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Open your eyes for Episode 5!

-We get a tiny peek into Sougo. You can kinda infer it from the previous episodes and all, but the kid seems to have no, (or at least very few) friends. He's got same dopey, eager-to-help attitude as usual, but now with this lens, it feels like he's just really eager to spend time with Tsukuyomi and Geiz, because they're probably the only kids his age that hang around him? It's something that slid my opinion of him into something a bit more positive on my first watch. (I'm so glad that Sougo hurling himself down a flight of stairs in order to pitch in was one of the things I forgot about this arc, good gag)

-Like. I know it's a excuse for not having his actor because he's busy with other projects, but Gentaro being Conveniently Not Here because he's putting his all into trying to find missing students....it's such a Gentaro thing to do, yknow? I can't be disappointed at that! (The stand in actor/archival audio is a pretty good compromise as well!)

-In the meantime, those kids from Movie War Ultimatum are back????? I didn't even recognize it as them until I checked the wiki lol. Alongside with Mr. Ohsugi! Their appearance isnt anything to write home about, just a way to get the Fourze Ridewatch into our heroes' hands, but it's nice they got some Fourze actors back when they could've easily just gotten new actors to play the KRC members!

-The Faiz guys?!? I dont really keep up with Legend Rider movies and the hijinks that go in there, but like. Didn't Kusaka get his shit rocked by a horse and-yknow what? Who cares, it's nice to see Kusaka being The Worst again. Takkun revealing his face with a 555/10 hair flip was so good. This is usually the part where I talk about how I think the Legend Riders were used, but it seems we'll have to save it for next time......

-Aw man, Swartz is here. Personally my least favorite Time Jacker, but maybe that'll change with this rewatch? Solid enough debut for placing him as the strongest(?) out of their little group.

Overall, Not much here, it's a two-parter that seems to have most of its meat in the second half, that's all.

(Fun fact! The guy who transforms into Another Fourze/Faiz is played by Atom Mizuishi, who would go on to play Kiramai Blue in Mashin Sentai Kiramager in 2020! (Why is he too good at looking disraught?))