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It’s a good thing Hiromi got amnesia after he found out the whole conspiracy with Akaishi helping Giff. Otherwise the heroes would stop him. And also, it allows for some catch-up for what’s been going on. Fittingly, it aired 11 years to the day after OOO’s own movie making episode. (And 51 years to the day of the very first Kamen Rider episode, but that probably wasn’t on anyone’s mind during filming)



And we get an in-universe explanation for George’s sudden character shift from shady wild card to stern ally of justice. But… I’ll let this screen cap of someone’s comment sun up people’s thoughts on this.



And I’ll also reveal the IRL reason: the writer thought a fan of superheroes could never turn out evil. Evidently he never saw the wealth of movies and shows where the big bad is a fan of superheroes. It’s not even a Western only thing, as an Ultraman show with a very similar premise to Revice (the heroes are siblings, the backstory goes back hundreds of years, the gimmick items are based off past heroes, but the forms themselves aren’t, the younger sister of the three siblings forms a friendship with the main female villain) had a fanboy of Ultras as the villain Ultraman Orb Dark Black Schwarz Noir… granted, he was an obnoxious caricature of people who hate newer instalments for not being like the older ones.



And finally, we get two new villain costumes in the form of Giff’s true appearance and the Gifftarian (TRUE). The former isn’t very popular, being called things ranging from “a low level Shinkenger monster” to “a Giff Jr in a pimp outfit”. As for the latter… One guy I know said he preferred them to the OG Gifftarians, but I still prefer the originals, since the new colours just look gaudy.

And with no actual skit planned for this episode, I’ll sign off here (regular service will resume on Saturday)