[Fish Sandwich]

(Fish Sandwich also watched Kamen Rider Zi-O - EP29)

I don't really have much in particular to say about this episode off the top of my head, but I do remember it being just... joyous, in a word? I mean, after that last episode -- and again, I'm basically Geiz here -- I was pretty much set for Zi-O to do whatever with the goodwill it had built up with me over time, and this new chapter of the series was getting off to a great start. You've got Shimoyama touching Blade again after GoRider proved he knows his Blade lore, you've got Diend there, which is something I suspect I'd find even more fun now than I already did at the time, and, just as an extra special gift to me, this episode also makes a point of temporarily benching Zi-O and Geiz's newest, coolest forms in favor of like, using the Gaim Armor in a major capacity... and that's cool! I had my fun obsessing over Zi-O II, and so did the show, but, continuing on from episode 28's parade of old forms, they make it a point from here on not to completely forget about a lot of those earlier suits, even when it isn't an outright plot point like in this episode. I don't know how much other people care about that sort of thing, but I really do appreciate the variety Zi-O keeps up going forward when it comes to what suits are still allowed to have time in the spotlight.

...The Decade Armor unfortunately ends up being a rather glaring exception to this, but I mean, the Watch is still around, at least! That's something!