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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Because HA HA HA Yaguruma and (the late) Kageyama! Clearly reaching back in their closets to get ready for the My Chemical Romance reunion tour, and as laughably nihilistic as ever. Building this Kabuto story around Yaguruma becoming a Shitty Kabuto and defending a manipulative fake Kageyama, because the only thing better than a devoted sycophant is a devoted sycophant who everyone wants to kill? like, YES. YES TO INFINITY. If I squint enough, I can see how it ties into Tsukuyomi?s story thematically (both stories are about people needing connections from their past even if -slash- especially if they hurt them), but who cares. This isn?t, like, a Thematic story. Maybe eventually, but that?s not what this episode is focusing on.

One of the things I remember from when this came out is that Kageyama's actor, either in an interview or social media post, said that he wished he'd gotten more advance warning before Teoi contacted him so he could have gotten into better shape before appearing on camera.

This is another fun round of returning guest stars in a story that builds on some of the existing story. I enjoy this arc, but I think it kind of suffers for me in that some of the other recent tributes have been of such high caliber and this just continues the trend. That's not a bad thing, but this stretch of Zi-O is so strong that it's hard to stand out.