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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Daguva curbstomps Amazing Mighty, but how severe did Daguva beat Kuuga up? That Yusuke seems to be fine in the next scenes (he can walk, or riding bikes fine), but with damages on Amadam.

The episode jumps to nine days later after the opening, which gives the impression Yuusuke needed a lot of time to heal... by his standards, anyway.

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I mean Kazari realizes that Yusuke is Kuuga... but he never said anything about Kuuga being #4 to Pops right? So probably Kazari only knows that Yusuke is #4.... but if Yusuke talks about "Kuuga" again Kazari may still misinterpret that as some celebrities because he doesn't know the true name of #4 is Kuuga!

It's admittedly way more hilarious to imagine Pops still hasn't totally figured things out.

"Why do you think Yuusuke left so soon after beating #0?"
"He needed a break from Kuuga."
"I know he took a break in Cuba, I'm asking why!"

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So you love that you never see her monster form throughout the series?

Oh, absolutely. I think that's legitimately a super remarkable thing. There was something of a tradition of "human" antagonists having monster forms they would eventually reveal and/or gain at some point, going back to I think Colonel Zol in the original series. It wasn't a hard rule (RX would be an easy counterpoint to bring up), but it was something fans were probably accustomed to. For Kuuga to make it clear Baruba must have one herself, even giving a brief glimpse of her arm early on, and then pointedly refuse to ever show the whole thing even at the very end is just one of the many, many ways this show broke the mold. She's a cool character with a great sense of presence, and, even though I can understand being curious, I think leaving it such a mystery really enhanced her overall aura.

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Oh and also didn't you mentioned Jean is the only one who brofists with Yusuke?

Yes, and I cherish that moment, but to be honest, Jean and Yuusuke just didn't share much screentime that established any particular connection between them. Yes, they're friends, but that was sort of all they were, and thus I don't think the show could've done much to get real drama out of a final chat between the two of them. Ideally, of course, they could've had those scenes somewhere before that point, but since they didn't, I think leaving him out entirely was probably most dignified thing they could've done for Jean. Having him stand around pointlessly during Yuusuke's conversation with Sakurako would've just been odd, and he still gets his scenes at Pole Pole in the finale, so I really think it all worked out for the best. And I mean, he's going to Disneyland tomorrow!

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For Yusuke asking Ichijou to shoot him at the dmaged Amadam area if he goes out of control... would that mean... one of the strongest Final Forms in Kamen Rider franchise has a quite ordinary achilles' heel (like worst weakness, tbh) in a specialized bullets due to Yusuke's inherently human body, for all the raw power it provides like destroying whole planets?

There's no guarantee shooting at the belt would actually work! All Yuuske is saying is that it's probably Ichijou's best bet if everything goes horribly wrong. A punch from Daguva is enough to crack it, but that's a punch from Daguva. I personally choose to believe even the nerve-breaking bullets wouldn't do a thing, even with the Amadam already damaged, and Yuusuke is just being optimistic. If you can call saying "here's how to best kill me if I turn into an evil harbinger of the apocalypse" optimistic, anyway. Again, lots of complicated feelings in these episodes!

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More of explaining the meaning of titles like this! Previously iirc these were only done in first episodes about every title being 1 word, but not for each next sepisodes.

I actually did work explanations directly into the writeups for quite a few episodes ("Creed" and "Reality" come to mind), but in general, the whole reason I made such a big deal about the one-word titles upfront was specifically because I don't think they require much explaining. That's how I know they're doing their job right. You probably don't need my help to figure out why the episode where Gooma's big endgame ends with him dying is called "Gooma", or why the episode where Kuuga and the police work together more closely than ever before to stop Badaa is called "Cooperation". Or why the one where Yuusuke emphasizes the need to control your emotions to Nana is called "Control".

I mean, I could go on like this all day, but there's just no point. This show's episode titles are just that awesome.

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Yeah noticed that too, this is Ichijou's turn to visit everyone like Godai did before. Was Enokida's workaholic problems established as already there before Grongis attacked? Then how can she be significantly more free without Grongis running around to spend time with Sayuru, she would still do other works right?

Yes, but the Grongi definitely made things even more complicated and busy for her than usual, and, more importantly, she's learned her lesson over the course of the series. I think part of the idea at the end is just that she's gotten better at managing what time she does have to give to each part of her life. Character development will do that for you!

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Angrily shoving one another? I thought they were only playing, but they're actually fighting....

Admittedly it's pretty hard to tell the difference between young children shoving each other around because they're having a good time, and shoving each other around because they aren't (and the facial expressions of those particular kids are a real mixed bag), but the scene just doesn't make much sense if anything else is happening there. I don't think Yuusuke would feel the need to jump to his feet and sprint at a group of happy children just to make them slightly happier, and I certainly don't think that's what they'd end the entire series on. It seems obvious to me it's meant to be one last act of peacekeeping from a guy who just spent 48 episodes fighting so nobody else has to.