Very good ep.
My only complain is the build up to the henshin sequence was kinda lame

>>23854950
The henshin sequence itself was kind of underwhelming too. Catastrom/Orderm's had way more punch to them

>boku ga Kira

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What did you like and dislike about the 34th episode?

So Sieg is dead?

>>23855053
>Gets lut on the shelf for several episodes
>Comes back just to get fed to a final form
Being Six is suffering

I wonder why Exdream has so many "Rise" voice commands. Like, its not just a neat reference to Zero One right?

>>23855051
Nope.
The actor didn't get flowers

https://mega.nz/folder/2QFTFKxJ#1qRPjOjMZjIrEAKt8NR2ig

Where's the "Zeztz was crazy good this week" guy?

Exdream is fucking cracked. Like just behind or at Ohma Zi-O?

>>23855063
4 chicks, 2 dudes. Pretty good odds

>>23855064
below since Ohma Zi-O can use it alongside Geats IX, Xross-Saber, and Zero-Three.

>>23855069
Yes, but also Ohma Zi-O is poorly written garbage, so I'll just pretend Zeztz is stronger than Zi-O's generic ass.

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What are your impressions on Zeztz's final form?

>>23855071
The orb thing is too big, but otherwise fantastic design.

Little confused about Sieg was he killing people in dreams before or for CODE?
>>23855071
Didn't like the Henshin itself but I like the suit.

>>23855070
>Zeztz
>written
>not garbage

>>23855056
I just assumed it's meant to continue the waking up theme that the Zeztz driver has going on with it's sounds

>>23855075
We all know it shits on Zi-O by default. That shit was one of the worst things I've ever seen. I wish people would just shut the fuck up about this generic Mary Sue.

>>23855085
Zi-O is really bad even by anniversary standards. No wonder Toei made Legend.

>>23855071
seems the opening replaced Catastrom with Exdream for the rider kick sequence. Can someone post that?

>>23855051
Zeztz going through him and the disintegration dust before Sieg himself goes seems to indicate Zeztz specifically targeting the Punish Nightmare as opposed to killing both off. And as far as we're aware, Baku is still very much against killing still.

>>23855073
Sieg killing his dad was the first dream killing he did, and it was just out of anger of his dad not giving a shit about him (or potentially pinning a crime on him). After Sieg wakes up in jail with the gold chain, then Baku says it's the start of him being a dream criminal and starts counting up the 1,000 years sentence. So Sieg got caught for something, got tossed in normal jail, went on his dream serial killing spree, CODE eventually figured it out and tied it to him (and then charged the murders to him), and then he got offered the plea bargain of working with them.

>>23855064
>>23855070
Considering his biggest strengths were in the dream world I think he’s just that strong in the dream world. He did kill that Nightmare in real life, but I’d say we wait til the show is over to see if this is another “premonition” and not true reality. You can argue any rider with strong will or god like powers can beat Zeztz, as he seems effective exclusively on riders and monsters with Nightmare powers.
But it’s a Takahashi show so power levels are irrelevant. Geats IX is an unbeatable god and yet multiple villains fought and walked away from him easily, and a dickhead alchemist almost killed him in a movie if Gotchard hadn’t helped. Ex-Aid Muteki is technically invincible and he still took 10 episodes to permanently stop Cronus, and he only did it with teamwork. All the cool moves are mostly the heroes being stylish, they aren’t really god tier power level.

Sieg being defeated (for now) in a beach.
He then wakes up from the seaweed tank and then kills Peacock Undead in a similar place.

>>23855063
sex with Nem and Minami and ESPECIALLY Kureha and Nasuka

>>23854915
Hold up, they just straight up post new episodes on youtube?

>>23855126
They've been doing this since the start of Zeztz.

>>23855126
The entire show has been aired on youtube from day one.

>>23855126
They live stream the episode on repeat on Saturday for NA and then upload the full episode afterwards

>>23855071
"Nuh uh" is kind of a lame power, especially when in like 2 episodes it's going to have to either stop working or get countered so we can still have conflict.

