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Okay so yeah, I can echo and say this was also just a really nice and fun episode. A lot of really cool character beats and stuff happening here. Like can I just say I adore the use of Trinity in this? This is my favorite moment of Trinity managing to catch Oma by surprise. Like Oma doesn't lose but this is still a really good moment because you can see him visibly surprised by this, and I just love how it's this form that was never meant to be, born on the Day of Oma via friendship that catches Oma Zi-O off guard.

Oma Zi-O is also still pretty interesting but that's a TED Talk for next time. Also that seen between Sougo and his Uncle was really nice. If there?s one thing I really love from this final set of episodes, it's their interactions. That being said, Kamen Rider Tsukuyomi! Took them long enough! I would have done it during the Agito Arc if you were asking my opinion about the timing with that.
Other than that we get some neat apocalypse stuff and that's about it? but! It's time I talk about 47's revelation and how I interpreted it a lot differently due to the info we get in 48. Mostly because the way I see it, 48 put things in perspective and this is so long I actually prepped this the night before as to get my thoughts in order and also so I could post it as soon as I could.

Zero's Zi-O Weird Theory Ted Talk

So to start, this is a modified version of a previous post back when Zi-O aired but here's what I gleamed from these penultimate episodes and how I interpreted aspects of not only Zi-O but Decade as well. This is going off a lot of context clues and mostly what we've been shown so you know, there might be some holes but this is why the revelation in 47 did not bother me, especially when 48 laid things out on the table so to speak (literally and figuratively lol).

In 2058 in a different world, Swartz and Tsukuyomi are members of a royal family. Swartz discovers there are multiple worlds all out there and that his world is going to decay and be destroyed due to not having a protector while the others do. Now note I use the term protector because while people bring up the Shinkenger argument, the Shinkenger's while not being Riders still serve the same role regardless. They're like a Rider Expy, this world seemingly has no one in it to act like that. Now then to prevent the collapse of his world and be herald as his world's savior and king he wants to merge a bunch all together then have them destroyed so his world is the only world left but needs a catalyst.

Remember at this point in time in Swartz' perspective, the worlds are split and separate with different Riders in them. They also don't deliberately say who belongs to what world which I think is the key to having a flexible mindset about this.

So he travels to 2009 and gives Sougo a piece of his powers, and as a result Sougo begins to draw the Rider worlds together that already exist, basically Showa to Kiva and probably some AR Worlds here and there. This essentially starts kicking off the plot of Decade where like, worlds are just randomly crashing into each other for some reason. This is where Decade comes in and while Decade is a mess, his role is simple?

"Decade has no story?"

In a sense that's true because his role is simply a means to an end, a tool for stabilizing the Rider Worlds as he runs through the events of his "plot" and basically makes a semi-consistent but still messy amalgamation world of various continuities that aren't exactly in sync with each other. And thus we get the Main Rider World we've been with since W where seemingly every Rider is integrated into it. Riders from W onwards are born into this new world but it's not exactly consistent or stable, which is why there are slight gaps in continuity and things that don't add up but they're relatively harmless. But those gaps in continuity and stuff basically mean the worlds can't ever fully become one yet.

Build was the turning point, and the peak of everything due to it specifically being a separate world. The Rider World likely couldn't handle anymore shared Riders and thus a new Build World was created. But then was implied to merge with Rider World and this ended up being the final linchpin that acted as the catalyst for Zi-O.

Now all Swartz had to do was recruit Time Jacker pawns and start getting Sougo to hunt for Ridewatches, this being expedited by the Time Orphans going back themselves. Once all the Ridewatches are gathered and Grand Zi-O formed, the worlds had fully and completely merged into one. The way they're fused together however was so haphazardly done that they're contradicting each other and now space and time are collapsing on top of each other as a result.

Anyway this was my big giga theory based on everything and how interpreted the information we got in both 47 and 49, thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

Back To Your Regularly Scheduled post

Anyway BGM Swaps for the Final Episode of Zi-O: Toki no Ouja, Tsukuyomi's Insert, Future Guardian, and finally Decade's Preview BGM and out of all of them? Decade's Preview BGM fits the mood the best. Also that added "Connect Everything, Destroy Everything" bit being added in this particular one helps a lot.

Zero's Legend Episode Previews Corner - EP 49 Preview: