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Warriors Orochi: The Recollective Redux Part 2.3: Shu Story B

The Orochi Story was the only story that had a full consecutive story. All other kingdoms (with the exception of Jin) have two separate stories based on the original stories in Warriors Orochi 1 and 2.

Initial Characters: Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Xingcai, Liu Shan, Guan Xing, Guan Yinping, Sun Shangxiang, Hanzō Hattori, Yoshimoto Imagawa, Tadakatsu Honda, Ina, Naotora Ii, Ieyasu Tokugawa, Munenori Yagyū, Nobuyuki Sanada, Naomasa Ii

Chapter 9: Battle of Shiting 石亭の戦い

Shu Army and Taigong Wang Army vs. Da Ji Army Allied characters: Liu Bei, Sun Shangxiang, Naotora Ii Third-party characters: Taigong Wang, Zuo Ci Enemy characters: Da Ji, Dong Zhuo

Unlocked characters: Taigong Wang, Zuo Ci

Following the death of Orochi, the remnants of Orochi’s army rose up to attack, bringing chaos back to the land. Liu Bei meets with Ieyasu Tokugawa and Yoshimoto Imagawa to form an alliance. Zhuge Liang reports that Da Ji has been hiding in Shiting since Orochi’s death. Liu Bei decides to attack her.

Naotora appears in the north of the battlefield at the start of this battle.

After defeating Da Ji, Taigong Wang and Zuo Ci will join Liu Bei.

Chapter 10: Battle of Saika 雑賀の戦い

Shu Army and Zhao Yun Army vs. Date Army Allied characters: Ieyasu Tokugawa, Hanzō Hattori Third-party characters: Zhao Yun, Wei Yan, Zhang Bao, Fa Zheng Enemy characters: Masamune Date, Keiji Maeda, Sima Shi, Kojūrō Katakura, Yu Jin

Unlocked characters: Zhao Yun, Wei Yan, Zhang Bao, Fa Zheng

Working on a plan of her own, Da Ji joins forces with Masamune Date, who was a part of Orochi’s army before his death. Ieyasu offers to speak with Masamune and sets off for the Saika territories.

Fa Zheng does not appear at the start of the battle, but he will appear later with Zhao Yun’s army in the southeastern garrison. Sima Shi appears in place of Sima Zhao in this battle.

In the aftermath, Ieyasu will speak to Masamune about joining him. He will decline and retreat. Taigong Wang deduces that Da Ji must be buying time by having the Shu forces fight Masamune. Zhao Yun states that Zhuge Liang thought the same thing, which was why he sent him to fight with Ieyasu and the others.

Chapter 11: Battle of Nagashino 長篠の戦い

Shu Army and Lu Xun Army vs. Lu Bu Army Allied characters: Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, Tadakatsu Honda, Naomasa Ii Third-party characters: Lu Xun, Zhu Ran Enemy characters: Lu Bu, Diaochan, Chen Gong, Lu Lingqi

Unlocked characters: Lu Xun, Zhu Ran

Zhang Fei discovers Lu Bu heading towards Nagashino and reports this to Liu Bei. They set off to face him, with Guan Yu defending the main camp.

Naomasa Ii replaces Fa Zheng in this battle. Lu Lingqi will be in the central garrison, replacing the defence captain for the catapults; defeating her will stop the catapults.

Lu Xun and Zhu Ran will join the Shu forces in the aftermath of the battle. Lu Xun will inform Liu Bei that Wu is dealing with another threat – Kiyomori Taira.

Chapter 12: Battle of the Wuhang Mountains 五行山の戦い

Shu Army and Akechi Army vs. Sun Wukong Army Allied characters: Liu Shan, Xingcai, Ina, Nobuyuki Sanada, Fa Zheng Third-party characters: Mitsuhide Akechi, Gracia, Koshōshō Enemy characters: Sun Wukong, Dong Zhuo, Diamondback

Unlocked characters: Mitsuhide Akechi, Gracia, Koshōshō

Xingcai and Ina are leading a unit of reconnaissance troops along with Liu Shan, Nobuyuki Sanada and Fa Zheng. Their intention is to gather information on Kiyomori, but they encounter Mitsuhide Akechi and two other women trapped in a carriage.

Koshōshō is the other woman in the carriage alongside Gracia. Nobuyuki Sanada replaces Tadatomo Honda in this battle.

Chapter 13: Battle of Jiameng Gate 葭萌関の戦い

Shu Army and Zhang Liao Army vs. Taira Army Allied characters: Guan Yu, Li Yan, Wei Yan, Guan Xing, Guan Yinping Third-party characters: Zhang Liao, Li Dian, Yue Jin Enemy characters: Kiyomori Taira, Sun Wukong, Dong Zhuo

Unlocked characters: Zhang Liao, Li Dian, Yue Jin

Guan Yu spots Kiyomori’s camp and sets out with his army to attack him, hoping to test his strength.

Guan Xing and Guan Yinping replace Liu Pi and Lei Tong in this battle.

Zhang Liao pledges his aid to Guan Yu in the aftermath of this battle, joining the Shu Army alongside Li Dian and Yue Jin.

Chapter 14: Battle of Odani Castle 小谷城の戦い

Shu Army and Zhuge Liang Army vs. Da Ji Army Allied characters: Taigong Wang, Lu Xun, Zhu Ran, Draco Third-party characters: Zhuge Liang, Yueying, Guan Suo, Bao Sanniang Enemy characters: Da Ji, Himiko

Unlocked characters: Zhuge Liang, Yueying, Guan Suo, Bao Sanniang

Taigong Wang discovers that Da Ji is hiding in Odani Castle. He sets out with Lu Xun and Zhu Ran to chase her.

Bao Sanniang appears in place of Guan Xing when Zhuge Liang arrives with reinforcements.

In the aftermath, Da Ji and Himiko are being taken to Liu Bei, but their carriage is attacked by Kiyomori, who takes them and escapes. Zhuge Liang, Yueying and their allies join Taigong Wang and the Shu Army.

Chapter 15: Battle of Koshi Castle 古志城の戦い

Shu Army vs. Taira Army Allied characters: Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, Mitsuhide Akechi, Li Dian, Naomasa Ii, Zhang Bao, Guan Suo Enemy characters: Kiyomori Taira, Da Ji, Sun Wukong, Diamondback

Inside Koshi Castle, Kiyomori is using Himiko’s body for a spell. Liu Bei sends Zhao Yun and his best men to raid the castle.

Li Dian replaces Kazumasa Ishikawa and Naomasa Ii replaces Mototada Torii in this battle.

After defeating Kiyomori, Zhao Yun will break into the inner part of the castle, but he is too late to stop the prayer ceremony as Orochi’s voice confronts him, signifying his resurrection and reappearance at the Wuzhang Plains.

Chapter 16: Battle of Wuzhang Plains 五丈原の戦い

Shu Army vs. Orochi Army Allied characters: Liu Bei, Taigong Wang, Zuo Ci, Yoshimoto Imagawa, Guan Suo, Bao Sanniang, Yue Jin, Munenori Yagyū Enemy characters: Orochi X, Da Ji, Himiko, Sima Yi, Zhang Chunhua, Masamune Date, Kojūrō Katakura, Dodomeki

Some variations have been made for the Chapter 16 battles against Orochi X. In each faction’s version, they will fight four of Orochi’s main generals. In this version of the battle, those generals will be Da Ji, Himiko, Sima Yi and Masamune Date.

Bao Sanniang appears in place of Mototsuna Okabe while Yoshimoto Imagawa will appear in place of Hidemitsu Akechi. Zhang Chunhua will advance with Sima Yi and his phantom soldiers.

In the aftermath, Liu Bei thanks Taigong Wang for his help and vice versa. Taigong Wang farewells the Shu Army, returning to the mystic realm.

Shu’s story ends here. Next up will be Wei’s story!

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Warriors Orochi: The Recollective Redux Part 2.2: Shu Side Stages

Some conditions in this have been made easier than in the original game, particularly with Musashi.

Chapter 2-X: Ambush at Nanzhong 南中突破戦 (uses DW5 Battle of Nanzhong map)

Coalition Army and Jiang Wei Army vs. Orochi Army Allied characters: Zhao Yun, Yoshihiro Shimazu, Toyohisa Shimazu, Ginchiyo Tachibana Third-party characters: Jiang Wei Enemy characters: Zhang He, Daqiao

Unlockable character: Jiang Wei

Clear Chapter 1 to unlock this stage.

Hearing that Zhao Yun has escaped Ueda Castle, Jiang Wei offers to join him. They meet at Nanzhong, where Jiang Wei tells Zhao Yun that the road ahead is blocked by the Orochi Army. Yoshihiro suggests luring them out and Jiang Wei decides to follow this plan. Jiang Wei retreats, leaving Zhao Yun and Yoshihiro to act as bait, luring the enemy units from the west and east.

Be careful not to attack the enemy, otherwise the ambush will fail and enemy pursuit units will arrive from Ueda Castle to reinforce the enemy. If the ambush succeeds, Jiang Wei will be unlocked. Defeat Zhang He and Daqiao to win the battle.

Chapter 3-X: Battle of Shizugatake 賤ヶ岳の戦い

Coalition Army and Hōjō Army vs. Orochi Army Allied characters: Yukimura Sanada, Nobuyuki Sanada, Wei Yan, Yueying Third-party characters: Ujimasa Hōjō, Ujinori Uesugi, Ujinao Hōjō, Norihide Matsuda, Ujiteru Hōjō Enemy characters: Pang De, Cao Ren, Jia Xu, Diamondback

Unlockable character: Pang De

Clear Chapter 3 to unlock this stage.

An uprising led by the Hōjō Army was being forcibly suppressed by the Orochi Army, led by Pang De. Seeing the struggle firsthand, Pang De was ashamed at his cowardice.

Nobuyuki Sanada replaces Teruzumi Akashi in this battle.

On the battlefield, the Hōjō Army will be in the east as enemy ambush troops attack them. Ujimasa and his troops are wavering on whether to stand their ground or surrender to Orochi.

To unlock Pang De, the player needs to rescue at least three Hōjō officers before defeating him.

Chapter 4-X: Escape from Chibi 赤壁逃亡戦

Coalition Army and Okuni Troop vs. Brigand Army Allied characters: Wei Yan, Xingcai Third-party characters: Okuni Enemy characters: Goemon Ishikawa, Kotarō Fūma, Musashi Miyamoto

Unlockable character: Goemon Ishikawa

Clear Chapter 3-X to unlock this stage.

Wei Yan’s treasure was stolen by the master thief Goemon Ishikawa. The treasure was a gift from Liu Bei and was valued by Wei Yan. Wei Yan enlists Xingcai’s help and they set off to the Huarong Pass near the cliffs of Chibi.

Shigekata Tōgō replaces Munenori Yagyū in this battle.

To unlock Goemon, destroy all ten treasure boxes before defeating him. Every time one is destroyed, Goemon will slow down. Goemon’s miscreants along with Kotarō Fūma will stop the player along the way. Okuni will also slow Goemon down as he reaches the ships in the south, forcing him to turn back and head to the ships in the southwest. Musashi will also help Goemon, but upon his defeat, Wei Yan tells him that Goemon stole his treasure, leading him to defect and help to stop Goemon.

Chapter 5-X: Battle of Jieting 街亭の戦い

Coalition Army and Gracia Troop vs. Orochi Army Allied characters: Magoichi Saika, Zhurong, Xingcai Third-party characters: Gracia Enemy characters: Masamune Date, Sun Shangxiang, Lianshi, Kojūrō Katakura, Hisahide Matsunaga, Munenori Yagyū

Unlockable character: Gracia

Clear Chapter 4 to unlock this stage.

Masamune Date set up his camp in Jieting, hoping to force the surrender of Zhao Yun. Zhao Yun sends out Magoichi to lead the battle, accompanied by Zhurong and Xingcai. When they got there, Magoichi sees Gracia and goes to her rescue; in return for finding her, Gracia decides to help Magoichi in this battle.

This is one of few stages where the unlockable character is different from the original. This was done to maintain Masamune’s status as a staunch officer of the Orochi Army (and to account for future appearances in other stories).

More enemy officers will appear around the battlefield, with the addition of playable officers Lianshi, Hisahide Matsunaga and Munenori Yagyū. Lianshi appears in place of Dong Xi, while Hisahide and Munenori are in the south and east respectively.

To unlock Gracia, finish the battle with the pincer attack successful. Otherwise, she will farewell Magoichi and continue wandering the land on her own.

Chapter 6-X: Battle of Tetorigawa 手取川の戦い

Coalition Army and Swordsman Troop vs. Orochi Army Allied characters: Meng Huo, Zhurong Third-party characters: Musashi Miyamoto Enemy characters: Mitsunari Ishida, Lu Bu, Zhang He, Ina, Lu Lingqi, Jia Xu, Kojirō Sasaki

Unlockable character: Musashi Miyamoto

Clear Chapter 6 to unlock this stage.

Meng Huo and Zhurong were sent to Tetorigawa to find Liu Bei, but they discovered a band of swordsmen fighting against Orochi’s forces. The swordsmen were led by the mighty warrior Musashi Miyamoto. Meng Huo and Zhurong rush to his aid.

Lu Lingqi appears in place of Yue Jin in this battle. Shigekata Tōgō replaces Munenori Yagyū in this battle. Jia Xu and Kojirō Sasaki will appear with the enemy reinforcements that Mitsunari sends out.

The unlock conditions for Musashi are easier than in the original game. Open the floodgate within 8 minutes of the start of the battle; his allies can be defeated but Musashi must stay alive.

Chapter 7-X: Battle of Xiliang 西涼の戦い

Coalition Army and Honda Army vs. Orochi Army Allied characters: Yukimura Sanada, Nobuyuki Sanada, Peasant (x3) Third-party characters: Tadakatsu Honda Enemy characters: Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu, Diamondback

Unlockable character: Tadakatsu Honda (1/4)

Clear Chapter 6-X to unlock this stage.

Across the land, people were fleeing from Orochi-controlled territories to escape his rule. Dong Zhuo declared that any caught fleeing would be executed. To demonstrate his point, Dong Zhuo launched an attack on Xiliang. Hearing news of this, Yukimura Sanada rushed to Xiliang to defend the innocent people from slaughter.

Nobuyuki appears alongside his brother in this battle.

This is one of four battles required to unlock Tadakatsu Honda. To impress him, allow all three peasants to escape. A good strategy is to follow them during their advance.

Chapter 8-X: Battle of Mikatagahara 三方ヶ原の戦い

Coalition Army and Zuo Ci Army vs. Orochi Army Allied characters: Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Guan Xing, Zhang Bao, Guan Suo, Xingcai, Bao Sanniang, Guan Yinping, Fa Zheng Third-party characters: Zuo Ci, Xiahou Dun Enemy characters: Orochi, Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu, Chen Gong, Diamondback

Unlockable character: Lu Bu (1/4)

In Chapter 7, escape Edo Castle with your allies within 3 minutes (originally 2) after the fire attack starts to unlock this stage.

After the battle of Edo Castle, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei turned upon Orochi to atone for their past sins. Following them were their children, accompanied by the strategist Fa Zheng. In response, Orochi sent Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu to put down this insurrection.

The only allied generic officer on the battlefield is Zhou Cang. With the exception of Fa Zheng, all other generic officers have been replaced with the Guan/Zhang babies and Bao Sanniang.

Orochi will appear in this battle if Chapter 8 has been cleared.

This is one of four battles required to unlock Lu Bu. To impress him, just defeat him without running away from him.

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Warriors Orochi: The Recollective Redux Part 2.1: Shu Story A

In the initial conflict with Orochi, the Shu kingdom was defeated among others, with one of its officers, Zhao Yun, being held in Ueda Castle. This is the beginning of the story…

Initial characters: Zhao Yun, Xingcai, Yoshihiro Shimazu

Chapter 1: Battle of Ueda Castle 上田城の戦い

Coalition Army and Zuo Ci Army vs. Orochi Army Allied characters: Zhao Yun, Xingcai, Yoshihiro Shimazu Third-party characters: Zuo Ci, Zhang Bao, Ginchiyo Tachibana, Toyohisa Shimazu Enemy characters: Cao Ren, Diamondback, Deng Ai, Zhong Hui, Yue Jin, Diaochan, Zhang He

Unlocked characters: Zhang Bao, Ginchiyo Tachibana, Toyohisa Shimazu

In a cell inside Ueda Castle, Zhao Yun is losing hope, when Zuo Ci arrived with Xingcai and Yoshihiro Shimazu, bringing news that Liu Bei is still alive. Zuo Ci helps Zhao Yun escape, then tells him to head towards the west towards the escape point.

As they pass the path leading to where Zhang Bao is being held prisoner, Xingcai will inform Zhao Yun about this. Rescuing him is optional; if you rescue him, he will join Zuo Ci in distracting the Orochi Army, but even if you don’t rescue him (or if he is defeated), he will still join you at the end of the battle, having managed to find the group.

Mamushi is moved next to Cottonhead outside the northwestern garrison and thus Ginchiyo won’t appear until you head there to trigger his line.

Zhong Hui is in the east of the battlefield. He and Deng Ai will have lines when Zuo Ci appears to engage Cao Ren.

Toyohisa Shimazu will appear to engage Yue Jin when you approach the southwestern garrison. Diaochan is the other officer that appears alongside Yue Jin, with Xing Daorong moved to the northeast of the battlefield.

The player can defeat Cao Ren or Zhang He to escape the battlefield.

Chapter 2: Battle of Hasedō 長谷堂の戦い

Coalition Army and Yueying Army vs. Orochi Army Allied characters: Zhao Yun, Zhang Bao, Toyohisa Shimazu Third-party characters: Yueying, Magoichi Saika Enemy characters: Yoshitsugu Ōtani, Da Ji, Pang De, Zhuge Liang, Guan Suo, Kojūrō Katakura, Mitsunari Ishida

Unlocked characters: Yueying, Magoichi Saika

Spotting Yueying captured by the Orochi Army, Zhao Yun and others head to her assistance. On the way, they meet Magoichi Saika, who also intends on rescuing Yueying.

Due to Guan Suo being upgraded to be a playable character, he will have some lines with Zhao Yun when he approaches him in the forest, but he will not reveal who is commanding him.

Chapter 3: Battle of Chengdu 成都の戦い

Coalition Army and Wei Yan Army vs. Yuan Shao Army → Da Ji Army Allied characters: Zhao Yun, Magoichi Saika, Yueying Third-party characters: Wei Yan, Xu Shu, Guan Yinping, Bao Sanniang Enemy characters: Yuan Shao, Yukimura Sanada, Nobuyuki Sanada, Da Ji

Unlocked characters: Wei Yan, Yukimura Sanada, Nobuyuki Sanada, Xu Shu, Guan Yinping, Bao Sanniang

When asked of Liu Bei’s whereabouts, Magoichi mentions a girl seeing him in Chengdu. Zhao Yun immediately heads there, but they find that Chengdu is being attacked by Yuan Shao and Yukimura Sanada, tricked into thinking that the soldiers there were the spirits of the dead revived by Orochi.

