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I would definitely put RealxTime up there as one of my favorite Summer Movies. The pacing is breakneck, it's action-packed, but there's a strong emotional undercurrent and core to the story as it expands on our antagonist, his motivation, and the fallout of the Zero-One finale.

As far as Movie Villain Riders go, I think Eden was pretty great. His suit is amazing and suitably menacing, and a character who comes off like your generic doomsday Big Bad turns out to have far more layers than you would've expected, which made the climax all the more engaging.

I hope Horobi's audition for the Demon Slayer stage play went well.

"Forget it Horobi, that's not the original Izu! Because you basically killed her!" - What Fuwa basically meant.

That Fuwa/Jin scene was priceless though.

I love how we get a great bike scene and it's a female Rider who didn't even have her own personalized bike instead of the Main Rider. Although we did get a cool bike entrance with Zero-One.

Zero Two got it's first major loss right at the beginning of the movie, but it was nice to see Metal Cluster Hopper show up and actually help resolve the issue because so often with Riders it's the Final Form or bust. That said, I would've liked to have seen Zero-One's other forms because usually a Summer Movie is a good chance to bring them back or other forms that had been forgotten about.

Hellrising Hopper...I mean, just the sheer pain you can feel from Aruto in the transformation stands out so much, but as a movie exclusive form that isn't on-screen for very long it's surprisingly effective.

Wow, how handy would it have been to know the Riders could just bring out their weapons even untransformed.

Kamen Rider Lucifer is kind of just there to fufill the need for a Final Boss, but dang it if watching Aruto and Izu as Double Riders fighting to RealxEyes isn't super satisfying. Like, it feels so perfect and fitting, especially given the pair being such close partners and how Zero Two homages Nigo, and was nice to watch on-screen. Also a female Rider that basically matches the Main Rider at that point.

The Izu thing...honestly I think it's kept deliberately vague whether Izu is now 100% the original Izu or if it's New Izu with her memories and having to react to that, so in a way she's effectively the same but maybe not exactly if they want to play with it that way. At least that was my takeaway.

I love how Gai is at a point where he wants everyone to work with him and still at a point where no one even humors him.

Ending on Aruto and Izu fighting in a wedding chapel after they fought off a bunch of baddies together...catching some vibes there.

Also, speaking of RealxEyes, the ED was a straight banger.