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Sorry for the double post but I feel like my previous one was kinda lengthy already, so I'll split it up for easier reading.

Time to watch another Rider crossover thing with Tsukasa in it, the Riders becoming the gimmick and the plot revolving around a kid with powers critical to the villain's plan of escape.

Wait.....

I'm gonna be comparing this special to Kamen Rider Taisen a little bit so be prepared.

Wizard Episodes 52 and 53

This was like the weirdest fusion of a Wizard two-parter, A Decade two parter and a Rider crossover movie. Haruto trying to save the gate of the week? Check. Crazy alternate world where the main character stumbles upon the strongest bad guy almost instantly after he arrives and a team up with that World's Rider in the final fight of the arc? Check. Shit load of Riders? Check.

The action was great. What I liked about it compared to Kamen Rider Taisen was that the fights had a shit ton of forms and attacks going on. You've got final forms, Final form rides, form switching, Den-liners and Dragredders everywhere, it was fucking insane for a TV show. In KRT, it felt restrained out of the Heisei Riders trying to look within the remote power levels of the Showa Riders. Not to say that KRT's action wasn't fucking insane either, just this special felt unrestrained.

Gaim showing up was awesome. Him kicking ass in his normal form is pretty great.

I felt like the plot was trying to be bigger then it was. It does that whole "Hey guys, we're fighting you, oh wait not really we were just waiting for the opportunity to help you out" thing Decade is famous for. And what was up with that whole Cross of Fire thing? Was it like one of those symbolic things where he was referencing it not as the literal birthplace but as the center of the monsters? I liked AU Haruto, and Koyomi, just because they sort of tied the themes of the special, Wizard and Kamen Rider all together. Amadam,the villain, was flat out terrible. He dressed like Rider villains, great...

Tuskasa was in it. Yay! He didn't feel as restrained as KRT, mainly because he had less screen time and he actually met his quota of snarky comments this time.

I recommend watching this two parter. It puts a different spin on Wizard and just Rider in general, plus, who doesn't like more Tsukasa? Even if you're not a fan of Wizard, you can still enjoy this.

Damn, that Blade mask was that dirty before KRT?