[cosmicrescend0]

Leveling up to Episode 9! (Just finished the OOO v-cin but can't even think of a good OOO pun, maybe next time.)

There's a lot of things about my first watch that are too fuzzy to properly recall, or things I straight up forgot. But I do remember one thing!

I despised this set of episodes from the bottom of my core.

(Unfortunately, we'll have to save why I didn't like them for next episode!)

But now that I'm re-watching, this is literally the perfect episode to follow up the last one? After witnessing Sougo as a leader, its time to place him alongside a awful leader and see what just might happen!

-Feel really bad for Geiz in this situation, if you think about this episode from his perspective? He got to see a glimpse of Sougo's (terrifying) potential as leader, and now he's join some madman's side! He's been taking this kid too lightly, and here come the consequences! At least it's now the moment he's been preparing for! But.....he got totally wiped out?! Even if the other side of this tunnel is Sougo cheerfully describing how he was planning to betray Kuroto all along, the fact that Geiz could barely land on stratch on Zi-O, much less actually kill him, is going to burn itself into the back of his skull. Looking forward to what happens next.

-Hina!!!!! Eiji!!!! ..........And Kuroto's here too i guess. Like you said, Kuroto's existence in this plot is perfect. Having our Legend Rider actually be the Another Rider is such a good move, especially with someone like Kuroto. I'm going to have to save Eiji/Hina for next episode, but can I just say? That red feather pin is killing me. I wonder Ankh and friends are still sleeping in that coffin in this revised timeline,,