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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

KAMEN RIDER ZI-O EPISODE 39 - ?2007 - DENLINER CRASH!?

Some of the problem with the impending arrival of Grand Zi-O is that the show can?t figure out how to worry about it, considering the huge aftermath to the arrival of Zi-O II. It?s the exact same threat as it was a dozen episodes ago: Sougo is about to activate a power that can?t be stopped, so maybe he should be stopped now. But we did that plot, with these same characters. Tsukuyomi even has this pained expression, where Yuuto?s saying the same things she said to Geiz a few months ago, but now everyone from Team Zi-O can hear how weird they sound. Sougo needs this power to stop an evil overlord in the future, not become one, and we?re way past the point of folks being conflicted about Sougo?s intentions. It?s like Yuuto time traveled from Episode 23, when this plot might?ve found a more receptive audience.

The worry is resolved with Zi-O II before (as much as it was sloppy in Tsukuyomi's case), Zi-O II already was something that gives clearer indication that Sougo has a potential to become Ohma Zi-O, with the time manipulating powers it has, but others has come to terms around it (not Woz, he'd be delighted at accomplishing his goal more ofc) that they now are more accepting of the risk of Ohma Zi-O, and it's inevitable Sougo would get more power that is one step closer to Ohma Zi-O like Grand Zi-O. But Yuuto acting like that totally makes sense though, he's not someone that has known the cast for long time like Geiz, and he's generally an asshole like Geiz, so Yuuto as someone who doesn't know Sougo at all would react in similar way to Geiz at the beginning of the series.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Luckily, this episode is only briefly concerned with a dimly-lit This Is Serious exploration of Sougo?s dedication to defeating Oma Zi-O. It?s mostly just a screwball comedy, and a ridiculously successful one at that.

If R̶o̶n̶ Rena Akiyama had returned as Mana before, yeah dunno why can't easily have her as Naomi too here, probably also add up the actor resemblance other than Kiriya and Yuuto (I like it if accurate memes are acknowledged in canon like that, also what RT Ryuki did with Ron Akiyama and Geiz before). Junichiro being able to fix even DenLiner here, is something that outright beyond normal human capability now, and now really cements him as the greatest repairman (previously it was fixing ordinary stuff, clock or non-clock), I wonder if Junichiro really puts his mind on it (ofc he only wants to fix clock so yeah won't, but now it'd be wasted if he can't live his dream of being a clock maker abroad) he can contribute as much as scientist characters like Akari? It's a wasted potential though, at least here, to not have Momotaros reference the Climax form that worked similarly to Trinity, cmiiw.

Other than that, I see some parallels between Deneb and Junichiro, to Yuuto and Sougo respectively ofc, that Junichiro also previously didn't scold Sougo when needed, until ep. 27, of which it unwittingly played a part in creating Ohma Zi-O too. Deneb is unfailingly nice to anyone, but him ignoring Yuuto's behavior should probably give problems too, especially that Yuuto has more psychological problems similar to Geiz (his role is similar to Geiz at the beginning here, and like the world White Woz envisioned).