Xu Shu, Guan Yinping and Bao Sanniang replace generic officers Wu Lan, Lei Tong and Liao Hua in Chengdu Castle alongside Wei Yan.

After Yukimura and Nobuyuki are defeated, they will join the Coalition Army.

Chapter 4: Battle of Nanzhong 南中の戦い (uses DW5 Conquest of Nanzhong map)

Coalition Army and Meng Huo Army vs. Orochi Army Allied characters: Zhao Yun, Magoichi Saika Third-party characters: Meng Huo, Zhurong Enemy characters: Sima Yi, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Chen Gong, Diamondback, Sima Shi, Sima Zhao, Zhang Chunhua, Wang Yuanji, Jia Chong

Unlocked characters: Meng Huo, Zhurong

Zhao Yun’s Coalition Army chases Da Ji south to the lands of Nanzhong, where Meng Huo and his army managed to maintain its independence from Orochi. However, Sima Yi was about to unleash a plan to wipe out the Nanman tribes.

In addition to Wei officers Zhang Liao and Xu Huang, Sima Yi’s family, Jia Chong and Chen Gong also appear in this battle.

In the aftermath, Meng Huo and the Nanman army join Zhao Yun’s coalition. Magoichi hears that “someone big” is being held in Wu.

Chapter 5: Battle of Wujun 呉郡の戦い

Coalition Army (and Yuan Shao Troop) vs. Orochi Army Allied characters: Ship Captain, Zhao Yun, Yukimura Sanada Third-party characters: Yuan Shao Enemy characters: Dong Zhuo, Lu Lingqi, Zhuge Liang, Fa Zheng, Sun Quan, Zhou Tai, Lianshi

Unlocked characters: Yuan Shao

After gaining intelligence that Liu Bei was being held in Xindi Castle, Zhao Yun and his men head to the Wu territories to find him. The Wu Army is being led by Sun Quan, serving under Orochi.

Lu Lingqi appears alongside Dong Min in the southeastern garrison where you pass through to defeat Zhuge Liang, who also needs to be defeated alongside Sun Quan.

Lianshi will appear alongside Sun Quan and Zhou Tai.

In the aftermath, Yuan Shao decides to join Zhao Yun and his army. He also knows where Liu Bei is being held, but he forgets where it is.

Chapter 6: Battle of Hulao Gate 虎牢関の戦い

Coalition Army and Sun Ce Army vs. Orochi Army Allied characters: Zhao Yun Third-party characters: Sun Ce, Zhou Yu, Naotora Ii, Han Dang Enemy characters: Sima Yi, Cao Ren, Diaochan, Sima Shi, Zhang Chunhua, Deng Ai, Zhong Hui, Kotarō Fūma

Struggling to understand Zhuge Liang’s actions, Zhao Yun arrives at Hulao Gate, where Sun Ce is being attacked by Sima Yi of the Orochi Army. Zhao Yun advances to save him.

In this battle, Zhang Chunhua replaces Guo Huai, Sima Shi replaces the generic Sima Zhao and two generic officers will replace Xiahou Ba in the centre. In the southwest just past where Diaochan is, Deng Ai, Zhong Hui and a generic officer will be stationed there. There was also a messenger at the enemy main camp who doesn’t seem to serve any purpose other than to give 600 EXP when defeated. He is removed in this version.

In Sun Ce’s forces, Naotora Ii appears in place of Liu Gui (Han) and Han Dang replaces Zhu Ran for the execution of the fire attack.

After the battle, Sun Ce thanks Zhao Yun for his help, but says that he has to rescue his father at Ōsaka Castle. This triggers Yuan Shao’s memory, who says that Liu Bei is being held in Edo Castle.

Chapter 7: Battle of Edo Castle 江戸城の戦い

Coalition Army and Sun Ce Army vs. Orochi Army Allied characters: Zhao Yun, Bao Sanniang, Guan Yinping, Nobuyuki Sanada, Xu Shu Third-party characters: Sun Ce, Naomasa Ii Enemy characters: Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Diamondback, Fa Zheng, Guan Xing, Guan Suo, Liu Shan, Zhuge Liang, Da Ji

Unlocked characters: Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Liu Shan, Guan Xing, Guan Suo, Fa Zheng

Zhao Yun quickly arrives at Edo Castle to rescue Liu Bei, following Yuan Shao’s recollections. Zhao Yun, Bao Sanniang and Zhang Bao head for the castle keep while Nobuyuki Sanada and Xu Shu act as bait to the enemy from the southern gate to the eastern gate.

In the southwest, Bao Sanniang appears in place of Zhang Bao and Guan Yinping appears in place of Wang Ping. Zhang Bao will have encounter lines with Zhang Fei and Guan Xing when you play as him. In the south, Xu Shu appears in place of Matabei Gotō, with Matabei’s lines being said by Nobuyuki Sanada in this battle.

Fa Zheng and Ma Su swap places in this battle, with Fa Zheng being in the keep while Ma Su is inside the western gate of Edo Castle.

Upon reaching the top floor of the main keep, there is an event with Liu Shan, Guan Xing and Guan Suo, who replace Shigezane Date, Dōkyū Yamagami and Shigenaga Honjō as the ambush unit there.

After Da Ji and Zhuge Liang are defeated, Zhuge Liang initially helps her escape, but then he traps her. Zhuge Liang reveals that he was waiting for Da Ji to drop her guard since she knows where Liu Bei is being held.

Sun Ce and Zhao Yun farewell each other, deciding that they will defeat Orochi with their own comrades. All the Shu officers in the battle join Zhao Yun and Zhuge Liang in defeating Orochi and rescuing Liu Bei.

Chapter 8: Battle of Koshi Castle 古志城の戦い

Coalition Army vs. Orochi Army Allied characters: Liu Shan, Zhuge Liang, Zhao Yun, Zhang Bao Enemy characters: Orochi, Da Ji, Lu Bu, Keiji Maeda, Diamondback

Unlocked characters: Liu Bei

Some variations have been made to the Chapter 8 Koshi Castle battles. In each faction’s version, they will fight one of Orochi’s main generals with the exception of Da Ji and Lu Bu, who will appear in each version. In this version of the battle, that general will be Keiji Maeda.

Liu Shan is added to this battle and is also one of the defeat conditions alongside Zhuge Liang.

After Orochi’s defeat, Liu Bei is freed and everyone goes to greet him.

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Warriors Orochi: The Recollective Redux Part 1: Introduction and Features

Introduction

In 2015, I created Warriors Orochi: The Recollective (named after the intended localised name of Musou Orochi Z) as a way of sharing my take on a combined remaster of the first two Warriors Orochi games using the characters from Dynasty Warriors 8 Xtreme Legends (and Xun Yu from Empires) and Samurai Warriors 4-II. Over the next 8 years to 2023, Warriors Orochi 4 came out (to low expectations) and I started playing basically every Warriors game I could get on the gaming PC I built.

While looking back on this series, I realised that I forgot a few characters in some places and I also noticed that some maps I had were duplicated and that it didn’t make sense to essentially have four less stages for Jin with the split route design I had back in 2015. In short, it was time for me to do a refresh of this series and reflect on some of the decisions I made for it in light of Warriors Orochi 4’s release.

The spirit of this project remains – I wanted to give some characters more screentime compared to the original games and I wanted to make the character unlock conditions for some characters easier (most notably the unlock condition for Wu’s Chapter 8-X to unlock Lu Bu).

Without further ado, please enjoy my 2023 remake of Warriors Orochi: The Recollective. Posts will be released every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

Abilities/Items/Treasures will not be detailed in this series.

Changes from the original series

I realised that it was easier to leave the maps from the original games instead of adapting them to the maps from newer games. As such, all original stages from Musou Orochi Z retain their original designs from Dynasty Warriors 5, Samurai Warriors 2 and their Xtreme Legends expansions.

Some new stages from the newer Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors games, namely those that haven’t been featured in Warriors Orochi 3 or 4, are used for the original stages in this game.

The Dream Mode adaptation stages from the Orochi and Wei stories (for Sanzang, Benkei, Orochi’s backstory and Orochi X) along with the side stories in the Orochi Story Mode have been removed.

The first four stages of Jin’s upper and lower routes (which have been renamed the Sima Yi and Sima Zhao routes) have been unmerged and the stages divided into either one of the two routes.

Both the Orochi and Jin stories have been reorganised and new stages have been written to fill in the gaps.

Originally, I neglected to feature Jia Xu, Wang Yuanji, Wang Yi and Yu Jin in the A stories and Naomasa Ii and Guo Jia in the B stories. As such, the officers appearing in each battle have been balanced (to the best of my ability) so as to allow all playable officers to appear as allies or enemies at least once.

Side stages where more than one character can be unlocked have been changed with the extra characters being moved to the A stories for Jin.

The unlock stages for Dong Zhuo, Keiji Maeda and Masamune Date have been changed so that Koshōshō‎‎, Lu Lingqi and Gracia are unlocked instead. This is to retain the former three officers’ statuses as staunch officers of the Orochi Army.

Game features

All Story Mode and Dream Mode stages from Musou Orochi Z are adapted into this game, with certain generic officers upgraded to playable officers where applicable.

8 original stages have been added to the Orochi story to bring it in line with the other stories. Those stages will also cover how Himiko, Kiyomori Taira and Sun Wukong joined the Orochi Army.

Two original stories have been created for the Jin kingdom, following Sima Yi and Sima Zhao respectively. This is to allow room for newer characters to be featured (where they wouldn’t fit in the other stories).

Shennong, Diamondback and Hundun are added as bonus characters from Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate with their own scenarios in Dream Mode (like Sanzang and Benkei).

An additional 40 stages have been added to Dream Mode to accommodate the newer characters (but I won’t be detailing them in this series).

Some unlock conditions for the characters in the Warriors Orochi side story battles have been made easier.

Features in battle

Summoning horses is similar to that of Dynasty Warriors 8: press the up/down button to call your horse and hold the button to automatically mount it.

Dynasty Warriors characters have two EX attacks. All characters use their weapons from DW8XL (except for Xun Yu whose weapon is from DW8E).

Samurai Warriors characters have the Hyper Attack Moveset (Shinsoku Action). Mighty Strikes (Tate) are unfortunately removed, but they regain the ability to perform a Dash Attack (adapted from the Shadow Dodge follow-on).

Musou attacks:

Dynasty Warriors characters use a ground Musou Attack that takes up a portion of the Musou gauge. The Rage Musou is used as the True Musou Attack (that is, when your health is at red or when you have a weapon with the skill Verity).

Samurai Warriors characters use up the full Musou gauge. They will have the finisher when they use their normal Musou attack. In the True Musou Attack, the Ultimate (Kaiden/Frenzy) Musou is used following the normal Musou attack in the style of Samurai Warriors 3/Warriors Orochi 3.

Character types and combat systems are the same as in Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate, save for the True Triple Attack, True Musou Burst and changing battle styles (all 3 characters on the battlefield). Musou Chains (WOZ)/Musou Switch Combos (WO4) are not used.

When the character’s life is in the red or if you have a weapon with the skill Teamwork, a Triple Attack can be used like in Warriors Orochi 2.

New Characters

All older characters will follow their configurations as per Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate, including Special Attacks and Aerial Special Attacks (Type Actions). However, it should be noted that some Dynasty Warriors characters have changed weapons in either DW7E or DW8. After testing their Special Moves, I can see that most of their Special Moves can be retained, however they can be changed if they are too hard to adapt to their new weapon (ie. Cao Ren and Huang Gai, aerial only for the latter). Newer characters debuting in newer games will require original Special Attacks and Aerial Special Attacks to be created.

Below are lists of predicted character types for the newer characters (and predicted Musou Attacks for the Dynasty Warriors characters). Since Warriors Orochi 4 has come out, I’m going to see how many of these I got right.

New Power Characters

Cao Ren (uses normal Musou, Charging Bull 廬山)

Li Dian (uses R1 Musou, Royal Lightning 雷公)

Han Dang (uses normal Musou, Hostile Action 怒気開放)

Guan Yinping (uses R1 Musou, Sparring Practice 組手)

Xiahou Ba (uses R1 Musou, Castle Crusher 崩城轟雷撃)

Kagekatsu Uesugi

Toyohisa Shimazu

Reflection:

In regards to Musous for DW characters, I matched Li Dian and Han Dang; Guan Yinping uses her normal Musou, Military Training 演武.

When I originally wrote this series, I was unaware that Xiahou Ba had changed weapons and Musous in DW7 Empires. Although he maintains the same character type between WO3 and WO4, he actually uses his normal Musou, Lightning Spear 雷貫槍 in WO4. The same goes for Cao Ren as well; he used his R1 Musou, Cascading Falls 瀑布 in WO3.

In regards to character types, I matched Li Dian, Han Dang, Kagekatsu Uesugi and Toyohisa Shimazu. Guan Yinping and Kojūrō Katakura are Speed type characters in WO4.

New Technique Characters

Lu Su (uses normal Musou, Boulder Wave 岩隆波)

Zhang Bao (uses normal Musou, Rapid Thrust 連刃千撃)

Fa Zheng (uses R1 Musou, Binder 始伏陣)

Takatora Tōdō

Nobuyuki Sanada

Lady Hayakawa

Reflection:

In regards to Musous for DW characters, I matched Zhang Bao and Fa Zheng; Lu Su uses his R1 Musou, Mountain Strike 大山隆落衝.

In regards to character types, I matched Lu Su, Fa Zheng and Lady Hayakawa. Zhang Bao is a Power Type, while Takatora Tōdō and Nobuyuki Sanada are Speed Types in WO4.

New Speed Characters

Yue Jin (uses R1 Musou, Flurried Strike 震身連斬)

Xun Yu (uses R1 Musou, Divine Emperor Formation 天煌翔覇陣)

Zhu Ran (uses normal Musou, Conflagration Arrow 烈火椋穿弾)

Guan Xing (uses normal Musou, Skyslider 天空滑閃)

Jia Chong (uses R1 Musou, Darkness Blade - Destruction 闇刃・滅)

Zhang Chunhua (uses normal Musou, Crazed Web 狂沸糸)

Chen Gong (uses R1 Musou, Puppeteer - Submission 召兵劇・伏)

Naotora Ii

Yoshitsugu Ōtani

Koshōshō

Reflection:

In regards to Musous for DW characters, I matched Yue Jin, Zhu Ran, Guan Xing, Jia Chong and Zhang Chunhua; Xun Yu uses his normal Musou, Comet Formation (流煌陣) with the pillars activated through his C1, while Chen Gong uses his normal Musou, Puppeteer – Horizontal (召兵劇・横).

In regards to character types, I matched all of the DW characters except Guan Xing and Zhang Chunhua; said characters alongside the SW characters are all Technique types.

New Wonder Characters

Yu Jin (uses normal Musou, Cauterisation 灼絶)

Wen Yang (uses R1 Musou, Instant Flash 奥義・逆鱗閃)

Lu Lingqi (uses R1 Musou, Zero Point 零鋒覇)

Munenori Yagyū

Hisahide Matsunaga

Naomasa Ii

Reflection:

In regards to Musous for DW characters, I did not match any of them; Yu Jin uses his R1 Musou, Hell Blade 獄刃, Wen Yang uses his normal Musou, Raging Billows 八十一鱗, and Lu Lingqi uses her normal Musou, Angel Blade 天翔刃.

In regards to character types, the Wonder type is removed and incorporated into the Technique type in WO4. If we take this assumption into this series, only Munenori Yagyū, being a Technique type, would have matched my prediction. With the exception of Naomasa Ii who is a Speed type character, other listed characters are Power types in WO4.

Unlock conditions for other characters:

Orochi/Da Ji (Orochi story): Clear Chapter 8 for the Shu, Wei, Wu and SW stories.

Zuo Ci: Clear Chapter 8 for the Shu, Wei, Wu and SW stories.

Dodomeki: Obtain 10 treasures.

Gyūki: Obtain 20 treasures.

Sanzang: Clear Chapter 16 for Wei.

Benkei: Clear Chapter 16 for Wu.

Orochi Z: Clear Chapter 16 for all stories.

Shennong: Clear Chapter 16 for SW.

Diamondback: Obtain 25 treasures.

Hundun: Unlock all other characters.

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Introducing: Koei Warriors Retrospective - the new Koei Warriors Rant Series (1000th Post Special)

In 2014, I began the Koei Warriors Rant Series in an effort to speculate the reason why Koei Tecmo weren't localising their games with English dubbing and hopefully find or get an official response. Two years later, this was followed by the Dub Logistics series in an attempt to broaden it to the wider scope of the Japanese gaming industry and English Dubbed Game News, a Facebook page intended as a counter to the Undub page informing fans about the localisation status of Japanese games.

For a number of years after that, I was calling out the duplicity of Koei Tecmo's PR and the intolerance of their fanbase and other non-English dub fans. In 2018-19, I ended my English dub rants, left the Koei Tecmo fanbase and deactivated EDGN after the dishonourable disgrace that was Dynasty Warriors 9. Then, when the pandemic happened in 2020, I decided to start indulging my guilty pleasure of playing my favourite hack-and-slash games from the company that made subpar localisations of those games despite knowing what they did and feeling bitter (yet somehow vindicated) over it.

In late 2021, I built a gaming PC and moved my games from my laptop (which was faster than my old PC) to it. At the start of 2022, I learnt that PS3 emulation was a thing and I decided that I had no excuse to not play the Koei Warriors games released for the PS3, with most of those releases not receiving PC ports. I also went on to play the newer PS4 games through their PC ports and went back to the older games on the PS2 and PSP (the latter I was already doing on my old PC during the preceding years).

Around the same time, I realised that in all the years I had been ranting about English dubs and localisation in Koei Warriors games and Japanese games in general, there was one thing I never did; I never really talked about the games themselves. As I played through the games, I had opinions about certain mechanics and issues with certain aspects of the games outside of localisation, some that fans know and some that fans may not know. So let's change that.

After being delayed by two years due to various factors, I am proud to announce the relaunch of the Koei Warriors Rant Series in a new format called Koei Warriors Retrospective. In each instalment of this new series I'll be talking about each generation of Dynasty Warriors, Samurai Warriors and Warriors Orochi games along with their expansions and spin-offs on consoles, handhelds and PC (mobile games will not be covered). I'll also look into where Koei Tecmo went wrong for the Warriors games to be in the current state they're in. In a way, it's like WildcatWeather's "I Played EVERY Warriors Game" series, but more in depth, particularly with games that were exclusive to Japan where WildcatWeather only touched on them in his videos (as his focus was only on games released in the West).

