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Not a ton to say about this one. Its main purpose is to be the exposition dump on Sakurai, which in turn sets up the introduction of Zeronos. There are some nice bits - Momo's apathetic fight, Kin asking Ryotaro to make a wish, Elly from Ultraman Max is still hanging around a bit - but it's not the most exciting or dynamic episode.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

-I almost can’t wrap my brain around this, but the whole thing about the Imagin (no idea what he’s supposed to be) that’s just totally artistically blocked in 2004, just looking at this blank canvas of a city and stumped about what he’s supposed to do to level it, I loved that. It feels like the production team couldn’t figure out a reason why the Imagin doesn’t just blow up 2004 after escaping from Den-O in the previous episode, and they definitely need him to hold off so that they can do all of their Airi exposition, so the team just seems to have gone Maybe He’s Drawing A Blank Too. It’s such a weirdly human response, and it totally worked for me. I love the banality of it, how this monster looks at destroying the past like it’s confusing instructions for Ikea furniture. I am all about monsters who are not great at their jobs, so this Imagin was a bright spot for me in the first half of this episode.

Keep this part in mind. It will come up again later.

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-Zeronos! Real interested to see what Sakurai’s like, and how much my (incredibly recent!) memories of Kyosuke color his introduction. For a show that’s all about trying to reconcile the mistakes of the past with hope for the future, having everyone’s favorite Hibiki character from everyone’s favorite Hibiki era show up… very thematically appropriate! Great meta casting!

From what I've heard this was not a popular casting choice in Japan at the time. We'll see what your thoughts are as we get into Yuuto's run on the show.

The important thing is that, with Yuuto here, you're finally going to get to see the real MVP of Kamen Rider Den-O. I'm excited for him to be here as I am for you to meet him.