Geiz gets extra grim when he thinks Sougo's fate is sealed, and he gets all down on himself for Actually Coming Here To Make Friends.
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Geiz in the beginning of 15 is basically begging Sougo to lay down his Driver not just because Geiz is desperate to prevent an apocalypse, but because he doesn't want to hurt Sougo to prevent an apocalypse. Geiz accepts that Sougo is going to try and become king no matter what and Sougo accepts that Geiz is going to try and kill him if he follows the path of the evil Oma Zi-O.I think it's more than that? Episodes 15 and 16 really expose how much Geiz has grown to respect Sougo, and how much he values their incredibly weird dynamic. As far as he's concerned, there's a possibility he still needs to murder Sougo at some point. Maybe Sougo would, but Geiz sure as hell ain't going to admit that. Nah, I wouldn't call them actual friends yet. Kamen Rider Woz also has some really neat background music associated with him, so I'll take this opportunity to share some of that: Like, it already sounds great on paper, and the execution got off to a very fun start. I say as much in my post from the time, but "Geiz gets his own Woz" is a plot point that can't help but excite. Apparently a very early concept for Geiz was that he would be a sort of rival wannabe-king for Sougo, also from the present, with Woz as the judge of their competition, and while much of that obviously got changed around, I think they found a very neat way to do something broadly similar which works with Geiz's finalized role as a conflicted maybe-assassin.
He's a dude who came from the future to hype up an important historical figure in his younger days, and that statement is equally true of either version. It's the same story with the other Woz, of course. Much like Zi-O nailed that sense of concluding a chapter in the previous episode, it kicked off 2019 by picking a great way to shatter the expectations of the viewers, mixing up the formula in a manner that somehow sticks to the established rules at the same time it's gleefully breaking them. It's such a natural concept for the show to explore, and an opportunity I'm very glad they didn't pass up.
So in comes an episode paying homage to a show that doesn't exist yet, and Zi-O suddenly has a way to give itself loads more freedom from the past, just by offering a glimpse into the future instead. but this is also a show about its own cast, and one about time. This is a show with a format that demands there be a Very Special Guest Star every week, because it also demands there be a tribute to some Legend Rider every week. Once again, I love how Zi-O opens up these possibilities for itself. Which is maybe an overly pretentious way to say Shinobi is really cool! And not just because he's portrayed by the actor who played my favorite character in one of my absolute favorite Super Sentai shows! (Or even because his catchphrase is legitimately the way I remember how 忍 is written!) Only a true villain would ever go out of their way to prevent there from being bike action in Kamen Rider!Īnyways, yeah, it's sort of tough to say a lot about this episode as an episode, but as a launchpad for a whole new arc, I think this one does an amazing job introducing yet more clever concepts to drive Zi-O to ever greater heights of wild and exciting storytelling. He talks like he's just here to make the future a better place, but I have my doubts about this new Woz. (Fish Sandwich also watched Kamen Rider Zi-O - EP17)
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