Some things to note here - I will be reviewing Warriors All-Stars at some point, but there are some games that I will be unable to properly review for various reasons that I will mention during the series:

Jan Sangoku Musou/Dynasty Warriors Mahjong (雀・三國無双)

Dynasty Warriors Online (真・三國無双 Online)

Samurai Warriors Katana (戦国無双 KATANA)

Dynasty Warriors Next (真・三國無双 NEXT)

In addition, I have also prepared non-retrospective material that will be posted gradually. Aside from the list of recycled maps from DW6 being used in DW7, there are two other series coming up, namely Warriors Orochi: The Recollective Redux (a redo of the 2015 series) and the Dynasty Warriors Weapon Moveset Power Rankings (a review of the weapon movesets in DW7 and DW8). Other plans are also in the works as well, but for now, enjoy the lineup as I commemorate 20 years of me playing Dynasty Warriors games and 10 years of the Koei Warriors Rant Series.

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Kisekae Insights #50: Kamen Rider Zi-O Part 8: Background

After a month of non-stop typing in preparation, we have finally reached the end of this Kamen Rider Zi-O miniseries. In this instalment, not only will I be talking about the background to this series, I’ll also talk a little bit about the overarching Final Kamen Rider Chronicle along with the three Chronicle series broadcast from 2019 to 2021. At the end, there will be a song list of music featured in all three works.

Background to Zi-O and The Final Kamen Rider Chronicle

Kamen Rider Zi-O was created as part of The Final Kamen Rider Chronicle, an trilogy of Rider series alongside Ex-Aid and Build created in lieu of a fifth series for Three Kingdoms and Soulbound.

Each series was allocated 40 episodes of 45 minutes in length, making it the equivalent to 80 episodes in half-hour timeslots. This was the amount of time I gave the creators of the other two series’ adaptations for which to adapt the entirety of the series content, including the crossover winter movies, the traditional summer movie, the post-series V-Cinemas, the Hyper Battle DVDs and other web/media specials. Naturally, you can imagine what the other two teams felt when I announced After Quartzer. To be fair, though, Ex-Aid and Build haven’t had any other self-contained post-series specials and the Decade/Zi-O miniseries came out in 2021.

The Final Kamen Rider Chronicle was announced in June 2019 for broadcast in July 2020. Initially, it was delayed by a year due to the coronavirus lockdowns, but when the fourth lockdown hit, I decided to do away with the scheduling and let the creators release the series when they were ready. The fact that I intended this trilogy to be broadcast 5 times a week and I had started working full-time did not help things, as these delays were made worse by Soulbound Series 4 not being completed at the time.

One of the ideas I gave for Kamen Rider Build was multiple Build clones that mainly used the Best Matches of other territories. I don’t think I had other ideas for Ex-Aid though. Hey, remember that rumour where Ex-Aid’s Riders would be based on file extensions?

I started work on Zi-O in February 2022 after finishing Soulbound Series 4. I finished the main series in August, then took a brief break before completing After Quartzer from September to November. On a good day, I could work on three episodes, finishing off the first, completing a second and starting work on a third. When I got to the fourth part, that was a difficult schedule to keep due to the episodes largely being original. In fact, original episodes would always take longer to write. The episode that took me the longest to write was episode 33 at 18 days, as it was the start of a new status quo with the Quartzer trio. The special that took me the longest to write was Rainbow Rider Revolution at 38 days.

As I watched Zi-O during its original run, I knew that I wanted to adapt it eventually, being “Decade 2.0” as people called it. Like all non-Doctor Who series in my personal project, Zi-O is another egofest. In fact, it’s an egofest on a brand new level as I played Ohma Zi-O, Swartz and Hiroki Ichigo along with a bunch of Riders and characters. My twin brother played Sougo and the other Sougo, Takeru and Hikaru Azuma, but let’s face it, you might as well say that I played them. I originally played Parker Zhou and Hiroki’s prototypes before I decided to outsource them for the Moushouden Series; given how I ended up playing multiple characters again, fat lot of good that was.

Given that the series was produced by Shinichirō Shirakura and written by Kento Shimoyama, it had flaws that people had already seen in previous works. As such, my goal with the adaptation was to improve on them to the best of my ability, though I’m unable to guarantee that I managed to catch all of them or improve them sufficiently.

One thing I improved on in the first part was how the Another Riders worked and how their creation affected time. The erasure of the Riders’ history caused by the Another Riders being created early in their counterpart Riders’ timelines was seen as disrespectful and as such, this was improved on by removing the history erasure element and having the events of Zi-O be a continuation of the Legend Riders’ timelines. I also incorporated the W and Kuuga tributes into the main series to show Sougo’s acquisition of their Ridewatches, in a two-parter adapting Heisei Generations Forever.

The second part contained original episodes consisting of an adaptation of Kamen Rider Shinobi, a Ryuki tribute that also serves as a prequel to Sougo acquiring Zi-O II and a totally original episode featuring the other Sougo and Parker Zhou. The third part introduced Quartzer into the series as a new villain group, added an Amazons tribute, extended the Hibiki tribute to include a Magica tribute and made Kamen Rider Ginga’s appearance a full episode with two original Riders.

The finale arc of the original Zi-O was something I definitely wanted to improve on, due to it going back to the merging worlds plot already used in Decade. As such, the final three episodes were adapted at the end of the third part and the fourth part was adapted from the final episodes of Kamen Rider Zero-One. Initially, I didn’t intend on adapting the Over Quartzer movie and the movie Riders because of Showa elements, but I ended up adapting it in the end.

Hiryuu Kakogawa also felt underused during his appearances in the series. As such, Hiryuu joined Quartzer for the fourth part as I made the unprecedented move to adapt Zi-O’s final stage show for plot elements. A Facebook group I was in run by the people behind Genm Corp fansubs and the Henshin Fever fanpage posted a subtitled version of Build’s final stage show in 2019, making me realise that there was an untapped market for fansubs. I think other fansubbers and groups have caught on to this because more tokusatsu stage shows have been subbed since then.

Kamen Rider Tsukuyomi and Sougo as Ohma Zi-O appeared to be rushed out for the finale of the original, so Kamen Rider Tsukuyomi was introduced at the end of the third part while Ohma Zi-O was made into the Ark-One of the series.

In preparation for this series, certain Kamen Riders and power-ups were introduced earlier, more specifically in Soulbound Series 4, as a build-up and foreshadowing to this series. Of note, the Decade Beltmorpher X and Diend Gunmorpher X were introduced as upgrades given to Hiroki and Kayley after making a deal with Ohma Zi-O. Kamen Rider Aqua was also introduced before his appearance in Zi-O, even though he ended up being used in an original arc with his counterpart in the original series being replaced by Akihito Hayasaka as Kamen Rider Woz the Next.

The main portion of my personal project had concluded in Soulbound Series 4; Zi-O is both a continuation of the story for the Kamen Riders and a side story for everyone else. The events of this series take place in a separate timeline to the main universe as the main characters of the series are parallel isotopes; individuals whose timelines have been splintered by them being displaced from their own timelines. By the end of the series, the parallel isotopes are erased with the destruction of the timeline, however new versions of the main characters are created in a new timeline as shown in the After Quartzer specials.

Chronicle Series

Following the conclusion of Doctor Who, three weekly Chronicle series were commissioned. The Chronicle series follows the premise of Ultraman Retsuden and other Chronicle series in that they are mostly recaps and reruns of previous episodes.

Doctor Who: The Equestria Chronicles is the first such series, broadcast from July to December 2019. The series takes place during the events of the eighth season and follows Storm Dasher as he teaches the Young Six about the adventures of Doctor Whooves, the Pony Doctor and himself. Some special guests join Dasher’s classes/lectures as well, human, pony or Time Lord alike.

Ultraman: The Equestria Chronicles was broadcast from July to December 2020. This series consists of 6 mini-arcs that can be separated into individual series, covering the adventures of Storm Dasher as Ultraman Ginga, Spike as Ultraman Victory, and Danny Williams as Ultraman X, the latter being an adaptation of the original series. In hindsight I probably should have fleshed it out into a proper series myself, but this was for the best since my work on Soulbound Series 4 would occupy me for two years.

The Zhuge Family Chronicles was broadcast from January to June 2021 in preparation for The Final Kamen Rider Chronicle. This series follows Jee Gun, Sunset Shimmer, Copper Plume, Rally Flag, Starlight Glimmer and Sierra Nightingale as they learn about Hiroki Ichigo and his family, the Zhuge family, and their adventures at the Strawberry Academy. Being inspired by Ultraman Chronicle: ZERO & GEED, this series carries the classroom setting through to the end whereas the original had to abort it towards the end due to the pandemic. The series culminates in a final exam for the six students, which they pass with flying colours.

Music

Chronicle Series:

Doctor Who: The Equestria Chronicles: Hope the youth (opening)/ギンガローグ (Ginga Rogue, Japanese version of 沙漠駱駝, ending 1)/放浪 (Wandering, Japanese version of 狂浪, ending 2)

Ultraman: The Equestria Chronicles: MLP (USA parody, opening)/明年今日 (Japanese ver, ending 1), ねずみは米がすき (老鼠愛大米 Japanese ver, ending 2)

The Zhuge Family Chronicles: Heroes (opening)/Heart on Fire (ending 1)/ネバーマインド (ending 2)

Final Kamen Rider Chronicle:

Ex-Aid: EXCITE (opening)/愛のしるし (ending)

Build: Be The One (opening)/piece of truth (ending)

Zi-O: Over “Quartzer” (opening)/時の描片 ~トキノカケラ~ (ending)

Zi-O insert themes:

(character themes remain the same as from the original)

Episode 12 (Shinobi crossover): IZANAGI

Episode 21 (Agito tribute): BELIEVE YOURSELF

Episode 31 (Luna goes to the hot springs with the girls): Me Armastame Suplemist (Estonian song, title means “We Love Bathing”)

Episode 36 (Sougo regains his memories upon seeing 2012 Akari): Super Driver

Before Quartzer themes:

Zi-O and Decade: Ride the Wind -Zi-O Remix- (by Fuuta, opening)/Bright! our Future (ending)

The Other Zi-O Part 1: 流星ミラクル (opening)/CHOSEN SOLDIER (ending)

The Other Zi-O Part 2: ブルーバード (opening)/Winding Road (ending)

Geiz and Woz: M八七 (opening)/明日もし君が壊れても (ending)

After Quartzer themes:

Revenge of Quartzer: Sea Princesses opening theme/雷鳴 (opening)/Mirage Mirror (insert theme)/GAME CHANGER (ending)

Rainbow Rider Revolution: Equestria Girls opening theme/Brand New Day (opening)/咲いて (insert theme)/Fantasista～ファンタジスタ～ (ending)

The Game in the House of Death: INSIDE-OUT DECADE ver. (opening)/世界が終るまでは… (ending)

The Seven Sougos: INSIDE-OUT ZI-O ver. (opening)/You are the HERO (ending)

Post-series tributes:

Three Kingdoms: 若者のすべて

Soulbound: Message

Rider Chronicle: P.A.R.T.Y. ユニバース・フェスティバル

Personal project/Hiroki Ichigo: ドラマティック

And so we have reached the end of the Zi-O miniseries and with it, the fourth run of Kisekae Insights. We’ve gone through 20 instalments in 7 months, which is a little more than the first run’s pattern of 16 instalments in 6 months. I would have released the Zi-O miniseries over one month instead of two, but at this point I’m just buying time until the 1000th Post Special. I hope this makes up for the lackluster third run in 2022.

With My Little Pony, Gokaiger, Decade and Zi-O out of the way, all that’s really left for me to cover is Three Kingdoms and Soulbound (unless you want me to retread previous topics for content). Don’t expect the fifth run to come out until 2025; I’ve got enough on my plate at the moment with the upcoming Sea Princesses 20th Anniversary and Koei Warriors Retrospective.

If you’ve got any questions about anything in this series, feel free to contact me on Facebook or shoot me an ask or DM on Tumblr (anons disabled). Until the next run, I say.

#kisekae insights #kamen rider #kamen rider zi-o #kamen rider decade #my little pony #my little pony equestria girls #my little pony friendship is magic #doctor who #ultraman

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Kisekae Insights #49: Kamen Rider Zi-O Part 7 - A look at the characters

Now that we have covered the entire plot of my Zi-O adaptation, I’m going to do a quick overview of the main characters in it. Some details about each of the characters can be seen throughout the last 6 parts, but this post is dedicated to summarising them in detail.

While I have maintained the use of adaptation names for certain characters, some characters have been referred to by their original names throughout this mini-series for Kisekae Insights. I’ll elaborate more on this as I go through them, but the tl;dr is that I’m appealing to readers’ familiarity with names of their original counterparts.

Sougo Tokiwa

Sougo Tokiwa is a parallel isotope of Hiroki Ichigo taken from July 2012 (at the end of the Three Kingdoms series). After finding himself in the Ohma War of 2068, he ends up in July 2018 with amnesia, hence why he is only 15 years old at the start of the series and not 21.

In the original series, Sougo appears to act like the Sentai Red Rangers of recent years - overtly positive with a repetitive catchphrase, abstract goals and a lack of character flaws. At least in the adaptation I can attribute this to Sougo’s amnesia and having dreams beamed into his head from the future, plus his prime self’s autism playing a significant role in his cloudcuckoolander personality.

Sougo will go out of his way to help people wherever he can, as that is what he believes a king should do. This goes to the point where he would even go so far as to help his own enemies, such examples being convincing his other self that there are people who care about him, encouraging Kensuke to keep fighting despite his ideal timeline no longer coming to pass, and helping Swartz realise that he does care for his family and that despite being a rogue AI program, he has a heart (he also prioritised this over 2012 Akari which goes to show how much an idiot like Sougo can care about people).

The other Sougo Tokiwa (Ohma Zi-O)

The other Sougo is native to the Zi-O timeline and is also the one who would be involved in the bus accident in 2009 and become the Ohma Zi-O we see in 2068. The main Sougo’s interactions with Ohma Zi-O alludes to how the latter crossed paths with his main self several times in the past.

After having lost his parents, the other Sougo gets a drive to set off on his own and become king, but over the next nine years, the pain of leaving Parker behind and losing three female companions made him a cold and bitter figure. It’s only thanks to meeting the main Sougo that the other Sougo begins to loosen up and appreciate that there are people who still care about him.

When the main Sougo becomes Ohma Zi-O, the other Sougo tries to remind him of his dream to become the nicest and kindest demonic overlord, but in his defeat, he senses a deeper sorrow from the main Sougo than he had experienced before. When the main Sougo makes his decision to destroy the timeline, the older Ohma Zi-O happily accepts this as he can be set free from his pain and sorrow.

Geiz Myoukouin

Geiz Myoukouin, also known as Andrew Cui, was an officer from the mainland in 2011. Late that year, he worked with Yuki Nagato to resurrect Parker Zhou before she sent him into the future to answer an influence coming from it, becoming a parallel isotope in the process. Geiz ended up in 2063 with his memories scrambled and joined the Resistance. Five years later, their forces would suffer near annihilation at the hands of Ohma Zi-O, which led Geiz to steal a Ziku Driver and some Ridewatches from him before taking a Time Mazine and heading to the past.

Geiz’s motivation to defeat Sougo comes from his serious and blunt attitude; while he was hostile to Sougo at first, he warms to his optimism and kindness, going so far as to convince him to give up the Ziku Driver and his dream of becoming a king. When that failed in part due to the Time Jackers’ actions, Geiz ended up convincing Sougo to become a king again, promising to defeat him if he became Ohma Zi-O. In the original, Geiz in his dying breaths would eventually trust Sougo enough to become the nicest and kindest demonic overlord as Ohma Zi-O. In the adaptation, however, Geiz makes good on his promise to defeat Sougo when he becomes the vilest and evilest demonic overlord, though his intent isn’t to kill him, but to save him.

When Kensuke arrived with the prophecy that Geiz would become a saviour, his stance towards Sougo becoming Ohma Zi-O wavered. After Geiz elects to defy Kensuke’s prophecy and fight together with Sougo, he seeks a future where he can become a saviour alongside Sougo as the demonic overlord.

Luna

Luna, real name Mahina, was the daughter of the virtual Hiroki and Fifi Forget-me-not in the supercomputer on Never Land. After having her memories and powers sealed by Swartz as a little girl, Mahina was thrown into the Time Vortex and ended up in the year 2058, where she was taken in by the Resistance and given the name Luna. Ten years later, she was saved from being turned to dust by Ohma Zi-O when her guardian pushed her into a nearby trench.

As Geiz travelled back in time in an effort to kill Sougo before he became Ohma Zi-O, Luna took a Time Mazine and followed him, managing to rescue Sougo and get him away from Geiz. Her approach to dealing with Ohma Zi-O was to prevent him from becoming Zi-O in the first place instead of outright killing him. When that failed, Luna was convinced that Sougo would not become the Ohma Zi-O they knew in the future because she found almost no evidence to that conclusion. However, when Sougo gained Zi-O II, she sided with Kensuke as she suddenly realised that the reality of him becoming Ohma Zi-O was becoming more possible by the day. After saving a young Sougo (who unbeknownst to her at the time was the version native to this timeline and not the Sougo she knew), she came around to the idea that the future could be changed.

In the third part, Luna discovered her power to stop time and was horrified by it, but thanks to Zhuge Sōta’s help, she was able to accept who she was. Although Luna wasn’t interested in becoming a Kamen Rider initially, thinking of it more as a boys’ thing, she would come around to it after finally discovering her past and realising that her failure to prevent her father’s plans made her a burden to her friends. With the help of Sougo and Ohma Zi-O, Luna would become Kamen Rider Tsukuyomi and fight alongside her friends.

My face claim for Luna is Marny Kennedy, who is best known for playing Taylor Fry in Mortified. This really is the 30-year-old teenager situation from Power Rangers, isn’t it? As a tribute to the classic Australian children’s series, some more actors from the series (along with Parallax) have appeared in the Geiz and Woz episode of Before Quartzer as part of the Resistance in 2068.

Mark Roberts

Like his original counterpart Junichirō Tokiwa, Mark Roberts doesn’t have much of a role in the series besides running 9TO5 and being the guardian for Sougo, Geiz, Luna and later Kazuto and 2012 Akari (for a short time, anyway). In the year that Mark got to know Sougo, he noticed all the people coming and going from his repair shop and when Geiz and Luna temporarily left, he gained the courage to tell off Sougo for hiding his loneliness, encouraging him to be honest with his feelings so that he won’t become a king lacking in empathy.

Throughout the series, Mark does catch on to Sougo and his friends being Kamen Riders (particularly because they tend to openly discuss their matters within earshot of him), so when the reveal exposition dump happens in episode 30, he’s cool with it and he asks Sougo to continue using his powers to protect people. When Mark hears about Sougo becoming Ohma Zi-O, he is optimistic that the nice and kind Sougo he knew is still there as his friends promise him that they will do their best to bring him back to normal.

