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I’m guessing the reason we get a few alternate Zeins in the final battle was because someone realised that having 11 vs 2 was comically lopsided in the heroes’ favour, even with Zein’s versatile power set. And it allows them to show off the Ryuki Survive, Kiva Emperor Form and OOO PuToTyra Combo powers. Of course this leaves it a mystery what the Kuuga Ultimate Form, Agito Shining Form, Armed Hibiki, Den-O Liner Form, Decade Complete Form, Double CycloneJokerXtreme, Gaim Kiwami Arms, Drive Type: Tridoron, Ghost Mugen Damashii and Build Genius Form powers were, but the toy is our friend there.

But the real highlight of the episode, beyond George apparently deciding to check out Gai in an uncomfortable area, is Beroba’s montage of failing to gather the Outsiders (or as one poster at the TV-Nihon forum put it, “Beroba handing out invites to her birthday party”). It’s just so abrupt that it becomes surprising when everyone decides “on second thought, let’s do this thing some of us agreed to do in our focus episodes”.

And there are only three relatively minor questions left over, which is good, since they are things you can apply what TV Tropes calls “fan wank” to them.

1. Did Joseph Rando die when Ziin detonates Evol-X?

2. What unfortunate souls in other universes sold their souls to become Zein’s meat puppet? (My poor track record of recognising voices made me think one of them was Taketora, which makes way too much sense)

3. How does Ziin-Gazer’s gimmick work with Raise Buckles that don’t provide a conventional weapon, like Monster or Boost Mk II (Bandai says, “Find out for yourself”).

And to close off, let’s not mince words. We know why of all the Riders, forms and weapons to summon with Grand Zi-O, Ecole chose Hibiki to battle Zeronos.