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Kamen Rider Fourze Episodes 27 & 28 - A Transformation That's Denied & The Star Shower Resumes



At best, Ryusei has just been using the Kamen Rider club. He tolerates them. They make his job of fighting Zodiarts, somehow, slightly easier. But they're not friends, and if it made his life easier, he'd probably get out of there. He finds Gentarou's idea of friendship to be made way too quickly. No way would that surface level buffoon ever know what "true" friendship was about.

For the "Meteor gets an upgrade" story, it's the necessary turning point in his story. He's not out in the open with them yet, but this is Ryusei accepting his place in the wider group not just as a sussy imposter, but maybe part of the team. It's also, weirdly, the episode where we learn about Gentarou's parent status (dead from plot disease), which kinda comes out of nowhere! It's great seeing Gentarou's granddad, you can see how this environment would produce someone as sweet-but-stupid as my boy, but it's a little disconnected from the Meteor stuff.

This also seems to be the end for Cancer, and while he's been fun as an antagnoistic force who can actually banter with the heroes, I feel he had a good run. He never had an overarching goal or arc besides "Hey cool, I'm a Horoscope now", and if he had to go, I'm glad it's the spinning top of doom.