The entire thing with Junichirō being able to fix the Ridewatches in the finale comes out of nowhere and is never explained, so I decided not to write that in for Mark in the adaptation. Him fixing things other than clocks I understand, but it doesn’t work like that for Ridewatches.

My face claim for Mark is Andrew Blackman, who played Taylor’s dad, Don Fry, in Mortified (tbh he kind of looks older nowadays than the actor who played his original counterpart despite being younger than him). Fun fact, in Year 10, Andrew Blackman and his team from the Complete Works Theatre Company came to our school to perform some scenes from Shakespeare’s Macbeth and answer questions about it because it was a study topic in our English class. I volunteered to play Lord Ross (they got other students to play some smaller roles as well). Suffice to say I don’t have the same confidence for acting and public speaking than I had back then and- holy shit, that was 10 years ago? It’s been so long since the Day of Retribution (deep meaning).

Kazuto Hongō

Kazuto Hongō acts as the counterpart to Black Woz in the adaptation.

Kazuto was originally from an adult visual novel series called Koihime Musou, which is a feminised version of Dynasty Warriors, or more accurately, Romance of the Three Kingdoms. After being transported to the Koihime world based on late-Han Dynasty China, Kazuto returned to the modern world and brought his harem with him. Allying himself with the Chōsōkabe clan, they would come into conflict with Parker and his army, which he and his harem would join.

Kazuto’s harem wouldn’t be brought up in the series, but they would become lost following the Genesis Meltdown.. He initially opposed Parker after his army split but then joined him again as part of the Date Army. In the normal timeline, Kazuto would continue to have adventures with Parker in The Kongming Adventures.

After the Date Army’s defeat at the hands of the Sanada Army in 2011, Kazuto was captured and would have been executed if not for Ohma Zi-O bringing him to 2068 to be his right-hand man. I think you know the rest of his backstory from here.

Kazuto is devoted to the mission that Ohma Zi-O gave him to ensure that the main Sougo would become the demonic overlord according to the history written in his book, the Twilight Chronicle. He would do anything to ensure this goal, going so far as to work with the Time Jackers to achieve this. As time went on however, Kazuto would come to accept Sougo becoming a different demonic overlord to what Ohma Zi-O was, which led him to be greatly surprised when Sougo actually became Ohma Zi-O towards the end of the series.

After Sougo destroyed the timeline and returned everything to normal, the parallel isotope Kazuto was given a new mission to look after the Sougo in the new timeline before Ohma Zi-O released him from his service.

Swartz, Ora and Heure (Time Jackers)

Swartz, Ora and Heure are the family from the supercomputer on Never Land, Swartz being the virtual Hiroki, Ora being Fifi Forget-me-not, and Heure being their son Takuhiro. Swartz wiped their memories and changed their appearances when he threw Luna into the Time Vortex and began his crusade against humanity.

When he created a new body for Hiroki after he destroyed his old one, the virtual Hiroki absorbed his negative emotions and memories while also gaining the ability to stop time. Seeing the truth of humanity in how other people treated people like Hiroki led him to go rogue (ironically triggered by the arrival of Sougo from the future), creating a convoluted plan to seek revenge against humanity by creating Ohma Zi-O, then having him liberate Hiroki in his past before working to make him Ohma Zi-O, from whom he would steal his powers at its peak to usurp him as the king of time.

Swartz carried out his plans with a ruthless demeanor, being willing to conduct experiments on even his own allies, as shown when he made Ora and Heure into Another Riders. Despite turning on his fellow Time Jackers to take back the time powers he had given them, he does start showing care for them by giving them the Gold Drive and Diend Anotherwatches and even instinctually defending his children from enemies. This would lead Sougo to convince Swartz that he did have a heart despite denying that he had one, something that would normally be the case for an AI avatar like him.

Ora appears to be more laidback however she is actually cunning and manipulative, creating Another Riders by having their users make contracts with her when they are on the verge of despair. Given that she was supposed to be based on Fifi Forget-me-not I would have cast an older actress instead of a teenager, but I don’t suppose it matters that much.

Heure, being the youngest of the Time Jackers, acts a bit childish as he hides a ruthlessness within himself, revelling at the suffering of others. His villainy does have his limits as when he suspects Swartz of colluding with Kensuke in secret, leading him to ally himself with Kazuto to steal Kamen Rider Woz’s powers and build an Another Rider Army for Hiryuu.

Kensuke Nitta

Kensuke Nitta acts as the counterpart to White Woz in the adaptation.

Kensuke is the protagonist of the Sengoku Koihime series, being a spin-off sequel to Koihime Musou in the vein of Samurai Warriors. He is the nephew to Kazuto and in the games, he is transported to another Koihime world based on the Sengoku period of Japan, where he gains a harem just as his uncle did before.

In this series, Kensuke comes back to the past from the year 2040. Unlike Kazuto whose allegiance is to Sougo and Ohma Zi-O, Kensuke’s allegiance is to Geiz as the saviour Geiz Revive. In contrast to Kazuto’s Twilight Chronicle, Kensuke possesses the Future Note, which he can use to will the future by writing or speaking into the tablet-like device.

Kensuke’s goal to push Geiz into becoming the saviour contains sinister aspects to it that he does not disclose to anyone. Unlike his uncle or even Swartz, Kensuke is amoral, sociopathic and manipulative, willing to stop at no end to push Geiz into becoming the saviour. He has a tendency to go into fits of rage when things don’t go his way, even going so far as to allow the world to be destroyed when he future he envisioned would no longer happen. Thanks to being encouraged by Sougo, however, he decides to establish Quartzer with the new goal of becoming the keeper of time.

Later on, Kensuke would directly work towards achieving his goal by force, working to ensure that Sougo becomes Ohma Zi-O on the true Ohma’s Day and making him fight Swartz as Another Decade Complete with the intent of having them destroy each other. When Geiz transforms into Geiz Majesty for the first time to fight Sougo as Ohma Zi-O, Kensuke’s initial goal was indirectly achieved.

In the megalomania caused by the thwarting of his ultimate plan, Kensuke reveals his true feelings about Kamen Riders, that they are no different from the powers of evil and that they were originally created to be weapons for destroying humanity. Of course, he is proven wrong by Sougo, the other Sougo and their fellow Kamen Riders.

Hiryuu Kakogawa

As I stated before, Hiryuu is modelled on a friend I used to know when I was little because our mums knew each other.

Hiryuu Kakogawa would have ended up as collateral damage from the accident in 2009 if it weren’t for the other Sougo saving him. He witnessed the other Sougo freezing people in time and rewriting their memories while he was stuck on a hospital bed without any powers, leading him to resent the other Sougo. Thanks to Swartz’s manipulation, he was led to believe that the accident was the main Sougo’s fault and sought to obtain the powers of former Another Riders as Another Zi-O, coming into conflict with Geiz over fighting Sougo before being defeated by the combined efforts of the two.

Sougo tried to convince Hiryuu to let go of the past and live for the present, but he was unable to do so, instead opting to take what he deserved from Sougo as he changed the timeline as Another Zi-O II. When Hiryuu failed and Swartz abandoned him, Kensuke recruited him into Quartzer and gave him a mission to obtain the Ancient Kamen Rider Ridewatches. At this point, Hiryuu learns of how the Heisei era became such a mess with all the rewrites and retcons, blaming Sougo for it because he just wanted someone to blame. He would work with Kensuke to achieve his goal of resetting the Heisei era and ruling over it as the keeper of time.

When Sougo became Ohma Zi-O, Hiryuu would gloat at Sougo’s proclamation of being the nicest and kindest overlord as his vile and evil actions were made public. After becoming Another Ohma Zi-O himself, Sougo has to tell Hiryuu again to let go of the past and live in the present as he and the other Sougo defeat him.

Akihito Hayasaka

Akihito Hayasaka acts as the counterpart to Red Woz, who was created from Black Woz in the final stage show.

Akihito is the protagonist of Harukoi Otome, the predecessor to the Koihime series. It’s set in the same school where the other two protagonists went, with some references to Harukoi Otome being made in Koihime Musou.

Initially, Akihito acted as Tsukuyomi’s Woz servants so that he could give her the power of Tsukuyomi ABC, then he lent his assistance to the Time Jackers. This was done on the orders of Kensuke, his true boss. After revealing his true allegiance to Quartzer, Akihito works with Kensuke to fight the Riders as they merge to become Another Ichigou, later merging further with Hiryuu and the Quartzer trio to become Another New Ichigou.

I’m not good at writing character development so the characters in the adaptation are essentially carbon-copied from the original, with some influence from Zero-One during the final part of the story. Regardless, I hope I’ve been able to do better in adaptation than the original.

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Kisekae Insights #48: Kamen Rider Zi-O Part 6 - After Quartzer

Starting with W before continuing from Gaim onwards, each Rider series has featured post-series direct-to-video specials known as V-Cinemas, which serve as epilogues or side stories to the main series. In some cases, series have been known to receive streaming-exclusive specials on the Toei Tokusatsu Fan Club years after the series ended. Such specials typically feature new Riders or new forms for existing Riders, and of course, this series is no exception.

There are two blocks of post-series specials, each consisting of a longer and shorter special, that were released in November and December 2022. These specials are set in the new world created by Sougo after the destruction of the main series timeline, with all characters being recreated in the new world. The first block features major crossovers with highlighted franchises (featuring their respective opening themes at the start) while the second block consists of adaptations of the two TTFC Rider Time miniseries written by Chris Chibnall Toshiki Inoue.

Let’s jump into the post-series specials for Zi-O and the true ending for my personal project.

Decade vs Sea Princesses: Revenge of Quartzer

Adapted from Kamen Rider Genms -The Presidents- and -Smart Brain and the 1000% Crisis-.

Unlike the other specials, this special is set in the main timeline instead of the new world created by Sougo.

The Quartzer Riders continue to run rogue in the main timeline despite the defeat of their commanders. The Decade Riders, allying with Shugo, OOO, Birth and the non-Quartzer affiliated Salacian Riders, are tasked with suppressing the rogue Riders. Suddenly, Daniel Camielez (Ryuki) is afflicted with the Game Disease, causing a Bugster Kuroto Dan to emerge from his body. As a result of this, Daniel transforms into Ryuga instead of Ryuki. Genm defeats Ryuga and infects the Salacian Quartzer Riders, turning them into zombies under his control. After Ryuga is defeated, Dark Daniel (who is able to act independently from his host) separates from his body and covers the Salacian Riders’ escape.

In another battlefield, Decade and Diend are fighting the Quartzer Riders alongside Shugo Guardian Form (based on Den-O Liner Form), OOO Yadopangaru Combo (introduced in Soulbound Series 4) and Birth X. Akari’s rogue cousins join the battle on Quartzer’s side, only to be stopped by Accel Booster Form, Bravo King Durian Arms and Gridon Lychee Arms. The Quartzer Riders are captured and taken in by UNIT, but on the way, their cavalcade is surrounded by Zombie Gamers and the remaining Quartzer Riders are taken from it.

Hiroki and Daniel confront Kuroto alongside their allies. During the battle that ensues, Dark Daniel transforms into Ryuga Survive (a recolour of Ryuki Survive), which transforms Dragblacker into Blackranzer. As the other Riders are infected and Ryuga, Decade and Diend are defeated by Genm’s Mighty Critical Strike, time pauses and a Bugster Masamune Dan arrives to confront his son as Cronus. As the father and son argue, Daniel manages to convince the two to work together to achieve their dreams, allowing Kuroto to merge with his father and gain the Genm Musou Gashat. The new power allows Genm to summon his zombified Riders to charge at the remaining Riders; as Hiroki and Kayley transform into Decade Complete Form 21 and Diend Ultimate Complete Form and use the Gekijouban Attack Ride cards to summon all primary and secondary Riders, Daniel and Dark Daniel merge together into Kamen Rider RyukiRyugaSurvive, taking cues from EvilytyLive with the transformation pose of Kamen Rider Century.

All the Riders are released from Genm’s control as they are defeated and transformed. After Decade and Diend launch their shooting Final Attack Rides at Genm, RyukiRyugaSurvive launches the Impulse Dragon Rider Kick, which has Dragranzer and Blackranzer running laps around Genm as the combined Rider bounces off them similar to Drive’s SpeeDrop. With Kuroto’s disappearance, Daniel is cured of his Game Disease and the Quartzer Riders are forgiven since they have been punished enough already.

Zi-O vs Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rider Revolution

Adapted from Zi-O episodes 1, 49 and the Geiz Majesty special.

In the new world, Sougo Tokiwa and Akari Ichigo have become friends after their past conflicts and coincidentally, they apply to be transferred to Canterlot High. Geiz Myoukouin is transferring to Canterlot High as well while Luna Roberts is a local student living with her great-uncle Mark at the homestay house where Sougo, Akari and Geiz will be living in, also known as the clock repair shop 9TO5.

On the first day of school at Canterlot High (Sougo, Akari, Geiz and Luna are wearing the uniform), Akari quickly goes back to get her pencil case as she forgot to take it. It is at this point that Sougo, Geiz and Luna are met by Kazuto, Kensuke and Akihito, who inform them of the Minato-Sugaru Rider Championships happening around the island, encouraging them to win and set off on their path to glory. At the same time, Akari finds a Genesis Driver and Lemon Energy Lockseed beside her bed and takes it with her pencil case as she is in a hurry.

At Canterlot High, the students meet Vice Principal Swartz (working alongside Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna) along with two students resembling Heure and Ora (who are also wearing uniform). Heure and Ora show the four around the school as the students are getting ready for the Rider Championships which are happening throughout the first week of school (after summer break). As Ora remarks how she hates how the championships have made everyone hostile towards each other, Sougo and the others realise that they have their own Drivers and collectables, leading Heure and Ora to tell them to enter the championships and beat everyone.

Sure enough, Sougo and his group enter the championships, which are co-hosted by Superintendent Abacus Cinch, Principal Cadance of Crystal Prep Academy, and Vice Principal Swartz. Other teams joining include Team Decade, made up of Hiroki and Kayley from the main universe, and Team Barlckxs, made up of Hiryuu Kakogawa and two obscure figures from my past; in this timeline, Luna’s parents were killed by the Matsunaga Army, whom Hiryuu was a part of, when she was eight years old.

There are a total of five rounds in the championships with 32 teams duking it out. The Rainbooms are Team Wizard, the Shadowbolts are Team Gaim and the Dazzlings are Team Faiz. To get 32 teams, some non-primary Riders, namely Meteor, Nadeshiko, Beast, Sorcerer and Wiseman, are given their own teams supplemented by monsters, while the Future Riders from the main series return, forming their own teams as well.

Throughout the first three rounds, Sougo, Geiz and Luna gradually regain their memories of the old timeline through their Ziku Drivers and Ridewatches, while Kachinebots attack the city, which are defeated by Birth X and Kaixa from the main universe. Akari loses against her opponent in the first round (against Team Gaim, though it was a two-on-one fight for each of them), but manages to defeat Equestrian Twilight Sparkle in the second round. When Geiz and Luna are defeated in the second round against Team Nadeshiko, Kazuto gives the Zi-O II Ridewatch to Sougo so he can turn the tides.

In the third round, Kazuto joins Team Zi-O as they fight Team Barlckxs. During the battle, Sougo transforms with Geiz and Kazuto into Zi-O Trinity when Luna and Akari are at risk of being defeated. It is then that Sougo, Andrew and Luna remember everything of the old timeline; as they talk to Kazuto and Akari about what they know, Kazuto reveals that the births of Gaim to Zi-O took place earlier than normal due to the Rider Championships, adding that he is also investigating who is pulling the strings behind the scenes. Sure enough, it is revealed that Kensuke and Akihito are the ones pulling the strings alongside Team Barlckxs.

The fourth round is an all-out session featuring Team Zi-O and Team Decade against Team Wizard and Team Fourze, the latter side bringing their eliminated allies to the battle. In addition to Kazuto, Kensuke and Akihito also join Team Zi-O to even out the numbers as Geiz and Luna are given the power of Geiz Revive and Tsukuyomi ABC. Sure enough, Team Zi-O and Team Decade are victorious and will be fighting each other in the fifth and final round.

The fifth round is fought by Sougo and Hiroki as the representatives of their teams. This round will have them running a course as Riders around the island, encountering enemies which they need to defeat before they fight each other upon finishing the course. Sougo is given the Grand Zi-O Ridewatch by Kazuto while Hiroki uses Decade Complete Form 21. During the battle, it’s shown that Decade, like Grand Zi-O, can summon Riders (final forms) by touching the card holders on his armour.

Elsewhere, Kensuke and Akihito are about to create Another Geiz and Another Tsukuyomi when Ora unknowingly stops them. Hiryuu throws his Revolcane-like sword at the two, but Heure manages to deflect it, making Swartz realise that they are starting to recover their Time Jacker powers. Kazuto reveals the truth to everyone; Kensuke knew that Kazuto would betray him, but Kazuto says that his loyalty has always been with his overlord and nothing more.

Kensuke, working with Kazuto and Akihito, teamed up with Changyue and Hiryuu to bribe Abacus Cinch to allow the Rider Championships to take place, then replicated all the Rider equipment from the old timeline and distributed them to those who were willing to fight in the championships. Kensuke’s objective is to take the powers of the Kamen Riders and Time Jackers so he can become the true saviour and rule over the world. It is then that Swartz betrays Kensuke as well, saying that he was secretly working with Kazuto because he would not walk the same path he did in the old timeline. Kensuke reveals that he can still steal Geiz and Tsukuyomi’s powers through the Future Note, but nothing happens when he writes in it; his abuse of the Future Note’s power to make the Rider Championships happen caused it to overload, rendering him unable to will the future.

Kensuke and Akihito transform and fight Team Zi-O alongside Team Barlckxs. After being informed of the situation, Hiroki forfeits the match so Sougo can hurry back and help his friends. Akari struggles in battle until Narutaki (from the main timeline) arrives and gives her the Dragon Fruits Energy Lockseed. Kensuke, Akihito and Team Barlckxs are defeated, but the former two show up again at the abandoned warehouse district. Transforming into Another Diend and Another Gold Drive, Kensuke and Akihito summon an army of Kachinebots before they are eventually defeated by the Riders, with Kayley giving Geiz the Geiz Majesty Ridewatch once again.

As the defeated Kensuke and Akihito retreat, Sougo, Geiz, Kazuto and Luna find their power-up Ridewatches disappearing. Kazuto comments that being in a new timeline doesn’t mean that they can use their strongest powers that easily, but Sougo comments that a new timeline also means a new start, meaning that they will just have to work to earn their powers again.

Team Zi-O are presented with the championship cup as the other Riders’ equipment and collectibles disappear, with the exception of Team Zi-O and Team Decade. The next week as school starts for real, Sougo, Geiz and Luna decide to have a race to see who can achieve their dream of being the demonic overlord, saviour or queen first. Akari is asked who she wants to cheer for, but she says that she wants to join the race instead, opting to become a princess since Luna already took the position of queen. Kazuto, of course, backs Sougo, just as he always has been, while he opts to chronicle this new timeline himself.