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>>23855062
Slightly below gavv

>>23855064
You're assuming he can do any of the broken shit he did outside of dreams.

>>23855136
Description for Somnia is that it controls dreams. Exdream is probably getting nerfed for at least the next few arcs.

>>23855062
>>23855142
This meme is a curse, keep posting it and Zeztz will end up having a Gavv-tier final episode.

>>23855071
It's okay. Not particularly wowed honestly. People often complain about how much Sugihara likes to use CG to add flair/bombast, but my god is it actually overwhelming this time with the constantly warping dream sequences. It felt like sensory overload without much payoff

>>23855071
One of the best final form debuts out there, I feel this will work like Muteki as in a form insanely overpowered that the villains will have to circuvent with technicalities or getting Baku to not use it

Seig did nothing wrong

Ex-Dream is a proper broken form. Very nice.

>>23855146
I mean it absolutely does. We had Sieg killing people in their dreams and then happening in the real world. If we go by the same rules than Ex-Dream should be able to do the same.

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>>23854915
I enjoyed the episode, but it was a pretty clear case of style over substance that I think is representative of the show overall.
Presentation was mostly top tier. The transitions, between scenes, Exdream’s bad dream reverse powers and the stuff in Sieg backstory were excellent visually, even though the actual fighting had too much CGI that muddled it a little. The guns shooting light effects probably would have bothered if I had ever taken seriously the guns on this show, but whatever.
However, I didn’t really get anything out of the episode plot or character wise. What was I supposed to get out of Sieg’s backstory? Pity? Because he was just always a murderous asshole who only cared about making people suffer. Is that supposed to be sympathetic? I guess he has more of a reason to be a mass murdering psycho than Ouja, but his edgelord attitude of “the world deserves to suffer” is pretty cringe. It’s not really an interesting character study, even if it was really well filmed, so spending so much time showcasing his story felt pointless. It was sorta cool for Baku to be willing to kill him after he showed no signs of repentance, but we all know he’s coming back later (and very likely to team up) so this “death” is nothing. So a very stylish presentation for a flat and meaningless story of a worthless psychopath.
What really kills me is all surrounding Nem. All this about her “sin” when she’s very clearly done nothing wrong makes any drama regarding her have no emotional weight. I could sorta see it working if Nem had some flaws to her character, but she’s a perfect angel who did nothing wrong, so Sieg going on about sins is just backyard bullying. All the discussion about “dreams” is so fantastical that it never hits emotionally.
This is a fun show, but not one where I care about anything happening. Which is a shame because it’s got cool stuff, but not meat in its bones. Side cast was also useless this week, as usual.

>>23855186
If his opponent doesn't sleep, he can't go into their dreams to manipulate them.

>>23855071
His suit is ripping off Kuuga and his powers are ripping off Geats so he’s probably one of the laziest final forms with how much it steals from before.

>>23855136
“Nuh uh” is the default Yuya Takahashi final form. That is every single one of his main heroes final power up. It’s the only one he can think of.

>>23855190
They're saving daydreams and sleep paralysis for the movie villain, aren't they

>>23855186
Sieg was killing mobsters and criminals, actual riders have stronger willpower and minds.

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>>23855202
>the movie villain,

Did Nox get his upgrade this episode? Not reveal but receive?

>>23855194
>You aren't allowed to have a black suit with accent colours or you're "ripping off Kuuga"
This is the stupidest shit I've ever seen anyone here say.

>>23855171
except you know, everything he did wrong. including but not limited to...

>kill his dad
>kill countless henchmen who were just trying to do their jobs,
>keep killing people.
>Having sex with a monster inside a demonic iron maiden
>tormenting a dream specter in the form of a waifu
>act like a faggot. dying his hair and call people with gay names.
>Betraying BOARD.

do i continue?

