[TheRaizin]

It's a great episode, I'd say. As if I haven't. A good showcase of what everyone can do, barring Sophia using Jaou haha. She just came in a few seconds late just to do an entrance.

Look at that, the two other Megid bros are back. Not complete sure if that's just an illusion of them through Luna, or the latter giving them a temporary resurrection to reason with him, but it's still good. Great to see how they acted before they were corrupted, I kinda actually wish the three get something.

Now, this is the highlight. Kenzan! Ren!
During his debut, I was only okay with him. He got kinda annoying, but his tease with Dezast during the start piqued my interest. Now, he is absolutely one of my favorites. His growth is showing. He's still the Ren we know, proclaiming "I
will take him down." But we can notice his growth and the true strength he learned. Having defeated a sage with minimal help from Slash. A pseudo Unlimited Dezast Works with the latter's weapons, and a modified version of Dezast's calamity strike by going into an omnislash with his ghost. Brilliant. And he's still standing afterwards to join up with Kento. The two are finally acting like equals instead of looking like a one-sided relationship.

Now, Slash, man. Daishinji has to be one of, if not the most bullied rider in this show. He got absolutely trashed and temporarily killed.

Buster and Blades is an odd duo, but considering it was Ogami who trained Rintarou in the manga, this is fine enough. That quick mention of Ogami about Sora's graduation is probably proof he's evaded that death flag once again. It's so we get a nice scene in the ending of Sora graduating with his dad, obviously.

Storious' goal is simple. It's already pre-determined in the omniscient book that the final battle is him and Touma and the world ends. He's going to make it as beautiful (Utsukushiiii) as he possibly can.

The siblings are there. They got easy motivations as to what keeps them going. Very cool. I did like the small scene of Ryoga just touching Touma's shoulder, immediately signalling him what'll happen. Next week Reika temporarily dies, as per female rider tradition haha. This will probably of course give Ryoga the strength to defeat the Sage, although it's also possible that it's Reika who takes the hit and deals the final blow. I'd like that.

Also it's kinda funny seeing Ren dash over Rintarou and the siblings.

I think Ren's either getting defeated at the final Sage, or he defeats yet another one with Kento but gets stopped, which leads to Kento, Rintarou, and Touma heading up for the final battle. Mei probably gets in there via Luna and that's how we get Wonder Almighty.

Very interested how the final battle will go. Also curious as to who gets the V-Cinema treatment. The basic answer is Rintarou since it's almost always the secondary, but the last series starting with Metsuboujinrai kinda gives the possibility that someone else might get it. My pick is on Ren again lol. But I'd love to see Rintarou in the main spotlight.