Kamen Rider Zi-O Discussion Thread

^ That must be the Geiz Majesty Ride Watch.

Interesting how he gets a repaint of the final form device like Muscle Galaxy and Sin Specter. Also, somebody should tell Geiz that he can't be both Zi-O's and Kuuga's secondary rider.


I guess this is related to the Geiz Revive timeline since majesty sounds like something you would associate with a king or emperor rather than a resistance fighter. It would be cool if his backstory gets explained like how he got the Geiz Ride Watch. I think the anti-Oma resistance could have made it using technology from the Drive and Ghost Ride Watches.


Daido coming from Another World is a good explanation for his hair, it matches the blue accents on his suit as well. Not sure about Kaito, I was hoping for a reason in continuity instead of something meta like the actor's preference. I guess we'll never find out.

I watched Tsukuyomi's henshin full size on YouTube, it was pretty cool. The suit design resembles her civilian outfit with the cape and the white and black contrast. It's a shame her debut was so late like how Mage - and I mean Mayu, the true Mage - didn't show up until episode 40 of Wizard. At least Valkyrie will have a strong presence next season and Tsukuyomi will be in the Geiz movie. Hopefully the Reiwa First Generation movie as well.

If Tsukuyomi defeats Another Decade, it would be a cool reference to the first Movie War where Kivaala was the only rider who could defeat Decade Violent Emotion.

But what if Tsukuyomi dies before the Geiz V-Cinema and the next Kamen Rider team-up movie?

So, you already saw the last seven episodes unsubbed, or did you just watched the subbed version?

The poster and trailer for the Geiz V-Cinema both show her alive. If she doesn't survive the movie, she probably won't appear in Reiwa First Generation but I think that's unlikely since the greatest threat to her existence was in the series.

There's no H in her name, dude. It's just Alpina.

^ It's true that Tsukuyomi, Sento, Phillip and Shouichi never use their names. I guess remembering them is part of their search for missing identity so it's important to them. In Sento's and Shouichi's case, their names are other people. Oni Riders usually abandon their names but Kiriya still refers to himself as Kiriya.

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I echo your sentiments about Zi-O being (mostly) a dissapointing season. But I still believe Ghost and Wizard are worst than Zi-O.
About Ghost, I don't think Akari could redeem the entire series, and Alain is....OK. The first 13 episodes are pretty good, sure, but the quality after that is....uhmmm. Nope. And they have the worst combo of primary Rider/Secondary Rider ever. Ghost and Specter have the worst chemistry in the Heisei era. Their friendship is so forced. In Kamen Rider 1 I was expecting somebody edit Ghost and Specter out of the movie, and be about Hongo Takeshi/Ichigo and Mayu Tachibana's relationship only. I have the feeling these two Riders can't breath the same air Hiroshi Fujioka breaths. Also, Specter or Kamen Rider Siscon is the worst secondary Rider in the entire Heisei era. The Ghost movie is good.
Wizard is mediocre. Good designs. Plot is boring. So, So boring. I guess the fight against Phoenix was the highlight of the season. It  never reached a peak, or had interesting stakes. I couldn't care less about Beast, Koyomi, or daddy White Wizard. Rinko was OK. Shunpei should die in a fire. I was expecting Mayu/Medusa's sister/Mage could do more, she had the motivations, and the attitude. Hell, she had a better backstory than Beast. A relationship with a villian. But after her fight with her sister, she ended being a little more than a prop. I like her a lot. It's the character that deserved more episodes.
Decade is still, for me, the worst series ever. Worst than Black RX. Black RX was my first series, but I know it was awful. Decade is so bad.
I dunno why this fixation of Toei with low-energy Riders, and their actors being mostly a void of charisma. Sougo, I'm talking to you. That character needs a better actor. I have to say Drive's actor/Ryoma Takeuchi is the only one in last years to have actual charisma and presence.
Also, somebody have to say Kento Shimoyama, if he is going to rip off the plot and/or finale of another Rider series, it shouldn't be the preceding one. I mantain my posture: this series was a rollercoaster, with pretty good episodes and tributes (Blade, Agito, Kabuto are the highlight. I like the Den-O. It had more feeling in its writing than in the entire series) and pretty awful, even worst than some of Decade's episodes (Ryuga, Kiva is the worst. The whole Rento/ KR Kikai was WTF. At least Kiva had Yuko/Another Kiva and her manhole cover's fetishism. It was so LOL.). Oma Zi-O was such an interesting concept. It was resolved by Sougo saying "yeah, I'm not going to do that" which Oma ZI-O replied:"OK". It was such a waste. Schwartz's plan doesn't have sense, but oh, well. I like villians that make long-term plans. His motiviations were meh. I don't hate him. It's not my favorite either. Geiz wa OK. I don't hate him either. Again, it needs a better actor. Tsukuyomi exists. I am fascinated with the fact they remember in the last 6 episodes they have another character called Tsukuyomi. It's like the producer/director/ writer forget she existed. LOL. Woz is THE RIDER. The character. The IWAE. I love him. Gosh, they should put him as the main character. HE HAD CHARISMA.
The producers did a dirty trick to keep me watching this series: Oh, Tsukasa Kadoya/Decade, you were awesome. He was, like, stealing the series from the main Rider. Also, Kaito was pretty good. he redeemed himself from the whole Super Hero Taisen's "I'm gonna betray everybody, just because" bullshit.
Decade is the only Rider that had an awful series, but a charismatic actor, and great Rider in his own.