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Like
>Nasuka and Fujimi getting acknowledged by higher ups, the scene was funny too
>Felt like one of the few times Sugihara had enough budget to compliment his CGI
>All 3 riders fought out of suit and aside from Nox the action scenes were well directed
>The flashback of Sieg was great
>Ex Dream's fighting style is unique and at least this episode had enough budget to pull the CGI in a way that didn't feel that jarring, after they leave Sieg's lair I didn't find the CGI grating which surprised me and found the visual direction of the fight from that point onward to be pretty great
>In terms of style it's a top 5 final form debut
>They did enough setup that I wouldn't be mad if Sieg gets inevitably revived and redeemed as long as he's killed again by the end of the show
>CringeKino AMV feel of the fight

Dislike
>CringeKino AMV feel of the fight
>The implication that Sieg got his Freddy Kruger powers on his own without the involvement of CODE feels cheap
>Baku simply being able to revive when he couldn't before feels cheap
>Nem didn't get to do much and the resolution despite being sweet from a lesson standpoint falls flat due to the way Nem was utilized in the two-parter

Misc
>The Next episode seems to just have Nem repeat the same behavior she did this two-parter and the end of the prior loop which feels cheap and is making me like her character less, the next two episodes will need to try really hard to stick the landing to not character assassinate her
>Feel like their should have been some downtime between ExDream and Ordream, also between ExDream and Somnia
>The show seemingly setup a way for Lady, 3 and Somnia itself to ExDream in a way that shouldn't make it feel weak but I'm going to hold my words until we see the actual execution for it

Overall thought the episode was really solid on a vacuum but it does cheapen a lot of the show's concepts

>>23855234
Forgot to quote >>23855050

>>23855223
He just used Lady's Chaos Capsem for a shot.

>>23855224
The producer of this show has been very open about his desire to emulate Kuuga, stupid newfag.

>>23855302
>Using words that you don't know the meaning of
I've been here since before you were born, faggot.

>>23855071
I much preferred Over/Master's debut from last year desu. Heck, I prefer Geats-IX's over ExDream's

>>23855224
There are black suits that arent blatantly ripping off Kuuga like this one

>>23855234
>as long as he's killed again by the end of the show
He will get away with all his crimes, his victims will become apologists for him and he will star in Outsiders, where he's yucking up the screen time, just like he did in the show, and you will hate it.

>>23855340
Are you ok anon?

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>>23855232
>kill your dad, a ruthless corrupt gangster
>kill countless henchmen, also gangsters
>continue killing corrupt gangsters
>have sex with a monster inside a demonic iron maiden and get cool dream powers
>torment a dream specter in the form of a waifu
>terrorize the protagonist and ragebait him into oblivion
>Betray BOARD because they deserve it for that rushed rider system

>>23855208
Why is every bad guy purple now?

>>23854915
>>23855050
It was an okay episode, got carried hard by the action and directing.

Last episode had a big focus on Nem, but I feel like she got kinda put aside this week just so they could focus on Sieg and his backstory, they even took her "precious" fans out of the episode right away. I don't know, I feel like they could've paced this whole 2-parter better than they did, Baku getting his final form right at the end of the first half and this episode being mostly a backstory dump followed by Baku's victory lap just made the flow of the whole thing feel kinda awkward and undermined the tension a final form arc like this should have.

Nem was just a damsel in distress like always. They didn't even bother to acknowledge what was up with the dream Baku had when he "died", so it's hard to determine whether Nem had anything to do with it or if it was just the result of Baku's own powers or if it was the intervention of some mystery character they haven't introduced yet.

(1/?)

>>23855434
Sieg's flashback segment was well-directed but it didn't make him any more compelling in my eyes and there was no reason they couldn't have revealed his backstory earlier given that it's not really tied to any major plot revelas, they could've easily shown it to us somewhere in the past 4 or 5 episodes, which were episodes in which all Sieg did was sit around doing nothing but edgy speeches, that way the character could've remained entertaining for a bit more after he stopped fighting people for no reason at all. His speeches about Nem somehow being secretly evil and wanting everyone to suffer also fall flat because she's never shown any kind of dark thoughts like that and we even have Baku saying that she's just a good girl who wants to make everyone happy. Now that his arc is over, I can safely say that Sieg was a pretty fucking underwhelming arc villain, he could've at least given us several cool fights, but he decided to stop transforming halfway through the arc just to give us dull repetitive edgy speeches and then got immediately benched once he finally decided to get up and do something. Amano's wasted on him imo.