This special was designed to be a pilot to a new hypothetical series featuring Team Zi-O earning their powers again, hence why all their power-ups disappeared at the end (because they were brought in from the old timeline). The implication of Another Geiz and Another Tsukuyomi being created is an allusion to the Zi-O novel, where the aforementioned Another Riders alongside Another Woz were featured. The prologue was translated by revolutionpotato and nobody else has picked up the novel because they stopped posting after 2022 and nobody cares about Kamen Rider novels. The novel is a Woz-centric story, which is possibly what a Next Time Woz special could have been if Shinichirō Shirakura hadn’t nixed it with the reasoning that it wouldn’t feel like Zi-O anymore if they made it.

Decade vs Zi-O and the Game in the House of Death

A direct adaptation of its original counterpart. Where the original special featured Yusuke Onodera along with pastiches of the Time Jackers, those characters are changed to original characters as I wanted to highlight more forgotten figures from my past (though believe it or not, there have been some that I would rather stay away from).

Between scenes, the Decade Riders (save Narutaki) are in the Reading Room waiting for Hiroki to signal his location to them once he finds the new demonic overlord, the true Sougo. We also get treated to Akari talking about how she and Hiroki are a sex-positive couple.

After Narutaki reveals herself as the true identity of the masked jester, she admits that she has become tired of serving the true Sougo and would join Zi-O and the Decade Riders in the final battle against Ohma Zi-O. Zi-O gives Decade the Ninja Ridewatch because he apparently can’t use it. When Ohma Zi-O defeats the Decade Riders, though, Hiroki finds himself in the same quarry but with a jeep nearby (he ended up in a different pocket dimension).

Zi-O vs Decade and the Seven Sougos

Another direct adaptation of its original counterpart.

A week prior to this story, new world Sougo and Geiz are given Saturday detention by Vice Principal Swartz as they have been falling behind on their schoolwork due to their duties fighting monsters whereas Luna and Akari have been able to catch up. Luna volunteers to join Sougo and Geiz as well while Akari hangs out with the Rainbooms, but on the day, Luna forgot to bring her homework so she went back to get it, which caused her to end up somewhere else when Canterlot High was brought into the pocket dimension. We also learn that after the Rider Championships, humans are being transformed into various monsters thanks to something known as the Kaiju Factor.

The love plot between Sougo and Heure is changed to Heure and Ora playing Magic: The Gathering. Swartz holds a tutorial for the detention students about how to play the game, but by the end, Heure and Ora are the only ones playing. Heure’s life is spared thanks to this.

Micro Chips is shown playing the water coin drop at Sougo A’s mini-carnival, replacing the goldfish catching game from the original. Danielita and Alchemic Flower also appear in this special.

In the original versions of the last special and this one, we had a supporting character named Misa Kuon played by Rena Takeda. In the adapted versions, she is named Charlie Quander and because the actress I (hypothetically) cast for her face claim is a rising talent who is still rather obscure, I won’t go out of my way to name her. However, I will say that Charlie’s actress also plays Windy Adams, aka Kamen Rider Poseidon; I initially had her in mind for Charlie, but later on, I needed an actress for Windy and I didn’t want to bother finding a new one, so I went with Charlie’s actress and left it at that.

At night, Sougo A helps Swartz make food out of monster meat. Swartz suggests that they cook a feast the next time he checks up on Heure and Ora; Sougo questions if this is okay, to which Swartz says that it is because Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna are outright having relations with students. There are also original characters named Eva Fukada, Riley White, Brandi Mikami, Johnny Katō and Carter Shimizu. Just saying.

On election day, the ballot box is knocked over, though Micro Chips manages to give his ballot to Swartz. This version highlights that it was a failed election and that Sougo A won in an undemocratic process to lampoon how it was done in the original.

As the true Sougo transforms into Ohma Zi-O, Decade gives Zi-O the Ninja Ridewatch, which allows him to transform into Decade Armor Ninja Form (based on Ninja’s Tri-Battlizer form but keeping the default Decade Armor design). Though Decade is seemingly killed in Complete Form 21 by Ohma Zi-O, he ends up in the Reading Room with his friends thanks to the recall systems they have in their vortex manipulators and Drivers.

The pocket dimension is destroyed and everyone returns to their own universes. Sougo B says his goodbyes to Sougo A before he rides back to his own universe. Since Luna was late for Saturday detention, she will be joining Sougo and Geiz for real; since Swartz sent everyone else home, Sougo, Geiz, Luna, Swartz, Ora and Heure get to work cleaning up the school. And this is where our story ends after 11 years (it would have been 10 if it weren’t for the pandemic and real life getting in the way).

And thus ends the story of Zi-O. Our final two instalments for this run will cover background information on the characters of the series and the series itself.

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Kisekae Insights #47: Kamen Rider Zi-O Part 5 - Before Quartzer

Since Drive, the Blu-ray collections for Rider series have contained spin-off drama miniseries that serve as tie-ins to the main series, providing context to a character or an element in it. Before Quartzer serves the same purpose, but it provides background to multiple characters.

If the main series itself is “Over Quartzer”, then this miniseries is Before Quartzer while the post-series specials (that I will cover in the next instalment) is After Quartzer. As I stated in the last instalment, Between Quartzer was originally going to be two minisodes before they were merged into a filler episode.

Let’s take a look at the miniseries and then after that, I’ll share a summary of the original elements introduced in the main series.

Part 1: Zi-O and Decade

This minisode is a clip show consisting of various clips from Three Kingdoms and Soulbound with references to the demonic overlord and Hiroki Ichigo trying to investigate its identity as he finds his own timeline continuing to change despite efforts to stop it. The threat of Ohma Zi-O’s existence is described as on the level of the Time War, the Dimensional Merge, the creation of the dimensional bridge, the Parallax War and the black hole paradox.

There are some original scenes showing how Hiroki and Kayley got their X equipment from Ohma Zi-O and how the Kamen Riders were assembled for the Ohma War. There is also a scene showing how Mark found an amnesiac Sougo in the laneway before the start of the series.

Part 2/3: The Other Zi-O

The backstory of the other Sougo is covered in this two-parter.

In 2006, Sougo and Karen are friends who live twenty years apart from each other and frequently hang out in each other’s eras. Over time, the portal linking the two years shrinks and by the Battle of Chibi in 2008, the portal has fully closed.

A little while after, Sougo meets Fifi Forget-me-not and they become a couple. When the accident that killed Sougo’s parents happens the next year, he briefly returns to pick up Fifi before they elope as Sougo pursues his new dream of being king.

The next part skips to 2012 when Parker’s army fights the Sanada Army. The Flowertots are offered to be taken in by the fairies of Never Land and Fifi decides to part with Sougo. A few months after during the Salacian Rebellion, Akari and Narutaki are killed by Tubarina and Marcello before Veronica is saved from Marcela by Sougo, who kills the three Salacians before escaping with her. After some deliberation, Sougo allows Veronica to travel with him. Yes, Veronica, Akari and Narutaki’s cousin, never got her chance to shine because she went to a different school than her cousins; she only got introduced as part of the Teiro Army/Kurayami Alliance in 2014. I never got to know Veronica personally because of this (although some of my schoolfriends apparently did), so this was my chance to give her a bit of time in the spotlight.

The Battle of Sekigahara and the Ōsaka Campaign take place in 2015, a year later than in the original timeline. At this point in time, Sougo’s time powers (that were granted to him by Swartz in 2009) have developed to the point that he can freeze time, but because he usually allows Veronica to move with him in frozen time, the freezing effect is reduced to merely slowing down time. At Ōsaka Castle, the two of them make their way up to the top floor of the main keep and defeat the enemy commander. The dying enemy commander uses the last of his strength to shoot Sougo, but Veronica takes the shot; in her final moments, Veronica tells Sougo to be the best king he can be and not to let anything stand in his way, adding that the time she spent with him was the happiest she has ever been. Sougo is reported to have disappeared after this.

In 2018, Parker sends a letter to Sougo, pleading for him to return as the entire land has become his enemy and he needs Sougo’s help. However, Sougo’s attention is focused on a package that was, unbeknownst to him, sent by Swartz, containing the Ziku Driver and Zi-O Ridewatch. As he is confronted by Polvina and a small army seeking revenge for their fallen allies, Sougo transforms into Zi-O for the first time and defeats them, dedicating his first battle to Parker, Karen, Fifi and Veronica. He then goes back to the box and finds some more Ridewatches along with a laptop and Ridewatch dock, containing a message telling him to unlock all 19 Legend Ridewatches by collecting battle data, which he does over the next few months. The Ridewatches the other Sougo would unlock are merely emulations of Rider powers rather than the actual powers, thus they are not affected by the main Sougo unlocking his set of Ridewatches using the Riders’ actual powers.

Sougo then meets his main self during the events of episodes 9 and 10, then creates the Zi-O II Ridewatch from his end before going on to meet his main self again during the events of episode 16. After this, he is shown sending off his Cyberman figurine to his main self before hallucinating Veronica waving at him, being unknowingly seen by Queen Fifi and passing by a now-older Karen Brewer who had reunited with Sougo, albeit his main self.

Part 4: Geiz and Woz

The last minisode shows the backstories of Geiz, Kazuto and Luna, to an extent, showing how they ended up in Ohma Zi-O’s future and their time with the Resistance before they decide to go back in time to 2018.

Luna is found by the Resistance in 2058; having no memory of herself or her name, one of the Resistance leaders decides to adopt her, giving her the name Luna.

Geiz, also known as Andrew Cui, assisted Yuki Nagato in resurrecting Parker Zhou after his execution following the battle with the Sanada Army in 2011. After returning home, Geiz is visited by Yuki and sent to the future, having been tasked by the Data Overmind to guide him to an influence coming from the future.

Kazuto Hongō was captured in the battle with the Sanada Army and is sentenced to be executed as well, only to be saved and given a new purpose by Ohma Zi-O.

Geiz and Kazuto are brought to the year 2063 where they are taken in by the Resistance and Ohma Zi-O respectively. Kazuto is given his mission to join the Resistance as a spy and he does so, managing to beat Geiz and the other Resistance members during training.

Five years later in 2068, Kazuto leads a splinter unit with Geiz and Luna in it. The Resistance are visited by the Decade Riders who offer to assist them in defeating Ohma Zi-O. Kazuto reports this to Ohma Zi-O, who has Swartz working for him as his advisor in Kazuto’s absence. It is Swartz who gives Ohma Zi-O to guide another version of himself into this timeline to become the next Ohma Zi-O, despite Kazuto’s objections.

The Ohma War happens and Ohma Zi-O brings the main Sougo from the 2012 of his timeline to 2068 before sending him to 2018 while scattering the Riders throughout time. Swartz disappears after this and Kazuto is sent back to the Resistance.

Later, Kazuto offers to act as a spy for the Resistance; this is the perfect opportunity for him and Ohma Zi-O to deal with the Resistance once and for all. Kazuto is ordered to get the Resistance to bring everything they have to one place before he is tasked with heading to 2018 and guiding the main Sougo into the way of the overlord.

Most of the Resistance is defeated at the hands of Ohma Zi-O, with Geiz and Luna among those surviving. Geiz follows after Ohma Zi-O and steals the equipment he would use to become Kamen Rider Geiz, using it to confront Ohma Zi-O and avenge his fallen comrades. Ohma Zi-O had foreseen this and fights Geiz, who steals the Ghost and Drive Ridewatches out of his hands before leaving. Geiz goes back to the Resistance camp and takes one of the Time Mazines (that had turned red in response to Geiz’s awakening Rider power) to head back to the past. Luna gets into another Time Mazine and follows after him, leading into the events of the series.

Summary of original elements for this series

Zi-O Decade Armor

W Form (Double CycloneJokerXtreme)

Kuuga Form (Kuuga Ultimate Form)

Origin

Another Riders

Another Growing Kuuga (N-Daguva-Zeba)

Another Double (other Half Changes x7)

Another Magica (replacing Another Kiva)

Another Shugo (replacing Another Den-O)

Another Gold Drive (recolour of Another Drive)

Another Ninja (recolour of Another Shinobi)

Another Decade Complete

Kamen Riders

Kamen Rider Wakusei

Kamen Rider Taiyou

Kamen Rider Woz The Next

Tsukuyomi ABC/Zikan Ratchet

Rapier Mode - Zaba Zaba Strike

Hatchet Mode - Jiri Jiri Hacking

Pick Mode - Wabu Wabu Picker

Diend Ultimate Complete Form

Zi-O Quartzer (same as main form)

Il Salvatore Geiz (same as main form)

The Zi-O Over Quartzer Ridewatch and the Il Salvatore Geiz Ridewatch are identical to the aurora-plated Zi-O Ridewatch and the China-exclusive Geiz Ridewatch, which is practically metallic armour for them. Zi-O Quartzer’s transformation tune is based on what would come later for Zi-O Ohma Form and Il Salvatore Geiz’s transformation tune is based on that of Geiz Revive Shippu.

“レベレーションタイム! 仮面ライダージオウ! クォーツァー!” “Revelation Time! Kamen Rider Zi-O Quartzer~!”

“セイビアータイム! ゲイツゲイツゲイツ! ゲイツゲイツゲイツ! イル・サルバトーレゲイツ! ゲイツ!” “Saviour Time! Geiz~Geiz~Geiz! Geiz~Geiz~Geiz! Il Salvatore Geiz! Geiz!”

So, you know that one Supplementary Plan episode where they joked about Tsukuyomi becoming a Rider before it actually happened? We made the Ridewatch a real thing. Tsukuyomi ABC’s main design element is that the Ridewatch (the artist says that he got the dial’s direction wrong, but to me it fits perfectly for this) and helmet visor uses the “TSUKU” lettering as shown in the gag, otherwise the rest of the suit is the same as the base form. This form also grants her an original weapon, the Jikan Ratchet, which is a retool of the Jikan Despear made to be held at the hilt like a rapier, hatchet or pick-axe, therefore the touch panel is positioned as such. The transformation tune is a hybrid of Geiz and Tsukuyomi’s transformation tunes.

“ライダータイム! 仮面ライダーツクヨミ♪　ツ・ク・ヨ・ミ! ABCタイム! 仮面ライダー♪ A・B・C!” "Rider Time! (Elegant electronic music) Kamen~ Ri~der~ Tsuku~yomi! Tsu-ku-yo-mi! ABC Time! (Electronic beat) Kamen Rider~ (Cut back to elegant electronic beats) A-B-C!"

Another Decade Complete is an original monster to the adaptation which serves as Another Decade’s upgrade form. It is accessed through the Another Driver, with the Decade Anotherwatch on the right side and the Decade Complete Anotherwatch on the left side (this is the inverse to conventional Ride Armor use on the Ziku Driver and is done so due to how Anotherwatches are made for the right side of the Driver).

“コンプリートタイム! 完全無欠裏ライダーの力… (アナザータイム!) 極まれりせよ! ディケイド! コンプリート!” “Complete Time! Kanzen muketsu ura Rider no chikara (Another Time!) Kiwamareri seyo! Decade! Complete!”

Akihito can transform into Kamen Rider Woz The Next, the suit being of Zi-O Woz Armor but without the scarf and with the helmet of Kamen Rider Woz.

“投影! フューチャータイム! 限界! 展開! 世界! 仮面ライダーウォズザネクスト!” “Touei! Future Time! Genkai! Tenkai! Sekai! Kamen Rider Woz The Next!”

This adaptation’s version K-Touch 21 removes the button for Zero-One and replaces it with the Clear button like on the original. The 21st power for Decade Complete Form 21 is that of Kamen Rider Ninja, being highlighted due to being the odd one out of the Heisei Riders (that is, he wasn’t a Heisei Rider or an original Rider created to replace a Heisei Rider).

Diend’s upgraded K-Touch (for Diend Ultimate Complete Form) uses the 5x4 screen with a card that has the power of all 18 secondary Kamen Riders (with the exception of herself and Kuuga because his series didn’t have a secondary Rider).

Speaking of Decade, I have a theory about how Decade (using the Neo Decadriver) could use the powers of other Rider forms while in their default forms. A friend of mine shared this to me from a Discord server he was in:

The NeoDecadriver needed codes to accommodate the Heisei 2 Riders, so they cut out all the subforms for everyone except for finals. The attacks and items for a Rider are now accessible in their base forms. I initially thought they were being fucking lazy when they had Agito using the Flame Sword in his base form and Wizard using water in Flame style, but after seeing how they did the cards for the H2 Riders (and how Agito's individual form parts were apparently always available), that had to have been intentional ...now that I think about it, that may be why DecadeArmor uses the first upgrade forms (when applicable). Fucking Tsukasa gave Sougo his leftover cards as a watch.

As for why Zi-O’s Decade Armor forms switch between being based off of upgrade, super and final forms? Aside from availability, another reason could be that they had to select forms that didn’t conflict with the Decade Armor parts for the torso and shoulders, mostly the undersuit-based forms. This likely explains why Decade Armor Ghost Form uses Grateful Damashii and not Toucon Boost if the other Decade Armor forms are based on “first upgrade forms”.

In terms of Decade Armor W Form and Kuuga Form, why did I pick them to be based on Double CycloneJokerXtreme and Kuuga UItimate Form? For Double, FangJoker is a form that uses Philip as the body and thus, Shoutarou wouldn’t be able to just upgrade into that form without detransforming. As for Kuuga, the Rising forms and Amazing Mighty are merely upgrades of the base forms and thus the undersuit looks rather plain compared to Ultimate.

Let me tell you something about the Mirai Driver. In the centre where the different faceplates can be placed, there are four holes on the bottom which are buttons used to trigger the different sounds in the P-Bandai DX release. With the right-most button being used as the activation trigger, there are three buttons left which are used to detect which faceplate to activate the sounds for. Each button would correspond to Shinobi, Quiz and Kikai, but then we have Ginga, which is activated by holding down the two centre buttons. When you consider the combinations you can make with three buttons, that means that there are three more combinations that are not used.

If one of those combinations are for Hattari, then the other two combinations are for Wakusei and Taiyou. Their faceplates are rehashes of Shinobi and Hattari, with Wakusei’s faceplate being a circular planet model revolving around a central point and Taiyou’s faceplate being a picture of a sun that can be spun. Wakusei’s finishers are the Planetary Spark, Big Bang Utopia and Extinction Blast while Taiyou’s finishers are the Supernova Bolide, Sunstorm Energy Impact and Destruction Burst.

My version of Ginga’s faceplate would work differently in that it has a standby loop like Shinobi and Quiz. It’s unfair that we never got a henshin sequence for Ginga and he honestly deserves one.

Next time, we’ll take a look at the post-series specials that are collectively known as After Quartzer.

