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Originally Posted by Kiwami

Oh yeah I remember this. I don't know if I already said that in this topic but I thought the setup was pretty pointless since we (the viewer) know that Gorou-chan isn’t a.) Dead and b.) Zolda. But they resolved it quickly enough.

If Zolda is going down soon or not is for you to see, but you'll have some great episodes coming up, I'll tell you that much.

Actually, it made perfect sense. The faking of Zolda's death and Gorou acting as if he was Zolda was supposed to make Shinji quit being a Rider. But thanks to Ren, that was quickly resolved as you said.