Speaking of Sieg's backstory, the fact that they went out of their way to show us he had only killed criminals up to this point and then had Baku claim that it was his Nightmare who was driving him to do all of this make it very obvious that they're gonna end up redeeming him (forget about the times he tried to kill innocent people, it's okay because he got foiled every single time he attempted to do it). Also, Baku "killing" him didn't really have much of an impact because he only kills people who come back later on anyways.

(2/?)

>>23855428
Purple is pretty much Black that pops out a bit more, so when they want to make a Rider associated with darkness they use purple instead of straight up black. Think JRPGs and what colour they use for the element of darkness - It's rarely ever black, and almost always purple, and very occasionally dark blue.

>>23855438
>they went out of their way to show us he had only killed criminals up to this point and then had Baku claim that it was his Nightmare who was driving him to do all of this
Takahashi strikes again

>>23855438
After the Baby Nightmare photo Baku took and the Disaster Nightmare causing a very public shitshow both going nowhere because of the mid-series twist, the show finally explores the idea of the Nightmares becoming known to the public again. When I first watched the episode, I thought the cops had done something useful by recording the Nightmares, but then I checked the previous episode and realized it was just a random civilian who did it, so I can't even give them that. I guess we'll have to see where this storyline with the police department goes, since the police isn't usually very useful when the bigger threats start popping up in these shows and CODE are supposed to be their superiors, so I gotta wonder what can they even do against it.

Speaking of CODE, now that Sieg's been beaten we're going back to their storyline right away, which just makes the whole Sieg arc look like it was a pretty unnecessary detour for the plot. The end of the first half was already setting them up as the next big villains only for this rando that came out of nowhere to steal their thunder and halt the momentum they had going on.

Exdream's power to just undo anything his opponent does is pretty broken, but Baku will probably end up facing an opponent who can just ignore or counter it like it's nothing just like it happens to other final forms with broken abilities.

(3/?)

So is Principal Grochidawnnerson done? Did he get his flowers or is he still coming back?

>>23855444
The civilian gunfights in the episode were pretty good and the Exdream vs Dawn fight was also good even though it was mostly just CG effects that got a bit overwhelming at times, but I must say those effects did look pretty nice. I just wish we had gotten longer physical fight segments since Dawn is one of the few characters in this show with a distinctive fighting style that I actually enjoy watching, but we barely got to see it because they had him zooming all over the place with CG effects instead. I also feel like Exdream undoing Dawn's Rider Kick was pretty unnecessary and fucked up the flow of the final clash since Baku wasn't even struggling during the Rider Kick clash and would've probably won it but he still chose to undo it right away, I think Baku winning the clash would've been cooler.

Overall this episode felt less like the grand conclusion of a big arc and more like just another episodic 2-parter such as the ones from the first half, except the victim and monster of the week are major recurring characters instead. Nox's words at the end ("He saved us again, then") summed up this 2-parter and most of the show thus far, it's just Baku saving everyone over and over again because they're all too incompetent and/or powerless to do anything.

(4/4)

>>23855448
He didn't get flowers and Dawn's also in the official poster for the final arc

>>23855311
I heavily doubt that since you aren't even aware of the producer's actions.

I am surprised with how much gun they showed in a Sunday morning program for kiddo

>>23855495
It's okay as long as people don't actually die to the guns.

>>23855440
Dark green should be explored more often as an evil color scheme

>>23855495
Guns are cool. But also, they can afford to do this because guns aren't a openly public product. The irony of this is America always censored bullets in Sentai footage into laser beams for for Power Rangers for the opposite- guns being a real potential public danger you didn't want to be making impressionable kids think is cool and didn't outright kill people

>>23855090
Legend more like WHOgend. When was the last time he appeared lol

>>23855071
>the pointy stuff are actually Z for Zzetzz

Alright, you got me there.

