[Daikaijuman54]

Once again, as someone who's yet to see Ghost, I enjoyed this arc?

It's funny, since I have no real context about Ghost (except for "Ore wa Tenkuuji Takeru!" memes, and lots of dying), but I genuinely think I liked these episodes. It was rather fun to see Takeru and Sougo interact, especially for episode 14, it was an entertaining setup with them being invisible and working together to solve the arc's problem-of-the-week.

And of course, the return of our favorite Destroyer of Worlds whose always to blame for everything, (Onore) Decade, Tsukasa Kadoya! While he doesn't do much here, I like how his upgrade is simply "now he can use all the Heisei Riders," though funny enough, I wouldn't have minded seeing Tsukasa have a Jikuu Driver, or new belt. I don't know, maybe it's because I find it fun to see a returning character use the new season's gimmicks, which is seen in recent Ultra Seasons, but I'm happy to see this jerk back at it again.

And of course, I am a stupidly huge fan of Decade Armor. Its jingle is wonderful, having the stutter when activated, then bursts with energy once Zi-O dons the armor, the design fits the criteria of Decade Complete levels of absurd, featuring a card face mask (that changes between Riders to boot), a bar code with Katakana for "Kamen Rider Zi-O Decade Armor 2009." But a detail I find most interesting is that his eyes, that read "Decade," are green instead of Magenta/Pink (at this point, I'm convinced Zi-O is Pink, since Tsukasa insists Decade's Magenta, which is something he himself still stands by outside of Decade), almost making it seem like Decade's power is truly not his to control, considering how he obtains it.

Also, Woz and Tsukasa's interactions when Decade Armor debuted was glorious. And The Heiseiber is legitimately one of my favorite Rider weapons of all time. I just love the design, the sounds, the aesthetic, and that name. That wonderful name.

The .5 with Ghost was amusing in how Sougo and Geiz rip on Takeru for being the most Shounen Anime Rider, even bringing Dragon Ball, another property Toei owns which they jokingly bleep out (like with the BLEACH Movie they also did). And the one with Tsukasa... They said the thing! Gosh, I love how self-aware these things are.