[FreshToku]

Soooo, you've said in this threads before that you like seeing people's thoughts on these shows and I certainly have a lot of thoughts about Zi-O and these episodes. I've been a bit hesitant to go as deep into them as I could though, because if I'm being honest, its almost just entirely being negative and overly dramatic about things that probably don't matter. If they do come off that way, I can only hope you find my posts, both in the past, this one, and any future ones, at least somewhat interesting or amusing?

Anyway, so funny thing about my experience with this episode in particular? My first time I watched this episode, I actually watched it raw without subtitles. Usually, in the few tims I did this in the past, it was because I was so excited to see what happened next that I couldn't wait for subs. For Zi-O 46 though, um... it was because I was both so completely checked out of the story at this point, but I still feel obligated to see what happened, that early on in the week I decided 'ugh i'll just watch the raw right now and decide after whether i care about the subs'.

There's like a bunch of reasons why I was checked out, but one of which is that last week's explanation of trapping people in worlds where they relive a moment of fixing their greatest regret, which in turn summons a dark rider from a timeline where they won is... so absurdly convoluted? And its not even correct because Eternal and Woz are clearly the ones who lost and remember losing and dying. Its so needlessly dumb that I couldn't fathom why there was such a longwinded explanation to bring in more suits to fight (By the way, do we have enough people in this show with this exact powerset?!)

Well, I can think of one explanation. Its that the concept above only existed to show this episode's scene of Geiz, in that Another World of his. In hindsight, its probably not a necessary scene, is it? It doesn't partcularly move anything forward or reveal anything we couldn't infer already.

And yet, it may possibly be one of the most important scenes in the whole show to me?

Like I said, the first time I watched it was without subtitles, but I could infer what was going on. That Geiz's greatest regret was how sour he left last episode's conversation with Sougo, and all he's been thinking about since then is wanting to do it over, and tell Sougo that what he wants more than anything is to create a brighter future with him.

I actually cried. Cried from this scene where I couldn't even understood the words being said! It was probably a number of factors, that being that just the idea of the scene is really great, the really anguished urgency in which Geiz says it all, but most of all probably how this one short scene suddenly reminded me all at once of why I had been so invested in this show so much to begin with. I thought to myself that no matter how many plot holes or stupid machinations there may be, as long as they nail this scene might be representative of whatever the end of this show will be, I think it'll be alright!

So. Then there's the final scenes in the episode. The ones you chose to screenshot. Geiz, Tsukiyomi and Woz all start talking about what Swarch's plan could be as dramatic music swells up.

Watching and hearing this actually made me angry. It makes me angry now, just thinking about it! The show has the gall to act like it has any actual plan going on with this sorry excuse of a plot, and trying to present it something worth caring or thinking about! Just a minute-long scene earlier with the characters earnestly expressing themselves was one of the best I've ever seen! Maybe do more of that instead of whatever this is!!?

The whiplash of my feelings between the scene with Geiz in that imagined world, and the exposition in that warehouse... I probably sound like an insane person at this point with how much turmoil I let this episode of a children's show put me through, but god, Zi-O might have done some actual damage to my psyche with how much it put my emotions through the wringer. And the show's not even over yet!

And there's so much other stuff happening in this episode, but who actually cares about any of it. Well actually, Aqua dying like he did here is at least morbidly funny. I mean wow, that guy was still technically a Legend Rider and this is how he goes out? Sorry to all five of Aqua's fans.

Also the last scene with Sougo yelling Swatrz's name is trying soooo hard to be the end of Episode 47 of Build and absolutely falling limp in comparison.