Still, the sash ruined everything. The blue/teal is kind of bad too. Need to be darker or just gold.

>>23855633
It's baku being chuuni.

>>23855069
I mean, I don't care about what Shirakura said about Oma Zi-O having the power of future Riders, in the main show itself it was a big plot point that Oma Zi-O couldn't use powers from the new timeline when Trinity hit him. And this plot point was even used against in Zi-O vs Decade with the Saber + Decade Watch beating him.

Until Shirakura actually implements his word into the show, it has no weight since it directly contradicts the series.

>>23855114
Geats IX did have an energy limit tied to wishes explicitly mentioned in the show right after its debut.

>>23855438
Even if he was only killing “bad people”, it’s laughable to say a mass murdering psychopath is redeemable because he only killed criminals. At best that makes him The Punisher, who is also not a redeemable character and is widely despised in universe for being a brutal psycho, and at worst it makes him Kira Yoshikage, deciding by himself who lives and dies. Baku finding that redeemable would also speak horribly of his character, as he hates CODE for acting in secret while controlling people’s lives when Sieg did that by himself.
But this is Yuya Takahashi we’re talking, mass murdering psychopaths get more sympathy from him than their victims.

>>23855694
>energy limit
Sure, but then by the show’s end he became a “god” for whatever that means, and it’s not implied he has the same restrictions. I guess it can work if you say that Ace is lying and is the same as before, would explain why his powers are never as godly as he stated, but the way the final episode showcases him is implying he’s legit an all powerful god.

>>23855449
>Nox's words at the end ("He saved us again, then") summed up this 2-parter and most of the show thus far, it's just Baku saving everyone over and over again because they're all too incompetent and/or powerless to do anything.
That’s very true, ever since Sieg was introduced the only characters who’ve ever done anything have been Baku, Sieg, Zero and Three. Every other character has been essentially pointless. Nox prevented Baku from killing his sister once and that was it, he spent the rest of Q2 just walking around doing nothing. It’s funny to me they reactivated the Black Case agency as if that ever mattered to the plot in any way.
That being said, I’d like to believe now that Sieg and Zero are temporarily incapacitated, that means we can FINALLY give everyone else but Baku a chance to shine. But if they stay the same then there’s no saving this supporting cast.

>>23855714
He was already a god since he got the final form. The final episode's reveal is just that he didn't need his human body anymore at all since he was a god.

>>23855728
So he’s a god, but his powers are limited. Funny.

>>23855732
native gods are like that

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>>23855716
>>23855449
>it's just Baku saving everyone over and over again because they're all too incompetent and/or powerless to do anything.
Main protagonist syndrome at its "finest".

Holy KINOOOOO
Rewinding and reality warping in dreams makes for pretty visuals. No complaints from me for this episode.

Are you ready for the activation of CODE: SODOMY next week?

>>23855758
Whenever I type a post like this, I'm being ironic.

>>23855776
Does using dream walking to have sex count as actual sex?

Pack it up boys, Kamen rider is over. Nothing is ever toping this series.

>>23855913
We get it anon, Zeztz is your first Rider show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV4YRAbvYmw
Episode 34.

>>23855913
Its not even on top 3 Reiwa shows

I saw a post on social media before I watched the episode about how nem only says 1 word the entire episode.... so every time it cut to her either smiling or frowning while baku/sieg talked to her it got funnier as I realized the post wasn't a joke.

Made the ending incredibly funny as baku walked up to her and she sat their completely silently for no reason.

>>23855958
I didn’t even notice because Nem and other characters barely do or say anything for most of the recent episodes. It’s the Baku vs CODE show and everyone else is just there to stall for time.

>>23855958
>nem only says 1 word the entire episode
Grim.

First time posting here and possibly last, just wanna know the following, is it sieg or zeke? What's the actual official name?
I watch raw live from time to time because it's right after precure but the last 2 episodes were so good they made me wanna get the subs and they pissed me off since I always thought he was zeke.

