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Before I get into this episode, I'd like to say, the Decade Season II bit mostly stems from how Zi-O decided to incorporate Decade's setting into its own, thus bringing us to that branch of thinking. It's not really significant, but that's how I see it.

But honestly yes, the Oma Zi-O arc is definitely where the show picked up after Swartz kind of disappointed us (his plan was pretty stupid anyway), and the scene with Sougo saying his farewells to his uncle is perhaps one of my favorite scenes in Rider. He's behind him every step of the way, he understands the risks his nephew is taking, and possibly an inkling of what may happen to him, but he sees him off with a smile regardless. Truly one of the best supporting Rider characters.

I also really like the mirror to Decade's beginning where they're surrounded by monsters, or Decade's soundtrack playing as he transforms into Zi-O (this was probably last episode, but I'm having a hard time remembering), and of course, Tsukasa roasting Geiz's "acting." But the real kicker is Kamen Rider Tsukuyomi, the joke they made early on in the commemorative specials! It's like they say, "jokes are the deepest lore."

One detail I haven't touched up on is how Woz's intros now take place in the present, no longer reciting what is written in his book (I strangely found him tearing the book in Over X Quartzer simultaneously blasphemous and wonderful), it's a fun detail, and brings immersion to the story.