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KAMEN RIDER ZI-O EPISODE 13 - ?GHOST HUNTER 2018?

-ZI-O CHUNK-

Unfortunately, this was the least fleshed-out part of the episode. It?s mostly just Team Zi-O attacking the premise in the most straightforward way possible. There?s a monster, they?ve already got the Ghost RideWatch, and that?s kind of it for them? It gets a little more complicated when Sougo has to confront the consequences of defeating a zombified Another Ghost, but that only gets a couple seconds of screentime, and no resolution. All set-up for Part 2.

The rest of their antics were Geiz?z increasingly violent attempts to keep Sougo?s attention, which were honestly delightful. I love the idea of Geiz spending an introductory scene in each episode trying to kill Sougo, and then just immediately calling a truce as soon as the opportunity presents itself. Kaito is off somewhere rolling his eyes so hard at this kid.

This part confirms further that Geiz is a tsundere, but he did act out on him moving just to spy and kill Sougo. Well, this is the stock part of lighthearted primary Rider rubbing off on the secondary Rider. Likely actually it wouldn't be necessary for Geiz to be stopped here when he goes apeshit to Sougo (other than protecting Junichiro's shop), like his lookalike Ren in Ryuki in his hostile declarations to Shinji. At the end of the episode, Sougo's consciousness is separated from his body. Actually the 'tsun' part would be reduced here if Geiz is more willingly to openly call a truce. As Tsukuyomi informs Geiz that Sougo's not breathing, Geiz doesn't let out a triumph here that his target has apparently died here but he did shake his body to wake him up a bit like Tsukuyomi did.

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-GHOST CHUNK-

The meatiest chunk of the story, despite it featuring both Shibuya and Narita, the most worthless Ghost characters. (Even the puppet was more integral to Ghost?s story!) But we also get Takeru, back in his 2015 hair color (my preference), working as a ghost hunter. The story he?s in this episode is sort of Adel?s story in miniature, so it?s One Of Those for Zi-O. In lieu of doing anything that directly addresses our core cast, let?s just run ?em through a Legend Rider?s story, giving the Legend Rider in question most of the screentime. It?s fine, as a basic celebration of the show in question, but it?s not the most clever or impactful use of the returning cast.

Because we?re just doing a story about a guy who wants to turn people into ghosts out of a misguided need for control. There?s the complicating factors of His Sister and Is A Zombie, but it?s all still in the Kamen Rider Ghost mode of needing to emotionally rescue some person who?s letting their fear and anger keep them from engaging with the world. Also, they?re dead!

This part of the episode? again, fine. I?ll never ever care about Shibuya and Narita, but it?s fun to see Takeru again.

Actually Makimura is commendable for resisting Heure's temptation and still goes saving Mika by himself. But unfortunately for him, staying human would mean he died by that and that means Heure can still put the Ghost Watch into him to launch his schemes, Makimura's resolve against Heure being completely negated (as if Makimura's just someone bad like previous Another Riders, he's accused as making Mika suffer). And the Another Ghost part here is also a scheme to Heure as well to give the damned if you do/don't scenario for the heroes in how beating Another Ghost would still have Makimura die. Sougo's status as Ohma Zi-O in the future is also unfortunate that Heure can use it to drive everyone away from Sougo, and further their schemes of making others treat him as a tyrannical overlord, despite that currently Sougo wants the best for others (if he knows the situation well enough).

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-DECADE CHUNK-

But nothing in this episode compares to the undiluted ecstasy of seeing Tsukasa hang out and make everything worse for Kamen Riders.

Tsukasa shows off his overpoweredness here and experience by trouncing both Sougo and Geiz without trying that much, in Agito and Hibiki forms. No parallel in the Rider fights though (not that I've found it) unlike for example Decade's Kuuga vs Kiva all forms. Otherwise I can't say much about how Tsukasa here is a wild card, and he'd operate in mysterious ways. That he seems to backfire a bit to Time Jackers in not finishing them off or acting on his own. Though Ora found a suitable candidate for them to be groomed up as king, like Woz does to Sougo. But there's now favoritism towards Decade in general here with the easily-impressed part? (because the reasons you talked there about anything is something that I deem as criticism in Decade).

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KAMEN RIDER ZI-O COMPLEMENTATION PROJECT EPISODE 13.5 - ?GHOST TEACHER?

Takeru?s confidence and generosity is the best. He?s great with these three weird teenagers, even as Tsukuyomi says he?s getting too old -slash- isn?t Shinnosuke, and Sougo cheerfully points out how much of Ghost?s mechanics were lifted from Dragonball. (Geiz, the Makoto of Team Zi-O, is very quickly won over by Takeru?s burning spirit.) It?s fun to hear about cost-saving shooting techniques, especially when they?re delivered by such a cool teacher.

If Sougo doesn't have the Ohma Zi-O destiny or caused grief for Geiz, wonder if Sougo would do the same to Geiz like Takeru here, though Sougo already did now even with the destiny. And Sougo does really get the short stick here of him being a ghost as well as what'd happen to him due to real life related consequences. Other than that, this is the occassional goof off in the usually composed Tsukuyomi had in crushing on Ryoma Takeuchi.