>>23855090
>implying legend is good

>>23856074
It's officially written as Sieg, yeah, pronounced in Japanese as "Jiku".

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>>23856074
We fucking told you in the general its SIEG, that's how they spell it on OFFICIAL merch,

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>>23855913
Zeztz is easily top of Reiwa and is better than a lot of Heisei shows. But it isn't King Ohger level of great just yet. I think they still have it in them to make something as great as King Ohger for Kamen Rider.

>>23856330
>Zeztz is easily top of Reiwa and is better than a lot of Heisei shows
No, especially not with its bottom tier side cast.

>>23856330
stop setting us up and kys instead

>>23856330
>Wizard tier of supporting characters
>top
>better

>>23856210
>smashes the back of hi his head onto the concrete intentionally to knock himself out so he can dream

>>23856330
King-Ohger was written by a student of Takahashi, and I agree its better than this show, so its very funny how he surpassed his teacher so easily.
However, both Zeztz and King aren’t even the best from their franchises Reiwa series, you’re overestimating these shows competency.

kek we get it you dont like the show you dont have to samefag so hard!

>23856410
Why are you like this?

>>23856481
>>23856486
Wowww. Nice job convincing people that you totally aren't samefagging. Loser.

>they did the meme gun-fu scene from the Resident Evil Cg movie
>Sieg was KIRA and did nothing wrong
Overall bretty good.

>>23855150
I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy.

>>23856570
Not according to the haters

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>BACK-ON insert song

>>23856570
I thought they were doing gun kata

>>23856560
That's not samefagging, stupid retard.
>>23856607
Shut the fuck up already.

King-Ohger > Donbrothers > Gavv > Kiramager > Saber = Zenkaiger > Zeztz (so far) > Gozyuger > Geats > Zero-One > Boonboomger > Gavan Infinity (so far) > Gotchard > Revice
This episode was style over substance but it was really fun so I don't mind, pretty worried for the final arc doesn't seem like it will be that rushed luckily but I fear that they'll want to leave multiple aspects unexplained to do out of series specials
Really hope the tokusatsu division gets to keep Sota as a producer and that this isn't an one-time thing, I really want to see him heading a Kamen Rider season

>>23856658
>sota
keep seeing this name often, who is he? new producer?

>>23856658
>but I fear that they'll want to leave multiple aspects unexplained to do out of series specials
They're already leaving some stuff unexplained, but it's not to make sequels, it's because they think they're competent enough to convey complex ideas to the audience through visuals alone.

>>23856671
One of those cases where "show, but don't tell" is a detriment?

>>23856670
He's the vice producer of Zeztz that's in charge of the casting, he's also handling the Minami mini-series alongside another producer
Before Zeztz he was the head producer of the live action adaptations of Densetsu no Head Shou and Wave Listen to Me so he already has resume for heading shows

>>23856671
I'll wait for the show to be over to judge, what I'm specifically talking about is Sieg learning how to kill people in dreams on his own which has nothing to do with what you said, I'm doubly afraid because Nox's redemption was explained in the director's commentary rather than the show proper kinda like how they did with the Time Jackers backstory which is such a dick move

>>23856677
sieg learn to do all that via dream learning, correct?

>>23856689
Yeah but at least with the way the episode presented it it looked like he did dream learning without CODE's involvement which seems way too convenient

>>23856673
Yes, you're somehow supposed to get stuff like Nox deliberately setting Baku up with Fujimi so he could help him (even though he spent the whole first half telling them to not pry into his business as well as the Nightmare stuff, and even though the actor himself wasn't informed that Nox was supposed to care about Baku and only learned that during the episode where Baku was revealed to be his former student), that The Lady tried to get Baku to retire for his own good as a favor to Nox because Baku was his student (even though she told him to his face that she wanted to witness his nightmares while putting on a psycho expression), that the weekly Nightmares all start out as Baby Nightmares before entering someone's dream and taking on the form of their nightmares, and Baku's Driver getting busted due to the Over Banish finisher being a dangerous forbidden move, all from visuals and presentation alone.

