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So, Kiva's finale. It's fine. Not the best, definitely not the worst. There's some good emotional character stuff in here with Megumi and Nago and some weird emotional stuff with Wataru and Taiga (the whole "you're reunited, my sons, now beat the shit out of each other to prove your love" bit with Maya is so many kinds of "no"). I don't hate the feral resurrected King as a thing to throw Rider Kicks and Aegis Reflectors at, but I appreciate that he wasn't really meant to be much beyond that, even though I'm still not sold on the Taiga and Wataru stuff.

Honestly, my favorite parts were the brief moments with the '86 cast. Yuri's ghost visiting Megumi was surprisingly touching (and we can officially add "so what happened to Yuri anyway?" to the list of things that Kiva never explains) and Kouhei Takeda absolutely stole the entire episode with his last minute appearance as Wataru's son. I know there are some people who hate the ending and want to see how that fight played out, but I honestly love it for how completely bonkers it is.