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Kisekae Insights #46: Kamen Rider Zi-O Part 4 - King’s Dominion

“The powers of the Kamen Riders have finally been inherited. Now, the curtain rises on the final battle to decide the true king of time. Joyful all ye nations rise, join the triumph of the skies!”

The finale arc of the original Zi-O was something I definitely wanted to improve on. Despite the series being about time, the finale arc changed focus to it being about Rider worlds, cementing its status of being Decade 2.0. With all plots and footage available from the entire series used up, the plots for the final arc of the series are adapted from the final episodes of Kamen Rider Zero-One, which still worked to my benefit despite the pandemic affecting production of that series.

Let’s dive into the final arc of the series and see how my adaptation skills fared.

Episode 31: Scaredy Boys and Fearless Girls ~ Between Quartzer 2019 ~

Adapted from the Hyper Battle DVD Kamen Rider BiBiBi no BibillGeiz and Decade episodes 24 and 25. This was originally going to be separate DVD extras/specials until I realised that I needed a filler episode and the specials were short enough that I could combine them into one.

The boys and girls get their own focus in this episode. In the first half, Sougo, Kazuto and Mark set up a haunted school for Geiz after he got scared the night before watching classic Doctor Who. As everyone realises that the school could be actually haunted, Geiz obtains the Bibill Ridewatch.

Meanwhile in the second half, Luna has breakfast with Akari, Narutaki and Veronica. They were originally waiting on Kayley, but she was being held up by a Makamou named Chinomanako who steals her Diend Gunmorpher (non-X). The Makamou uses it to transform into Chinomanako Diend aka Gedou Diend, a hybrid Another Rider who can summon monsters through the Gunmorpher.

Kensuke breaks his partnership with Swartz as he sets the Quartzer Riders on him. The girls manage to defeat Gedou Diend, but Swartz uses the non-X Gunmorpher’s power to create the Diend Anotherwatch. Despite this setback, the girls head for an overnight hot springs trip before Luna comes home to the boys who are still spooked over what happened at the haunted school.

In other scenes, the other Sougo becomes Ohma Zi-O; Changyue recalls how he paid two Soulbound villains to create a distraction so he can steal the technology for the Ridewatches, Ziku Drivers and Time Mazines; and Swartz meets with Heure and Ora and gives them the Diend and Gold Drive Anotherwatches…

Episode 32: An Eternal Party ~ Another World 2019 ~

Adapted from Zi-O episodes 44, 45 and 46, namely the Another Worlds arc but without Another Drive because that’s already been done. Sougo’s birthday is rejoiced in this episode.

Previously, we had Woz servants for Sougo and Geiz, namely Kazuto (Black Woz) and Kensuke (White Woz), but this episode features a new Woz named Akihito Hayasaka (Red Woz), who serves the queen of time Tsukuyomi ABC and transforms into Kamen Rider Woz The Next, taking the place of Kamen Rider Aqua in the adaptation of this arc. However, Luna makes it clear to Akihito that even if were to become the queen of time, she won’t rule unless Sougo and Geiz are with her.

Heure and Ora make their appearance as Another Diend and Another Gold Drive as they fight Tsukuyomi and Woz The Next followed by Proto Woz and the Quartzer Riders. This is just after Swartz sent them into another world to fight G4, Fuma, Dark Ghost and Rey.

Tetsuya Iwanaga reprises his role as Yūni Yamishima, aka Kamen Rider Eternal, and to be honest, I didn’t picture him hitting as hard compared to Mitsuru Matsuoka as Katsumi Daidou. Oh well, Iwanaga’s the only guy we could get who can fluently speak English.

E-Zen Tiforp returns from episode 2 and new OCs Rainbow Lightspeed and Alchemic Flower are introduced. Replacing Yukihiro from the Den-O tribute in the original is Another Fourze/Faiz from episode 3, whose Another World has him seeing his girlfriend alive and well. Proto Woz’s summoned Rider is Mad Rogue, who engages Tsukuyomi as Proto Woz fights Woz Ginga Finally as part of their plan to send the two of them into Geiz’s Another World. As part of this plan, Kensuke also steals his Future Note back from Narutaki.

Episode 33: The Power of ABC ~ [REDACTED] Would Bang 2014 ~

Adapted from the Over Quartzer movie.

The title of this episode is a reference to Akari Ichigo and her real name, which has been redacted for privacy reasons. Basically in Year 9, people continued to learn about my crush on Akari and one of the boys managed to rhyme a shortened version of her name with “would bang”. The year 2014 in the title is a reference to Akari Ichigo being the main villain of the two Doctor Who series I produced and broadcast in that year.

In the last episode, Kensuke went back in time and recruited two villains relating to Hiroki’s past in different timelines (as parallel isotopes); in 2014, he recruits Akari Ichigo, who had just killed her husband in their final battle, then in 2013, he recruits the main villain of The Name of Hiroki Ichigo, who had spread himself all over Hiroki’s timestream inside his grave on Trenzalore - let’s call him Hisahide Matsunaga. In case I haven’t mentioned him before, Hisahide was one of my fans at high school in Year 7 and 8 who started teasing me when he got put in my class in Year 9. Together, Hiryuu Kakogawa, Hisahide Matsunaga and Evil Akari Ichigo are Kamen Riders Barlckxs (pronounced “Barukus” but not like “Baracus”), Zonjis and Zamonas. The three Riders can use the power of the Ancient Kamen Rider Ridewatches to utilise powers associated with them. Hiryuu’s goal with Quartzer is to restart the Heisei era from scratch, not his Superboy-Prime attitude of “things were better in the Showa era!” which was what he said in the final stage show.

Later, Swartz has Heure and Ora recreate the remaining Another Riders that hadn’t been recreated previously by forcibly contracting people; if an Another Rider is created and destroyed twice, the Time Jackers can summon them as they please without requiring contracts. As the Time Jackers come into conflict with Barlckxs’ group, Kensuke confronts Sougo’s group and sends duplicates of the Sisterhood of Karn to fight them. The defeat of Sougo’s group in that battle leads Luna to agree to Akihito’s offer for a new power and he uses the power of Geiz Revive and Woz Ginga Finally to create the Tsukuyomi ABC Ridewatch, which combines with the power of Ohma Zi-O to allow her to assume her upgrade/super form, Tsukuyomi ABC.

At the end of the episode, Akihito gives Sougo the Woz Ridewatch. It is also revealed that Akihito is working with Kensuke and Quartzer as he is sent to go undercover with the Time Jackers…

Episode 34: Assorted Spirits of the Past ~ Villain of the Chaos 2013 ~

Adapted from Zi-O’s final stage show.

In a similar vein to the last episode, the year 2013 in the title is a reference to The Name of Hiroki Ichigo being produced and broadcast in that year. The tagline is a reference to how Hisahide Matsunaga prided himself as a villain in Samurai Warriors 4.

Akihito obtains two blank Ridewatches from Swartz, then uses one of them to turn the Dark Ninja into Another Ninja in 2022. Once Another Ninja is destroyed by Ninja, Okachi and Mizuna, Akihito uses the other blank Ridewatch to create another Ninja Anotherwatch, which he uses on Iroha Kagura in 2019. Kensuke makes contact with the three Riders and offers to help them stop Another Ninja as he brings them to 2019.

Back in 2019, the Time Jackers recreate Another Shinobi, Another Quiz and Another Kikai as well and set them on the Ninja Riders as they fight Another Ninja. Sougo and his friends arrive at the scene only for Kensuke to send the Dorks out at them. As Zi-O’s side manages to gain the upper hand, Kensuke demoralises Zi-O by revealing that in 2013 of the actual (Hiroki’s) timeline, he would murder the Dorks’ leader. Upon returning home, Mirror World Sougo berates Sougo for getting scared over killing one person in the future when he would end up killing many more people as Ohma Zi-O. Hearing his friends talking about his past, Sougo heads downstairs to explain himself, which is received by reassurance from the others that it isn’t his fault that people see him differently.

Elsewhere, Hiroki and Kayley are upgrading their K-Touches to be compatible with their X equipment, creating the K-Touch 21 for Hiroki and the Ultimate Complete Form upgrade for Kayley with the help of Firerose, Narutaki and Akari contributing their powers and assistance to streamline the Rider powers more efficiently.

Later, Akihito brings Lugiel, Copper Plume and Rally Flag to fight Hiryuu’s group while the Time Jackers and Another Riders attack the city, where they are met by Kensuke and the Ninja Riders, who in turn are met by Sougo and his friends. Sougo and Geiz use Zi-O Woz Armor and Geiz Bibill Armor in the ensuing fight alongside Woz Ginga Finally and Tsukuyomi ABC, though they end up having to upgrade to Grand Zi-O and Geiz Revive. Hiroki and his friends also arrive, with Hiroki and Kayley debuting their new extra final forms, Decade Complete Form 21 and Diend Ultimate Complete Form. The other Sougo sees this battle happening and summons Rentarou, Isamichi, Reimondo and Handles to help defeat their Another Rider counterparts.

At the end of the battle, Rentarou and Isamichi see that Another Ninja was actually Iroha and they encourage her to enrol in the Leapfrog Ninja Academy so she can protect herself. Akari Ichigo reveals to her husband that because the Future Riders didn’t originally exist in this timeline, they are contributing to the worsening distortions in time and space, which leads Hiroki to finally decide that this world will be destroyed. With this battle, the Time Jackers have their full Another Rider Army.

Episode 35: Sonika Unleashed ~ Second Coming 2020 ~

So, you know how I initially cancelled my plans for Crestor Calandia as Another OOO after Chris-chan’s arrest in late-July 2021? Nearly a year later, it was revealed that Chris was attempting to get his mother placed in an aged care home in order to be able to return to 14BC. I think you can see what inspired me to write this original filler episode.

Sougo and his friends are walking on the waterfront when they notice an island in the distance that was never there before. Sougo and Geiz go to investigate and they discover that Swartz and Kensuke are investigating as well. Agreeing to a truce for the time being, the four of them discover that they are in this project’s version of Cwcville, namely Hayasaka. As the four are attacked by the Sonikas and Rosekas within Hayasaka, their comrades are being attacked back on Minato-Sugaru Island and are forced to retreat after being overwhelmed. This scene’s battle features the main Sougo using Decade Armor Origin (because Decade’s power was given back to Hiroki though he still had a remnant of it for Grand Zi-O) and the return of Geiz Genm Armor. Yeah, I’m one to highlight lesser-used forms to get more value for money out of them.

Later, Hiroki and his group head to the mysterious island to investigate while Crestor Calandia goes to 9TO5 to get Mark to clean three medallions. From Hiroki requesting Shinbu Serizawa to do some research in the Reading Room and Crestor talking to Mark, we get the backstory of this situation; Megumi Sonozaki snitched on Crestor’s “soul bonding” with his mother Beatrice and was forced out of his home by police, at which point he also “borrowed” some money from his mother’s account. Crestor was arrested for this, but during the trial, his previous crimes and transgressions were taken into account because his universe is one that has no sympathy for eccentrics like Crestor. As a result, Crestor was imprisoned in Stormcage, the most secure prison in his universe.

Even though Crestor remained largely compliant and resigned to his fate, he managed to manifest psychic powers over time and escape with the help of Sonika and his comrades, eventually managing to commandeer a spaceship and escape to Sougo’s universe. The authorities in Crestor’s universe have authorised a shoot-to-kill order on sight because they have been unable to contain his power.

After meeting back up with Sougo, Hiroki overhears Mark’s call with him and upon hearing medallions being mentioned, they and their friends quickly rush to 9TO5, but they are unable to stop him charging up his medallions and prevent the second coming of Crestor. Following this, Sougo and Hiroki’s groups team up with the Time Jackers and Quartzer to fight Crestor and his forces. During the battle, Zi-O briefly notices Another Decade defending Another Diend and Another Gold Drive from being ambushed.

Crestor and his forces are all defeated, but the island where Hayasaka stands flies out of the ocean and to the location of the battle as it shoots at everyone. It is revealed that the Crestor they fought was just an avatar; the real Crestor is inside the mayor’s office, which is the cockpit for his spaceship that was disguised as an island. Barlckxs, Zonjis and Zamonas sabotage the ship with their Ancient Rider powers before the Riders destroy it with their Rider Kicks.

Episode 36: A Girl Named [Akari] ~ Showdown 2019 ~

Adapted from Zero-One episodes 34, 35, 37 and 41.

This episode was named after Akari Ichigo’s real-life inspiration like I didn’t do just that 3 episodes ago. During this final week of episodes, Kazuto begins counting down the pages until the end of the world.

After Sougo and his friends defeat some of Sougo’s old enemies that were summoned by Kensuke, Swartz confronts them as Another Decade, proclaiming that he will subjugate humanity and create a paradise for the oppressed. It is then that Button Mash comes from nowhere and attacks Another Decade; Another Decade shoves him off, but his father, Janbit, stands between them, not wanting to let his son be hurt. Later, Swartz recalls how he protected his family on separate occasions in the last few episodes. Sougo also realises this and decides to help Swartz remember who he really is.

Meanwhile, Kensuke goes to the 2012 of Hiroki’s timeline and creates another parallel isotope; namely that of Akari Ichigo around the time when the Hiroki of that time became Sougo. Using his Future Note, Kensuke manages to send 2012 Akari through an Aurora Curtain into 2019. As Sougo fights Swartz in an attempt to convince the latter that he was a father before he became a Time Jacker, Heure joining in the battle before Swartz ends up defending him, 2012 Akari suddenly appears. The sight of her causes Sougo to regain the rest of his memories (which he had been slowly regaining since episode 30) and he quickly takes 2012 Akari away, only managing to escape the pursuit of the Quartzer Riders thanks to Woz Ginga Taiyo.

As Parker and his army decide to make camp on the island following heated tensions on the mainland, Sougo introduces 2012 Akari to his friends at 9TO5. The reason why Sougo hasn’t fully regained his memories despite meeting Akari previously is because 2012 Akari is from the same time period as Sougo and thus is in sync with him. Kensuke tells Hiryuu’s group that 2012 Akari is Sougo’s lynchpin to becoming Ohma Zi-O.

2021 Akari tells her younger self about what will happen to her in the future despite Hiroki warning what would happen if she did that. Sure enough, 2012 Akari becomes horrified by this and runs off. Hiroki receives a report from his comrades back home, who inform him that paradoxes are forming in his world and having two parallel isotopes of Akari are causing them to expand faster. Meanwhile, Kensuke reveals Quartzer to the world in a press conference and announces their intention to eradicate the Time Jackers. As the two groups meet up with their forces and begin fighting each other, Sougo goes to help Swartz while the others help find 2012 Akari. This might go against Sougo’s character, but even if he decided to go find Akari, chances are she’d continue running.

Zi-O manages to defend Another Decade from Proto Woz’s Time Explosion to show Another Decade that despite his goals, he still cares for his family. The two of them agree to a truce and they work together to defeat Proto Woz, who angrily retreats. Though Swartz admits that he underestimated Sougo, he makes it clear that his stance on humanity still hasn’t changed.

Meanwhile, the others find 2012 Akari, who says that she doesn’t want to see Sougo again if it means he will become a monster (not the vilest and evilest demonic overlord, though). They convince 2012 Akari that 2019 is the best place for her to be right now because of all the paradoxes and she eventually agrees to stay at 9TO5 as their new tenant.

Episode 37: The All Riders All-Out Attack ~ Ohma Time 2068 ~

Adapted from Zi-O episode 49 and Zero-One episode 42.

2012 Akari dreams about being saved from Ohma Zi-O by Sougo, only to be shoved aside as Swartz transforms into Another Decade Complete and rushes at Ohma Zi-O. Akari wakes up after this and heads downstairs to find Sougo, who had woken up a bit too early. The two decide to go on an early morning walk when they are attacked by Hiryuu, Hisahide and Evil Akari, who defeat Sougo and steal the Zi-O II and Grand Zi-O Ridewatches.

As Queen Fifi, Angelina and Karen Brewer meet with Parker, Kensuke combines the power of the Grand Zi-O Ridewatch into the Zi-O II Ridewatch, which is the key to Sougo becoming Ohma Zi-O. He also adds in battle data from Sougo’s friends and the Quartzer Riders, which will allow the power of each and every Rider to be drawn to Ohma Zi-O like a magnet.

Sougo is brought back to 9TO5 as he is returned the Grand Zi-O Ridewatch in a package. Meanwhile, the first of the enemy fleets arrive on the island as Parker readies his army to defend it, with the Legend Riders assisting in the defence as well. Seeing the chaos happening, Swartz hijacks a news crew’s cameras and announces that the Time Jackers’ subjugation of humanity begins now.

Swartz summons half of his Another Rider Army, but 2012 Akari goes to him and tries to convince him to stop the fighting, telling him to look into his heart and believe in humanity. Swartz, however, says to 2012 Akari that he doesn’t need a heart because he never had one, before proceeding to kill her with an energy blast. Swartz was originally an AI program; an avatar created by Hiroki and placed in a supercomputer with the purpose of looking after his former wife and even his creator when the time came for it, only to go rogue and break out with his family to enact his revenge against humanity.

As Zi-O is fighting the Another Rider Army with his friends, he hears an explosion and goes to find the dying 2012 Akari, who tells him that if he loves her, then he should help Swartz find his heart. Suddenly, all the Riders who hadn’t given their powers away or had their powers stolen, save for Sougo’s friends, Decade, Diend, Kuuga and Shugo, suddenly find themselves detransformed as their powers are stolen; the only reason why it doesn’t happen to the latter four is because they voluntarily channeled a portion of their power into Ridewatches.

As the Time Jackers confront Geiz, Woz and Tsukuyomi, the battle is suddenly intruded by Ohma Zi-O; Sougo’s voice menacingly ordering Kazuto to rejoice is what reveals him to have become the ultimate king of time; the true Ohma’s Day has arrived. Another Decade tries to take Ohma Zi-O’s power for himself but the power overloads him as Ohma Zi-O easily shrugs him off. Ohma Zi-O launches an attack that detransforms everyone before being detransformed himself due to being overwhelmed by his new power. It is revealed that Evil Akari absorbed 2012 Akari’s body into the Zi-O II Ridewatch and gave it back to Sougo, who uses it in his Ziku Driver to turn it into the Ohma Zi-O Driver and thus transform into Ohma Zi-O. The end of the episode has Sougo breaking down into tears as Evil Akari tells him that she will be by his side, addressing him as her God Almighty…

Episode 38: Overlords and Gods ~ Judgement Dawn 2003 ~

Adapted from Zero-One episode 43.

Ohma Zi-O goes to the mainland and passes judgement on Sougo’s past-life enemies by using his powers to brutally kill them. Heure asks Swartz why he killed 2012 Akari, to which a guilt-ridden Swartz says that all he did was execute justice. Quartzer reveals to Sougo’s friends that Sougo has not only become the vilest and evilest demonic overlord, but he has also become the purest and dearest god and judge of humanity (最浄最愛の神様), much to Kazuto’s disdain of his overlord being addressed in such a manner. Akihito also reveals to Sougo’s friends that he was working for Quartzer all along.