>>23856677
>I'll wait for the show to be over to judge
I mean, they said it themselves in the audio commentary you mentioned, there's a bunch of story and setting stuff that's apparently difficult for them to explain through dialogue, so they focused on conveying them through visuals instead.

>>23856702
I got all of that while watching except
>Nox deliberately setting Baku up with Fujimi so he could help him
That makes 0 fucking sense the hell? What moment in the show was supposed to "visually hint that"?

>>23856721
>I got all of that while watching
I don't believe you.

>>23856721
>What moment in the show was supposed to "visually hint that"?
Apparently the Bomb Nightmare incident, Nox was confident that Baku would defeat Bomb which would lead to him and Fujimi teaming up.

>>23856725
Lady tries multiple times to get Baku off CODE and her behavior is unnatural due to not being able to sleep which I just kinda accepted as an excuse even though it felt like a last minute patch to redeem her to me, I guess I didn't get the feeling she was doing it for Nox but rather I thought she was doing it because Baku was still new to CODE
The ExDream two parter implies that the babies end up evolving into the Nightmares and didn't really feel like a retcon to me due to how it went back in the disaster nightmare arc
The Over Vanish felt like the only logical explanation for the driver breaking the only reason why I would understand someone not believing that is because it makes no sense for Baku to use Physicam other than "it would make for a cool fight"
However I refuse to accept >>23856729 precisely due to the same reasoning anon stated here >>23856702, it simply doesn't make sense given everything he does right after and it feels like retcon of an earlier scene to redeem Nox harder, what's worse is that I remember an anon coming up with that reasoning back in episode 3 and I agreed with him at the time but by episode 8 or so I simply gave up on believing that even with the teacher reveal later

>>23856742
>The Over Vanish felt like the only logical explanation for the driver breaking the only reason why I would understand someone not believing that is because it makes no sense for Baku to use Physicam other than "it would make for a cool fight"
Did you actually figure that out by yourself just by watching though? Or do you only know that because you saw someone else pointing it out as the explanation the staff gave us in outside sources?

>>23856763
I figured it out by myself because I'm a toku fan and that seemed like the quickest and easiest way to explain why he needs an upgrade next week while having a cool fight that week
Once you watch enough toku you just become conditioned for this shit, keep in mind that isn't a defense for the staff since that's still cheap writing that several other shows have managed to avoid but I'm not THAT mad because the fight against Dark Zeztz and this week's fight were awesome

>>23856788
Nah i don't believe you

>>23856799
Ok?

>>23856788
Ok.
>>23856799
Shut the fuck up already, seething falseflagger.
>>23856800
That wasn't me.

>>23856802
You two type differently, anyway wonder if this style is due to Kami being given more power than usual of Yanaka and Takahashi retconing each other since Yanaka is more involved in the story than a normal producer?

>>23856816
You mean the "show, don't tell" approach? They explained it themselves in the infamous audio commentary (see >>23856707), they said that there's just too many story and setting details to cover in a year and they consider that some of them are too difficult to convey through dialogue, so they focused on the visuals and the presentation to communicate them instead.

Also, regarding your explanation on how you figured out that it was the finisher that caused the belt damage, that's valid, but I still think they didn't do a good job at presenting that through the episode's visuals since the way the scene was framed made it look like the destruction of Zeztz Darkness' belt was connected to that and it was clearly way too vague for the average watcher to understand since I saw multiple people making the incorrect assumption that Darkness broke the belt somehow.

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>>23856842
>the way the scene was framed made it look like the destruction of Zeztz Darkness' belt was connected to that
Webm for reference.

>>23856842
>they said that there's just too many story and setting details to cover in a year
Weird that they aren't doing that much side content then or even say that in the first place when the first half was slow paced, I get why it wasn't plot heavy but details like the ones for Nox shouldn't really take that many minutes to explain so I don't get what stopped them from just doing a quick scene in Q2

Is Sieg's dad Bad Luck Fale?