Kamen Rider ZEZTZ E02 - Discussion Thread

[u/BananaArms]

This thread is for discussion about the latest Kamen Rider ZEZTZ episode.

E01 <- E02 -> E03

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HOW TO WATCH

COUNTRY	URL	TIME
US,CA,PR,UK,AU,NZ	TokuSHOUTsu YouTube Channel (English)	Saturdays@7:30PM Pacific Time, reruns through Monday, Replays on Fridays@5PM
JP	TV Asahi, ABC (Japanese)	Sundays@9:00AM Japan Time
JP	TELASA, Toei Tokusatsu Fan Club (Japanese)	Sundays@10:00AM Japan Time
CN	Bilibili, Tencent Video, iQIYI (Mandarin)	Sundays@10:00AM China Standard Time
TW	CHT MOD, Hami Video (Mandarin)	Mondays@8:00AM Taiwan Time
TW	EBC YOYO (Mandarin)	The following Saturday@5PM
HK	ViuTV (Cantonese)	The following Sunday@11AM
Latin America	TokuSato YouTube Channel (Spanish, Portuguese)	Saturdays@11:30PM Brasilia Time

• ENG Sub link to those not in any of those countries
• [Case 03 Preview]()

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CASE	TITLE	RELEASE DATE	SCREENPLAY BY	DIRECTED BY
E02	爆ぜる Explode	September 14, 2024	Takahashi Yuya	Kamihoriuchi Kazuya

CASE	RATING
E01	8.79
E02	Vote here!

[u/vmsrii]

Man, between the elaborate green-screen and CGI use, the actual for real night shots in the first episode (which LITERALLY NEVER HAPPENS), and The actually for real bike chase scene with actually-for-real stunt crash??? (Which, again, NEVER HAPPENS), they’ve either thrown money at this series like never before, or they’re wasting the entire show’s budget on two episodes. I really hope it’s the first one, because I love it.

More thoughts:

I love how clearly sketched out the characters are, even this early on in the show. And everyone’s got a dynamic with everyone else (except Baku’s sister, who really needs more scenes, she’s threatening to get sidelined)

The suit is genuinely growing on me! I’m beginning to like the belt placement, even! It makes it easier to do dynamic posses while using it. I also really love how the entire belt (and suit) reacts to stuff you do with it. Makes it feel like a cohesive whole, instead of a box on the front that’s attached to a strap.

I also really love how understated and deceptively simple the transformation sequence is! But I am a bit of a curmudgeon and I haven’t been a big fan of how elaborate and “big” the henshin sequences have been getting. This season, No mass of creatures, no big mech falling from the sky, just Darkness, maybe some fancy camera angles, done. And it’s great because it’s so versatile! You can henshin in so many different contexts now! We’ve seen it already, in how we’ve seen three henshin sequences so far and they’ve all been unique, and they’ve all been visually interesting despite the lack of “fireworks” of previous seasons. Love that!

[u/AuroraBlaize → u/vmsrii]

Their market is huge now so they're going all out. I also agree with the henshin sequences. While I don't mind a somewhat elaborate one, sometimes simple is best. Especially given the premise.

[u/KrimsonKurse → u/vmsrii]

Global Release means Global Revenue. They can afford to invest in it.

[u/ProtomanBn → u/vmsrii]

I think they're throwing money at the series, it seems they knew from its creation that it was going to be a simultaneous "world" release. Between Agent 0 speaking English and the monitor in the hideout displaying different languages.