Back at 9TO5, Geiz and Luna are hesitant to tell Mark the truth but Kazuto does it for them, saying that they can’t lie to him when the fate of two timelines is at stake. As such, the three promise that they will bring Sougo back to normal. Hiroki and his friends come in and they are filled in on what is happening.

Sougo later heads back to Minato-Sugaru Island where he is confronted by Hiryuu, who mocks Sougo for saying that he wouldn’t become the vilest and evilest demonic overlord before becoming one anyway. The two of them fight, but Ohma Zi-O manages to defeat him. Sougo’s friends try to stop him, but he brushes them off. The other Sougo calls him out for losing his way; the two Ohma Zi-Os fight and the other Ohma Zi-O is beaten; he notes that he could feel an even deeper sorrow in the main Zi-O’s attacks and offers his help, only to be met by silence.

Sougo then uses his powers to see into different timelines of himself and manipulate Hiroki’s timeline. This would be seen by Hiroki, who transforms into Decade Complete Form 21 to fight him, knowing the truth about who continually manipulated his timeline. Sougo responds in kind by transforming into Ohma Zi-O and projecting the memories around him into Decade’s brain. However, Decade retaliates by projecting memories of himself and his friends in his own timeline like how the Thirteenth Doctor escaped the Matrix (with the instrumental chorus to Journey Through the Decade playing in the background). The two of them defeat each other and Hiroki manages to escape.

Swartz assembles the other half of his Another Rider Army as Sougo confronts him in battle…

Episode 39: Find Your Heart ~ Twilight Dusk 2018 ~

Adapted from the Geiz Majesty special and Zero-One episodes 43 and 44.

Ohma Zi-O fights Another Decade. After making quick work of the Another Rider Army, Ohma Zi-O prepares to finish off Another Decade only for Heure as Another Diend to leap in and take the attack, which kills him. As Zi-O leaves, Hisahide arrives and uses a blank Ridewatch to absorb Heure’s body and create the Decade Complete Anotherwatch.

Swartz announces that Sougo has become Ohma Zi-O and because he killed Heure, there will be no place for him in his paradise of the oppressed, making his crusade against humanity personal. As Sougo runs away out of fear and guilt at Parker and his friends constantly asking him questions upon seeing him, Swartz goes to the mainland and does the same thing Sougo did when he became Zi-O, which is to initiate his powers by killing Sougo’s past-life enemies. Later, Ora meets with Swartz and tries to tell him that he has a heart, but his mind is too clouded by the desire for revenge to even realise it.

The Kamen Riders have split into two camps; with the exception of those affiliated with Sougo, Hiroki, Kayley, the Kougami Foundation, Torchwood North or Quartzer, the Riders are marching around the island to demand answers from Sougo regarding his actions and the loss of their powers. Among one of the protesting groups, Marcello pushes through the barricade and charges towards Yūki Tachibana, leading him to be held down as a result. Yūki orders Birth to fire at Marcello’s head; as Birth hesitates, Luna and Kazuto arrive and tell them not to shoot. At the town centre, Parker and his comrades also plead with another group of protesters to believe that Sougo will find the true way of becoming a hero.

Elsewhere, Geiz finds Sougo with the intent to carry out his promise of killing him when he became the vilest and evilest demonic overlord; Kayley arrives as well to ask Sougo if he is betraying his own dreams and the hearts of the Kamen Riders who entrusted their powers to him. Kayley throws a spare K-Touch to Geiz, which becomes the Geiz Majesty Ridewatch that Geiz uses to fight Ohma Zi-O, only to end up failing.

Later that night, Sougo recalls Geiz and Kayley’s words as he is lost in his own thoughts. It is then that he hears the vaguely familiar sound of a materialising TARDIS, with the Doctor coming out to talk to Sougo…

The next day, the Riders have agreed to stop protesting as Geiz and Hiroki’s groups meet with Yūki Tachibana. Ora is revealed to be present as well, giving them the Diend Anotherwatch in the hope that they can restore Heure’s consciousness because like Swartz, he was an avatar as well.

Meanwhile, Sougo and Swartz finally meet as they transform into Ohma Zi-O and Another Decade Complete to duke it out once and for all…

Episode 40: Parting in the Daybreak Hour ~ Apocalypse Over Quartzer 2019 ~

Adapted from Zero-One episode 45, Zi-O episode 49, the Over Quartzer movie, the final stage show, Reiwa The First Generation and the Geiz Majesty special along with Ryuki episode 50.

Fun fact: The Japanese translation of this title would be 彼は誰時に別れ (Kawataredoki ni wakare). Just as Ōmagatoki 逢魔時 refers to the witching hour, or the sunset, Kawataredoki 彼は誰時 refers to the daybreak hour, a time when you can’t tell someone’s presence in the dark, or the sunrise (I’ve seen it refer to the sunset as well, but Wikipedia seems to make reference to the the sunrise so it was a good complement).

Ohma Zi-O and Another Decade Complete fight to determine the true king of time, this battle being a reflection of their adapted roles as Aruto Hiden as Ark-One and Horobi as Ark Scorpion. During this battle, there are Legend Rider weapons scattered around which are picked up and used by both opponents.

Meanwhile, Geiz and the others manage to resurrect Heure, who tells Kensuke, Akihito and the Quartzer trio that they don’t understand the real reason behind this battle as they have lost their righteous hearts. Another Decade Complete manages to defeat Ohma Zi-O as the latter puts his life at stake to show the former that he has a heart like anyone else. This was inspired by the Doctor’s words to Sougo, that true strength isn’t about how much power one has, but about what is in one’s heart. Swartz finally realises the impact of all the people he killed and admits that it was his fault that Heure sacrified himself, that he was scared of all the human feelings getting in the way, because despite what he may say, he does have a heart. Ohma Zi-O’s power leaves the Ohma Zi-O Driver and creates the Zi-O Over Quartzer Ridewatch, allowing Sougo to transform into Zi-O Quartzer, appearing identical to his default form. Zi-O manages to defeat Another Decade Complete with the Quartzer Time Break, but refraining from killing him as there isn’t a need for it anymore.

Heure and Ora meet with Swartz as Andrew, Hiroki and their friends meet with Sougo; they were able to restore Heure’s body after the Decade Complete Anotherwatch was destroyed, plus the Riders have regained their powers as well. The Zi-O Riders, Decade Riders and Time Jackers are confronted by Quartzer, who have brought an army of Kachinebots from the future. The enemy armies from the mainland begin invading the island, but they are held off by Parker and his allies. As the group transforms, Sougo transforms into Zi-O Quartzer while Geiz transforms into Il Salvatore Geiz thanks to some of the former’s power going to his Ridewatch (again appearing identical to his default form).

Most of the Quartzer Riders are defeated, but Proto Woz, Woz The Next and the Quartzer trio manage to defeat the Decade Riders and Time Jackers, before defeating Zi-O and Geiz as well. The Quartzer trio summon seven Dai Mazines from the future (instead of bring them back up from episode 8) to launch into space and link up in the sky, opening a portal into the Time Vortex that begins to suck up everything and everyone born in the Heisei era. Sougo is thrown into the Time Vortex as well and after a quick speech from Ohma Zi-O, transforms the Zi-O Quartzer Ridewatch into the Ohma Zi-O Ridewatch, which he uses to transform into Zi-O Ohma Form, officially inheriting the demonic overlord’s power.

The Kamen Riders, Time Jackers and Parker’s army work together to destroy the enemy armies and Kachinebots. Kensuke still remains undefeated, however; the Quartzer trio combine their personal Ridewatches together with the Ancient Rider Ridewatches and the Zi-O and Zi-O II Ridewatches to merge into Another Ohma Zi-O, while Kensuke and Akihito combine with the Woz Ridewatch and Ohma Zi-O’s power to merge into Another Ichigou.

As the other Riders are defeated, leaving only the primary Riders (in their final forms) and Geiz, the other Sougo arrives as Ohma Zi-O and assists the main Zi-O in fighting Another Ohma Zi-O. Hiryuu, through Another Ohma Zi-O, tells the main Zi-O that it is his fault the Heisei era is such as mess and asks him how much more he wants to mock him before he is satisfied, to which Zi-O tells him that he will lose because anyone who doesn’t look forward is only doomed to be left behind in the past.

Another Ohma Zi-O is defeated by Zi-O Ohma Form and Ohma Zi-O; as a weakened Another Ichigou sees this, he absorbs Another Ohma Zi-O into him to evolve into Another New Ichigou, acting as the giant Barlckxs from the Over Quartzer movie. Zi-O, Geiz and the primary Riders finish them off with the Heisei Rider Kick, kicking through a shield that Another New Ichigou conjures to form the kanji characters for Heisei (平成) before each Riders’ series logos fly out from the explosion. Another New Ichigou is destroyed along with the Quartzer commanders.

The other Sougo farewells the main Sougo as he leaves on his own journey to the future. The main Sougo meets with his friends, including Hiroki, Parker, Swartz and Mark. Although they have saved the world and can rule over it together into glorious perpetuity, Sougo refuses as he decides to destroy this timeline and restore everything back to normal. Although he may never have a chance to be king again, he also wants to create a future where he can fight together with Geiz, Luna and Kazuto. Sougo farewells his future self and his friends as the timeline is destroyed. The Time Jackers are returned to the supercomputer with a new mission to watch over humanity and walk the path of kindness instead of revenge. The Kamen Riders (and any allies who originally came into the Ohma War) float away from this timeline as it disappears.

Time goes back to normal in July 2012 of the main timeline, but with some minute changes. The original Kazuto ends up back in the cell he was in when Ohma Zi-O rescued him, but it has now become a storage room after the war ended and Kazuto is a free man. The Hiroki of that time (who never became Sougo) makes an impromptu stop at 9TO5 where he gives something to Mark to repair, but just as he goes in, he encounters Geiz, who was just leaving, and the two look at each other with vague feelings of familiarity, like Shinji Kido and Ren Akiyama did at the end of Kamen Rider Ryuki.

The parallel isotope Kazuto witnesses Hiroki and Akari sharing their first kiss before farewelling the audience. He meets with Ohma Zi-O in a white void as his timeline is disappearing; the demonic overlord thanks Kazuto for his service and releases him to live his own life, but Kazuto says that his original self is doing just that and that he wants to follow his overlord to the end. Hearing this, Ohma Zi-O gives Kazuto his final order, which is to find the new timeline that Sougo created and look over the Sougo in it, for there may come a time when the demonic overlord must rise again. Kazuto thanks Ohma Zi-O and takes his leave as the demonic overlord disappears, finally free of his pains and burdens.

Although the series’ endgame was adapted from Zero-One, I thought it was paced better than the original Zi-O’s endgame. I strived to improve on the failings of the original series and in my opinion, did a good job despite 80% of the series being a carbon copy of the original and the rest being a walking ego-fest. If you think I could have done a better job adapting the series, feel free to share your thoughts and opinions.

While the main series of Zi-O is done, there is still more to cover, namely the Before Quartzer mini-series, the After Quartzer specials, the background to the series and some clarification on character details. See you for the last few instalments of this run of Kisekae Insights.

#kisekae insights #kamen rider #kamen rider zi-o #kamen rider decade #equestria girls #my little pony equestria girls

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Sea Princesses: Into the Liamverse Part 24: Yo-Kai Benja Special

There's no YouTube Community post link for this one as these OCs, created by Liamverse YouTuber Yo-Kai Benja, were sent to me via Discord DMs. This is a look into the salines of what could possibly be yet another universe. The World of Salacia, located off the coast of Brazil (particularly near Santos, Sao Paulo), isn't the only place where salines, kingdoms and royal families can be found. These princes and princesses are from kingdoms located across a mass of Dryland from Salacia, off the coast of Viña del Mar in Valparaíso, Chile. Read to the end for some lore and theories.

Leo (Mussel Prince)

Name: Leo

Occupation: Mussel Prince

Race: Saline

Residence: Mussel Kingdom (off the coast of Viña del Mar, Valparaíso, Chile, former)/Salacian Metropolis (current)

Gender: Male

Age: 15

Likes: Chilean culture, Chilean rock, music, playing bass, Drylander customs

Dislikes: Drylander fishermen

Relationships:

Mussel King (father) ✝️

Mussel Queen (mother) ✝️

Chorito (pet)

Felipe (best friend)

Merluzina (friend)

Reinetina (friend)

Globina (friend)

Delfi (friend)

Agostinha (friend)

Marcello (bandmate)

Hugo (bandmate)

Sirilo (bandmate)

History

Leo is the Mussel Prince. When he was 9, fishermen destroyed Leo’s home in the Mussel Kingdom and his parents were killed, leaving him in the care of the families of his friends Felipe, Merluzina, Reinetina and Globina as he frequently moved between their kingdoms with his pet Chorito, becoming more and more independent as a result.

When Leo turned 15, he decided to move to Salacia, where he made numerous friends including Delfi, Agostinha, Marcello, Hugo and Sirilo. Although he loved living in the metropolis of Salacia, he would visit his friends back home sometimes, hoping that they could go on a trip with him to Salacia one day. He also frequents the Dryland cities of Valparaíso and Viña del Mar in Chile.

Leo is a kind person who likes to help people around him and works to prevent Drylanders from bringing harm to the sea.

Curiosities

- Leo prefers to travel between his kingdom and Salacia through Dryland as it would be a two-week trip by bus (around the treacherous Drake Passage) whereas it takes 6 to 7 hours by plane and public transportation (from Viña del Mar to Florianópolis via Santiago). Before the Salacia-Dryland Peace Treaty was signed in 2018, this would have been an impossibility due to it breaking the First Law of Salacia.

- Leo is a fan of all things Chilean, such as the food, the cities and above all, music.

- Leo loves to listen to Chilean bands such as Chancho en Piedra, Los Prisioneros, Los Bunkers and 31 Minutos. He plans on forming a tribute band with Marcello, Hugo and Sirilo but he is unable to decide which group to tribute.

- Leo is a bass player, with his inspirations being Felipe Ilabaca and Jorge Gonzalez.

- Leo’s initial design had him wearing a t-shirt with the Chilean flag on it.

- Leo also has a pet mussel named Chorito.

Globina - Globefish Princess

Name: Globina

Occupation: Globefish Princess

Race: Saline

Residence: Globefish Kingdom (off the coast of Viña del Mar, Valparaíso, Chile)

Gender: Female

Age: 14

Likes: Music, hanging out with her friends

Dislikes: People making fun of her for her enlargement reflex

Relationships:

Leo (best friend)

Merluzina (friend)

Reinetina (friend)

Unknown prince (love interest, created by elpijazo)

History

Globina is the Globefish Princess, her family distant relatives to the Blowfish Royal Family. She lives in the Globefish Kingdom, off the coast of Viña del Mar in Chile, across a mass of Dryland from Salacia. Her design is based on the longnose puffer.

The Globefish Royal Family has a peculiarity about them; every time they get excited, their heads inflate and they have to deflate themselves. They can also trigger this inflation manually to prank others or scare off predators. Globina feels uncomfortable when she stays inflated for too long as it makes her body feel tight. Other people tend to make fun of her family for this, much to their chagrin.

Globina’s best friend is Leo, with whom she shares some of the same tastes such as their love for music.

Other OCs

Felipe (Chilean Abalone Prince)

No other details are known at the time of writing.

Merluzina (Southern Hake Princess)

Note: Merlo and his family are the main royal family of the Hake Kingdom, mostly representing the Argentine hake.

Merluzina is noted to be a kinder version of Tubarina.

Reinetina (Southern Ray Bream Princess)

Reinetina is Merlutina's best friend, though the latter finds her annoying at times.

The lore of sub-species

While the World of Salacia may be vast, there are only so many kingdoms that can be located in the realm, so other kingdoms were established outside of it. Like with the kingdoms of Salacia, there are families who represent and look after smaller genera or species of fish. Some of them may be princes, princesses or high-ranking generals or ministers who are assigned a smaller species by their kings and queens. Some of them may be other nobles or aristocrats from a particular kingdom. Some of them may just be ordinary people, whether upper, middle or lower class, who could be distantly related to a Salacian royal family.

These families still have responsibilities to their particular species and are answerable to a family that oversees their taxonomic rank, up to the top rank that is the Salacian royal families. One such example is the Hammerhead Shark Kingdom; prince Marcello and princess Marcela are cousins to prince Veto and princess Tubarina of the Shark Kingdom. While Veto and Marcello may be the heirs to their respective thrones, Tubarina and Marcela could still be queens, only to a lesser sub-species and they would also be answerable to their respective monarchs. Not every prince or princess will become the ruler of a sub-kingdom, though they may be assigned to other positions.

Despite this caste system, there is rarely any discrimination, for the Laws of Salacia state that all families and all castes, whether royal, commoner or anywhere in between, should be respected.

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Kisekae Insights #45: Kamen Rider Zi-O Part 3 - Road to the King

“The last of the Kamen Riders have been gathered as they await the passing down of their legacies. Once all their powers have been inherited, the path to the final chapter awaits. Hark the herald angels sing, rejoice for the one true king!”

Last time, we saw Ohma’s Day being delayed for the time being as Sougo is tasked with obtaining the final six Ridewatches. With all the Riders now in 2019, the Time Jackers would resort to creating Another Riders in that year, meaning that the Legend Riders would be another obstacle in their plans. Also, Kensuke Nitta still remains despite Geiz Revive’s future no longer coming to pass. What are his plans and why did I write this into the plot? Let’s find out now.

Episode 21: Unknown Memory ~ Awaken the Agito 2001 ~

In the original series, we never knew who Another Agito’s identity was. No, it’s not Kino from Decade. In this version, Swartz goes to the Tomb of the Unnamed Lover in the Valley of Dusk (in Salacia) and uses the Agito Anotherwatch to resurrect the slain husband of Mermaid Princess Selena as Another Agito.

G3 is working with the Minato-Sugaru Police to establish a G3 Unit on the island. Meanwhile, Zhuge Sōta, Zhuge Shu’s son, is working with Duante at the Surf Shop Agito, which replaces Restaurant Agito from the original.

In the last episode, we learnt that Kazuto was originally a member of the resistance in 2068 before he was revealed to have been a spy for Ohma Zi-O, giving them false information that would lead to them being slaughtered. Luna was found in 2068 with no memories; not knowing her real name, the resistance decided to name her Luna. In this episode though, Luna unconsciously causes herself to freeze time. Swartz notes that Luna’s power is reawakening and that it is only a matter of time before she remembers the truth.

