[Androzani84]

Well, for the first time, we have two episodes in a row of…

Ridewatch Playlist: Miscommunications Mix

“The transformation code is 5-5-5. The rider who transforms with a cellphone is… Faiz”

And like Ex-Aid, rather than going with the theme song, I’m going with Dead or Alive, purely because I wanted to include it.

“Start Up! Faiz has progressed to a super acceleration. Faiz, Axel Form”

And there was only one choice for this one, The People With No Name

“The ultimate crimson body. Pushed to the limits, Faiz Blaster Form”

And this time, I went with Justifaiz -Accel Mix-, ie the remix themed around Blaster Form (despite what the name implies

“The transformation code is 9-1-3. Faiz’s rival Rider is Kaixa”

And from here on out, I went for the song album for the rest of my choices, with such punny titles as Existence - KAIXA-nized Dice

“Consumed with the combative instinct, the dangerous Rider is Delta”

And here’s one with a slightly less nonsensical title, DELTA STRIP- White Ring

And we have a considerably smaller list of the unreleased (Faiz Axel was our 5th winner, by the way, making Faiz the only Rider to have all of his forms available as DX watches)

Kamen Rider Psyga
Kamen Rider Orga

As for the compare and contrast, Whereas Takumi’s creed was “I don’t have a dream, but maybe I can protect them”, Sakuma was sacrificing schoolgirls to preserve his girlfriend’s life, essentially destroying other people’s dreams to keep his own alive. And whereas the Ryusei students he killed would likely have trusted Sakuma due to him looking normal, the ones Takumi tried to save as the Wolf Orphnoch ran away from him because he looked like a monster. Design-wise, he has a rib cage that looks like an Orphnoch.

And as someone pointed out, besides tying in with this episode’s plot, the stereo also serves as a parallel to what everyone’s trying to do with Sougo… they’re also replacing the parts (ie changing the details of history) to create a new timeline to their liking (also the radio appeared in Faiz all those years ago).