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Originally Posted by TF RyuShin

Thank you for giving us one heck of a year, Revice! If there?s one word that I could sump Revice as, it would be the word ?Warm?. I always feel a lot of attachment during my experience with Revice. There?s always this fuzzy warm feeling in my chest whenever the show put the family them at its core as grounded as possible. There?s some sort of ?Welcome home? feelings that I had during this past year.

This episode was the perfect finale that I could wish for Revice. This might be the lowest stake episode for a finale since Kuuga in EP 49. There?s not lingering threat, there?s no apocalypse, no life-threatening stake, no personal clash, etc. Half of the episode was just TWO people having the last blast of their life with their limited time. It was honestly a pleasant experience to watch Ikki and Vice goofing around for the last encore. I was particularly mad they had to abruptly stop the fun when Vice suggested to use Volcano and Barid Rex. I was like ?Oh come on! Is it over already that fast? I want to see Volcano and Barid Rex for one last dance in the series.?

This was also the first time since ages where we saw our Main Riders used first quarter toys in the finale like this. The last time maybe Fourze or Wizard. It?s always a nice gesture to see earlier toys being brought back in action, especially for the last quarter of the series like this. I want to see Eagle, Brachio, and Jackal Genome too but that was a bit of greedy for what forms that we got in this episode.

It was also a pleasure to see some of Victims of the Week back for the finale. There was Ikki?s Ex, Bon, the comedians? manager and even FREAKING Spada was on it. While it would have been good if we saw some of these people back sporadically during the shows? run, it was still a pleasant surprise to have them back again for this instance. It made all of Ikki?s busybody business in the first half of the show felt more meaningful and had bigger impact than we expected.

I know this finale won?t be the cup of taste for everyone. I even know there were some flaws here and there, especially with Ikki realizing everything was an act because of Lovekov?s actions. Still, I can?t help but felt satisfied with our material here. There was some sort of fun between its characters and its real-life casts that we could sense even outside from the screen. I wish more Kamen Rider?s finales were more relaxing and no too high of a stake. This finale reminded me a bit of how much I love Zenkaiger?s finale too. While the stakes were a bit higher there, it was simply Kaito?s one last act to bring back his beloved friends. The world was at peace but you know it wasn?t Zenkaiger if it was only Kaito without his Kikainoid friends.

I would rate Revice as 8/10. Saber last year was 9/10 and Zero-One was 7/10. Basically, a bit of in the middle between those two shows. Saber was honestly a blast and amazing experience last year. The last time I had such a blast was with Build. Revice was almost as good as Saber but there were still tiny missteps that kinda dragged down Revice a bit from Saber. It was at least a pleasant run compared to Zero-One. Zero-One was pretty enjoyable but it was held back by more missteps and frustrating moments. My experience watching Zero-One was also hindered by Covid which impacted and hindered show by some margins.
If I must say, Revice?s misstep was maybe the show somehow needed to be a full two-parter shows like Double, Drive and Zi-O. I don?t know but Revice always landed perfectly when it did some two-parter. Some examples are Ikki?s Ex story in ep 3-4, Jeanne?s debut in 11-12, ?Wakabayashi? betrayal in 13-14, Volcano and Tamaki in ep 17-18 and Ikki and Ziko?s soccer past in 30-31.

I think Revice?s lowest valley was during ep 34-38 which was one long of arc in building Daiji as a villain and giving Akaishi the spotlight. It wasn?t that terrible per se but I understand why at this point people started growing tired with Revice. This one long arc where the show must do things to pad the times was not a pleasant experience.

After Giffard Rex?s debut, we started getting back those lovely two-parters back and it was more effective for the show. Ranging from the Ushijima family in 39-40, Genta and Vail?s last stand in 41-42, Daiji?s PERFECT episode in 43-44, Gifu?s final act in 45-46, a limelight for George in 47-48 and the best finale for the series in ep 49-50. These couple of episodes were all two-parters but there were emphasize and focus on each of the characters, better than what we had in Revice in 30s.

Sorry if this was a one long ramble. I might be in the minority here but I DO love Revice. It?s been long since I have watched a Tokusatsu with such pleasant feelings. If Zenkaiger was fun, Saber was bombastic, then Revice was a warming experience. I wouldn?t recommend Revice for someone who wanted to see a Kamen Rider series with a huge and over-arching plot like Build or Gaim. If you want to just want to have some fun time and a pleasant time, I could recommend you to watch this show.

Goodbye, Revice! This was a pleasant ride to have with you. Even with all the negative criticisms out there, I just want to say : ?君はそのままで?

I honestly prefer how the finale wasn't this dumb big explosionfest but rather it wrapped up the arcs of the major characters l