[Tokumonkey]

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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

Damn.... So Shioya really did get Hitopressed and killed after all.

He was definitely Hitopressed and broken. What we don't know is whether he's actually dead. IIRC, our heroes still have the half Hanto found. We know that when someone is rescued, they have no memory of the intervening time, suggesting they've been essentially in suspended animation. The show has made a point of showing us, more than once, that Nyelv has Shioya's other half. I wouldn't be surprised if, whenever our heroes initially confront Nyelv, he explains that he can re-fuse the halves, at which point Shioya could be safely un-pressed. And then, of course, Nyelv proceeds to use that as leverage over our heroes.

On another note, I still can't get over how much I'm enjoying this series. Reiwa Rider is now up to... what? 3 good-to-fantastic shows and 3 hot messes? (This is, of course, a highly arguable point.) And it looks like they're even more full-steam-ahead with the junk-food theme than Gaim was with fruit arms and somehow making it cool anyway.

Their dedication to pretty visceral fight scenes is also impressing me. It's really easy for toku battles to look samey, but lately, it seems like there's been at least one stand-out-memorable moment per episode.

Now if we can just get a Rider suit for that yellow bubble in the opening credits...