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Originally Posted by VoidinToku

Kanon seems out of character

Well yeah that was explained in the special, Danton's disciples seemed to have captured her and did some sort of memory reprogramming to get her to seek out Makoto.

Speaking of! I suppose that it's time to start my extended thoughts on this because subs just came out a few hours ago! So I guess Makoto walking alone on that path at the end of Specter's V-Cinema is an actual literal thing! I thought it was just him going for a walk but nope. It seems as though he's been MIA for quite a while given that Danton's disciples want to use Kanon to find Makoto. Guess the Specter V-Cinema shook him up enough to where he decided to go full hermit. And most likely in the human world too.

Can I just say that I'm still surprised we're following up these plot beats. I do like how the Ganma World is considered too developed now to actually conquer so the disciples try to do Danton's plan with Earth instead. I also found it cute how Takeru see's this and is like "I won't let you make Chloe sad!" like bless his heart, he found love, and it's absolutely adorable.

I also just love how they found the perfect way to bring Touma and Mei into this, a stroll to their chief editor ends up being derailed by seemingly a Megid plot. Desast was very much the perfect choice on the Megid side to bring Touma and Mei in. He's an established dangerous character, and he's the kind of guy who would do this kind of stuff. As twitter has established, he's a guy who just wants to live life and roam around. So of course he'd see someone not human calling out for their brother and be like, "Well I'm not being bored today", and jumping on that chance. I found it really endearing how Desast is like "Hey you and me, we're alike, let me be your brother." and then he proceeds to get the crap kicked out of him.

Also just genuinely how wholesome Takeru and Touma's interactions end up being is something great. They meet up on accident, inspect their toys, and then come to the sudden realization later via yells they already met and that they're Kamen Riders. Again, it's a simple special, but it honestly makes use of the cast they were given greatly.

But yeah no, there has to be a followup of some kind coming after this. There's way too much left hanging compared to the usual TTFC standards here. The fact that two of the three villains introduced just bugger off, and with Kanon too who's mind is still messed up. The fact this wasn't split into two parts like prior productions like this when they normally are, not to mention that it was a post credits cliffhanger which I'm pretty sure is a first. Oh and Mr. Hooded Man at the very beginning who, while I can't read Japanese characters, I'm pretty sure has a ???? credit when the credits roll.