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Watched this last night, which honestly felt a little strange because it's been close to two months since I watched any tokusatsu and I felt very rusty. It was fun but it also felt very throwaway, like the entire special is the equivalent of Sachika's role in Kamen Rider Majade with Girls Remix.

• Full disclosure, as someone for whom the Sakura/Hana ship is the only part of Revice they still have any emotional attachment to, I was curious to see if/how this special would handle it (especially in light of how badly it was managed in the first Girls Remix). I am happy to say that I was completely satisfied.
• The other thing I was really looking forward to was the return of Minami Tsukui as Yoko. I don't love that we got stuck with the worst version of her, but I always love seeing that actress throw down and I was not disappointed.
• I've spent the better part of the last decade bemoaning how Kamen Rider weapons don't look like real weapons anymore but seeing Nozomi going after people with a goddamn mall dagger actually made me second guess that because oh man, was that uncomfortable at several points.
• These specials is the perfect place to reuse Akiko and I hope she continues to be a part of them for as long as they exist.
• Next time bring back Femme, L'Arc, and/or Akira, cowards.
• Holy shit, the actress who played the villain was terrible. I know it's just a web video, but what fourth string idol group did they go digging into to find... [insert quick Google check here]... Yoko from GoBusters? I... how did... Switchblade.exe has encountered a fatal error, and will now terminate.