[Dormamu]

Rejoice, for now we have the most highly opinionated, highly overpowered armor of the entire Heisei era Riders.

Den-O is consistently one of my favorite Rider series, purely because the interaction. Plot was a hot mess, but the characters really carried the show. This episode was definitely proof. Climax form just made my day as did Zeronos. Even the two parter person in trouble story line gave me all the nostalgia.

I got some serious chills with the Grand Zi-O henshin. Probably because it's literally EVERY driver intro from the era. Also, I had to chuckle at the fact that the watch is bigger than the entire driver! Some poor kid is gonna spin that sucker around and wind up in the hospital.

The animation of each rider I thought was super reminiscent of Gokai Silver Gold Mode, but at the same time, wow. Every Rider kick and weapon at your disposal and then some. He even reversed the time flow and went back to double down on OOOs. Super hardcore.

Overall, this was a great episode. I can wait for Drive's movie piece, but there's a lot of holes that I'm not sure will be answered, but with an upgrade like Grand, we'll see what happens to Sougo.