who killed and replaced Souji's sister. That's why she was so surprised when she first transformed. it's a big plot point in Kabuto proper. Hiyori is a native worm who was born to the pair of worms that killed and replaced Tendou's parents, and so he considers her to be his sister. The Decade version of her is a mix of Hiyori and Tendou's little sister that isn't actually related to him.

I think the message wa supposed to be that family is important and can give you the strength to endure things you otherwise couldn't, such as being stuck in permanent clock-up.