Episode 22: Sea Amazons ~ Unlock the Quartzer 2016 ~

This is an original episode that follows from the events of the Agito tribute. The Amazon Riders are attacking the city alongside Kamen Rider Woz. This Woz, though, isn’t Kazuto, but Kensuke. Despite having his Rider power stolen from him, Kensuke still had some lingering power left which was used to manifest the Zi-O Trinity Ridewatch earlier. This means that he can still transform into Kamen Rider Woz, he just can’t use the Jikan Despear or his Futurering forms. He is therefore Kamen Rider Proto Woz. To differentiate between Kazuto and Kensuke, Kazuto will tend to use his Futurering forms more often.

Kensuke has established a new organisation called Quartzer, gathering anyone from unaffiliated Riders, monsters or soldiers to establish a new future with himself as the keeper of time. Quartzer in the original series is a group played by ISSA and the members of DA PUMP who are the antagonists of the movie Over Quartzer, a rehash of All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker which I hate because it robs the protagonists of their agency. It’s like the Timeless Child arc of Doctor Who, only not as bad. Because Kensuke was inspired by Sougo to establish Quartzer, everything else that happens with them is kind of his fault. Insert surprised Pikachu face here.

Kensuke’s plan, with the Amazon Riders under his wing, is to flood Swansea by using Tlaloc particles to control the water. Akeno Shiranui (New Omega) and Miss Marla (Neo Alpha) are revealed to be spies for the goddess Salacia. Together with Salacia, Windy Adams and Duante, Zi-O and co stop Quartzer’s plans, however Kensuke has a tablet (similar to that of Luna’s) which he uses to summon simulations of Riders and monsters that move and act like the real thing. In this episode, Kensuke summons the Mole Amazon (second form) and the Crow Amazon along with Dark Kabuto, Orga and Dark Drive.

Sougo asks Luna if she would like to become a Kamen Rider someday, but Luna says that she would rather stay as she is because she always saw being a Kamen Rider as a boys’ thing. Luna is told that it isn’t just a boys’ thing because there are a few girls who are Kamen Riders and Sougo offers to see what he can do.

Episode 23: Entering the Reiwa Era ~ Hit the Beat Keep Your Beat 2005 ~

As the title of this episode implies, we have entered May 2019, when Japan transitioned from the Heisei era to the Reiwa era. The Hibiki tribute is extended from the original and combined with the Magica tribute for a two-parter episode with a mix of original and adapted plotlines.

Aside from Marcela (Hibiki), Marli (Ibuki), Caramelo (Todoroki) and Delfi (Zanki), all the other Oni Riders have joined Quartzer. Takumi Kamijō is shown struggling against the rebel Oni Riders when Marli, Caramelo and Delfi offer their assistance to him. Another Hibiki and Another Magica are respectively Kyōya and Kasumi Shinomiya from another universe, only they have different names. The two Another Riders were respectively created by Heure and Ora.

Sougo has dreams of marrying Akari Ichigo, but he doesn’t know who she is. Later that day, after witnessing Todoroki chasing after Another Hibiki during their fight, Sougo and Geiz are met by Marcela, who offers them the Hibiki Ridewatch if they undergo special training. Because it’s not Sougo’s birthday, Kazuto doesn’t join in the training to find out a way to celebrate because there’s nothing to celebrate here. Sougo and Geiz can’t keep up with Hibiki and she tells them to go lift some weights.

Luna and Kazuto inform Sougo and Geiz of Another Hibiki’s reappearance; the latter two go to help Caramelo fight him while the former two meet with Takumi, Marli and Delfi, who are trying to find Yuki Yamaki (Magica) in the hope of finding out what Quartzer is planning with their friends. Kensuke arrives and he fights Kazuto, only for Ora to send in Another Magica to stop the fight. Meanwhile, Marcela learns from the Disk Animal Akanetaka that Another Hibiki and Another Magica are from another universe.

Later, Sougo and co are confronted by Kensuke, Another Magica and the Oni Riders. Though the Quartzer forces are defeated, Kensuke’s trump card arrives in the form of Yuki Yamaki, who transforms into Magica and defeats Zi-O and the other Riders with a finisher attack…

Episode 24: Shatter the Unchangeable ~ The Bow of Justice 2008 ~

Yuki Yamaki explains to Marcela and Takumi that he sided with Quartzer because time is about to be violated on a level never seen before and that the rise of Ohma Zi-O caused it. Sougo fights Yuki again but he is defeated, with Kensuke telling everyone that they will meet again at the time of Orochi.

Back at 9TO5, Takumi explains to Sougo that he is his son, which comes to Mark’s shock until they explain that Takumi was joking. Marcela explains that Kensuke is planning to manually trigger Orochi by channelling massive amounts of Ongeki power into the Earth and causing hordes of Makamou to roam the earth. Suddenly, the sky turns dark as Another Magica causes witches, familiars, Nightmares, Wraiths and Uwasa (rumours) to be summoned around the city, which is surrounded in an artificial witch barrier created by it.

The Riders head out and deal with the chaos. Zi-O, Geiz and Woz knock Another Magica out of the sky, but Yuki arrives and summons illusions of his Torchwood Pleiades comrades to fight them. Suddenly, the Orochi ceremony is about to begin and the Quartzer forces fall back, taking down the artificial witch barrier in the process.

The Disk Animal Asagiwashi, which Marcela gave to Yuki when they last saw each other, returns to the former; Yuki tells Marcela where Quartzer is conducting their plans, informing her that he has a plan to betray Quartzer at the last minute and that Jaune and Goldina are willing to help him.

Sougo and co head to Afan Forest Park, where the Ace Riders and the summoned Psyga, Skull and Exceed Gills stand in their path. Kensuke confronts Sougo, Geiz and Kazuto as Zi-O Trinity, telling them that the rebel Oni Riders don’t have enough Ongeki power to trigger Orochi and that only the Ongeki power of Hibiki, Ibuki and Todoroki, being the strongest masters of percussion, wind and string Ongeki, have enough power to do so. Sougo wonders whether he should keep fighting Kensuke or stop Hibiki and the others, but Kensuke and the rebel Oni Riders manage to keep him distracted.

Yuki goes to destroy a pillar that Quartzer hammered into the earth that would absorb the Ongeki power and trigger Orochi, but he is backstabbed by Jaune and Goldina just as he does so; Kensuke anticipated his treachery and allowed the two princesses to accompany him so he could see what he would do. Kensuke and the Quartzer Riders decide to retreat, but Another Hibiki and Another Magica still stand in their way. Zi-O Trinity and Hibiki defeat Another Hibiki while Magica and Serranon defeat Another Magica.

However, when the four Riders meet with Marli, Caramelo and Delfi in a clearing, a mutant Bakegani comes up from the ground, having been woken by the Ongeki power. The seven Riders work together to defeat the mutant Bakegani and neutralise Orochi in a special Ongekidou ceremony sequence replicating that of the final battle in Decade episode 19, with Hibiki, Ibuki and Todoroki playing their respective instruments on the Bakegani while Zanki, Zi-O Trinity (percussion), Magica (wind) and Serranon (strings) acting as support on the ground. Sougo, Geiz and Kazuto are also shown beating on taiko drums within the shared space of Zi-O Trinity’s consciousness.

Following this, Sougo reunites Kyōya and Kasumi with their parents, who are a version of Sougo and Akari from another universe. They were the couple he saw getting married in his dream. Marcela and Yuki allow Sougo and Geiz to take their Rider powers, leaving three Watches remaining to be collected.

Episode 25: Hearts Come Together ~ Finally Time 2021 ~

This episode adapts the Kiva tribute plot, but the Kiva tribute is excised so that the episode fully focuses on Kamen Rider Ginga. This is also a crossover episode with the Soulbound series that takes place after the events of that series.

In space, Soulbound protagonists Shinbu Serizawa, Mogoro Kuwabara and Eigen Kasamisoka evade Kamen Rider Ginga’s attacks in the Barrier Base as they try to hold on. Shinbu manages to hit Ginga with a cannon blast that knocks him away, but the Barrier Base has taken too much damage and they land on Minato-Sugaru Island to repair. Harking to the Den-O tribute arc, the three seek the help of Mark to help them repair some parts in the Barrier Base because of course he would know. While doing so, they meet Sougo and co and they tell them all about their adventures in the multiverse. Soon, they are attacked by Kensuke, Topsy the Kangaroo and Melanie Yang who they begin fighting, but they decide to help the civilians when Kensuke’s Kurokage Troopers attack them.

The Riders assist two civilians who resemble Copper Plume (by ImperfectXIII) and Rally Flag; the Barrier Base trio see this and immediately stop them because they are Ginga’s disciples. Sure enough, the two kick the Riders away before they transform into Kamen Riders Wakusei and Taiyou. Sougo, Geiz and Kazuto fight them off, but the two are no match for them. Later, Dark Lugiel, aka Storm Dasher/Hikaru Tomokaze, would arrive in a meteor. Wakusei and Taiyou would combine with Dark Lugiel to become Kamen Rider Ginga. After Shinbu, Mogoro and Eigen fail to fight Lugiel, allowing him to transform into Ginga, Zi-O Trinity fights Ginga but to no avail, forcing everyone to retreat.

Ginga, Wakusei and Taiyou’s backstory is that in some universe, they were weighed down by regrets and left behind by the times because of lost loves, missed opportunities and passed-on possibilities. Dasher merged himself with Dark Lugiel and Copper and Rally sold their souls to him for power, allowing Ginga to become a Rider of raw, unfiltered power that will lead universes to extinction. Ginga’s existence was brought to the attention of the Barrier Base trio and they pursued him to Sougo’s universe.

Sougo’s group, the Barrier Base trio, the Time Jackers and Quartzer form a temporary alliance to deal with Ginga and his disciples. During the battle, Ginga is weakened and separated upon being hit by Zi-O, Geiz and Woz as the sky becomes cloudy. However, when the sun shines again, Ginga is able to combine again and continue fighting at his most powerful. Ginga is eventually defeated and his power harvested into a blank Miridewatch by Swartz which is then taken by Kazuto. Dasher, Copper and Rally manage to escape. Because of Wakusei and Taiyou’s addition into the series, the Ginga Miridewatch contains the power of three Riders and not just one.

Kensuke summons the Kabutick Riders and sets them on the group, but Kazuto transforms into Woz Ginga Finally for the first time to defeat them. Since his proclamation was shortened in the original episode, I’ve taken the effort to make an extended proclamation here:

“Rejoice, one and all, for my power has traversed time and space to become the strongest in the universe. And my name is Kamen Rider Woz Ginga Finally! Bear witness to a new stage of my evolution!”

At the end of the episode, Mark has finished fixing the Barrier Base parts and Shinbu, Mogoro and Eigen farewell everyone as they leave.

Episode 26: Brothers from Hell ~ Next Level Kabuto 2006 ~

This episode is another close adaptation of the original with some alterations. In the original, only PunchHopper was a Worm, but in this version, both of the Hell Brothers are copied by Worms. KickHopper still becomes Another Kabuto as with the original.

Because Hiro Mizushima was blacklisted* from Toei productions by his former agency, Ken-On, for breaking his contract and going on to start his own agency so that he could look after his wife who was sick at the time, Yuki Satou reprised his role as Kagami Arata/Kamen Rider Gatack and would go on to become Kamen Rider Kabuto as well in the Kabuto tribute arc. In this version, Tommy Cooper (Kabuto) is stated as having gone to Brazil to study the teachings of Monja Coen, but when Kyle Bonlin (Gatack) is defeated in the final battle against Another Kabuto and PunchHopper, Tommy returns and Kyle is effectively sidelined due to the original footage.

When Luna uses her time powers to save a mother and her child, she sees visions of her younger self with her family in the supercomputer on Never Land (they are obscured but Fifi’s head is a dead giveaway). Hiroki approaches Luna and takes her into the supercomputer in his universe where they indeed meet the rest of her family, consisting of her mother Fifi Forget-me-not; her older brother Takuhiro; and her father, a younger version of Swartz. The present Swartz discovers this and kicks them out before having Hiroki take Luna back to her time so she can stop the gargantuan meteor.

Mark making sandwiches is the alternative to onigiri in the original. At least we show that Mark is actually making sandwiches and not just calling onigiri “sandwiches”, let alone “jelly donuts”.

And before you ask, we corrected Gatack’s belt voices in this version of the episode. Fuck Shinichirō Shirakura and Kyōhei Yamaguchi.

(* yeah, apparently people, even the man himself, are saying that Hiro Mizushima wasn’t blacklisted, but he’s barely been in anything since 2016 and while it is true that he wasn’t asked to reprise his role in Zi-O, maybe agencies and production companies aren’t going out of their way to look for him because he’s still shadowbanned from the industry and they fear getting blacklisted.)

Episode 27: All Hearts Unleashed ~ Grand Climax 2007 ~

Kamen Rider Shugo is defeated by Nega Shugo, Shugo Nexta and Shugo Special and her Shugo belt is confiscated. However, Zhuge Qiao reveals that she still has the Shugo Ridewatch before she rushes to give it to Sougo. It is revealed that the three are trying to prevent this because they saw into Ohma Zi-O’s future through the Road of Stars.

Sci-Twi is struggling to juggle her work, social life and personal life when Ora transforms her into Another Shugo and tells her to unleash the hearts of everyone on Minato-Sugaru Island. Dasher Arekawa leaves Wallflower Blush’s apartment when Another Shugo unleashes their X-Egg and Mystery Egg, turning them into the Rat Fangire and Mole Imagin. Another Shugo continues to do this with the rest of the people in the city.

As Zi-O Trinity and Shugo attempt to deal with Another Shugo’s forces, the other three Shugos and Kensuke alongside the summoned Fifteen and Bujin Gaim stand in their way. Tsukasa Amakawa is shown to be working for Quartzer, but then Kensuke knows that he is a spy because of all the spies he found in his army previously.

Eventually, Zhuge Qiao is allowed to give the Shugo Ridewatch to Sougo, allowing him to combine the 20 Ridewatches and transform into Grand Zi-O, with the initial transformation being stretched out to fit with the length of the standby announcement. Zhuge Qiao can’t transform into Shugo as a result of this, but she remembers that she only put half of her Rider power into her Ridewatch because she knew her comrades would try to take her belt away from her. Sougo uses his power to recover the Shugo Belt and allow Zhuge Qiao to transform once again. Another Shugo, the Rat Fangires, Mole Imagin and Quartzer Riders are defeated and everything goes back to normal.

This episode featured the Humane Six and Shadowbolts along with Big Mac, the Equestria Girls counterparts of the Wonderbolts and some other OCs not seen before in the series, namely Sierra Nightingale (by NightieTime), this universe’s versions of Copper Plume and Rally Flag, Winter Sky, Paladin Colt (to be changed to Shadow Warp in 3.0) and Skittle (by Skittle_Cuddler, not to be mistaken for a different OC than the one in the description).

At the end of the episode, Sougo disappears as Swartz prepares to make his move with Hiryuu Kakogawa. Sougo ends up in 2068 where he prepares to face off against Ohma Zi-O…

Episode 28: The Reverse Overlord ~ Reset World 2019 ~

Grand Zi-O fights Ohma Zi-O, but Ohma Zi-O is able to hijack the former’s summoning of Drive to defeat him, revealing that he hasn’t actually obtained the Drive Ridewatch yet.

Sougo is sent back to 2019 (two months after his disappearance), where Hiryuu has taken over Minato-Sugaru Island as Another Zi-O II and his friends don’t remember him, with even Kazuto siding with the new demonic overlord. Hiryuu’s motivation for doing this is because he felt humiliated by Sougo’s shallow platitude to let go of the past and live for the present. Hiroki manages to rescue Sougo from Hiryuu before Narutaki infiltrates Hiryuu’s base. Swartz catches Narutaki and gives her some of his power, allowing her to freeze time as well, which she uses to take the Grand Zi-O Ridewatch.

Luna is captured by the Time Jackers and brought to Swartz; in the original, it is revealed that Luna’s counterpart is Swartz’s little sister, but in this version, Swartz confirms that Luna is his daughter.

New OCs featured in the Another Zi-O II arc include Danielita/Dany Melody (by Danielitamlp), Draco (Knight) Blaze, Roxy Vorpal Sword (by Dynasty-Dawn) and Shy Wishes.

Episode 29: The False King ~ Luna Confidential 2019 ~

The first half of this episode concludes the Another Zi-O II arc from the previous episode. Swartz reveals (or rather confirms) to Luna and the other Time Jackers that they are indeed the family from the Never Land supercomputer shown 3 episodes ago; Swartz is the Hiroki avatar, Ora is Fifi Forget-me-not, and Heure is their son Takuhiro, whereas Luna was created after the events of Decade and was actually named Mahina.

In the original, Swartz only took back Ora’s time power whereas in this version, he takes back Heure’s time power as well before going on to take Luna’s reawakened time power as well. He mentions that their time powers were gifted to them by Hiroki Ichigo; hold onto that thought for now.

Swartz erased his family’s memories and changed their appearances in order to evade detection from their enemies. When Luna asks why she didn’t remember the other Time Jackers, Swartz explains that someone made him realise that she would get in the way, so on top of erasing Mahina’s memories and suppressing her time power, he threw her into the Time Vortex and left her to die where she would end up. Mahina ended up in 2068 and would be named Luna by the Resistance.

Narutaki gives the Grand Zi-O Ridewatch to the Time Jackers so they can give it back to Sougo. Kazuto manages to escape with Luna once he has taken her time power. Sougo, Geiz, Kazuto and Hiroki work together to defeat Another Zi-O II and his Another Rider Army. During the battle, Decade’s power is stolen into an Anotherwatch thanks to Gold Drive’s help. Hiryuu is defeated and Narutaki takes the Zi-O II Anotherwatch for herself, Hiryuu being of no use to Swartz anymore. Swartz asks Sougo to choose which of the three paths he will choose; his friends, Hiroki Ichigo, or Ohma Zi-O.

The second half of the episode skips ahead to adapt episode 47. With the world now restored, Sougo and the others try to work out what Swartz is planning when he makes his move, transforming into Another Decade and sending out monsters to attack all over the island.

Hiroki takes Sougo and Luna back to the supercomputer in an effort to find out what Swartz was planning; it is revealed that his ultimate plan is to subjugate humanity and become the king of time himself. When Swartz saved Hiroki’s soul after he destroyed his own body, he ended up absorbing his memories and negative emotions while also obtaining the power to control time. Swartz’s ultimate goal is to take revenge on humanity for how they treat people like Hiroki for being who they are. He intended to do so by going to another universe and making the Sougo of that timeline, aka the other Sougo, become the king of time, then have him liberate Hiroki in the past (before he became Hiroki) and make him become the Sougo we’ve been following throughout this series. Meanwhile, Swartz would covertly assist the main Sougo by creating the Another Riders, then once the main Sougo became the king of time, he would then take his power for himself and rule in place of the two Sougos.

It is then that Sougo poses the possibility of Luna growing up to be stronger than her father, which then leads him to throw Mahina into the Time Vortex and establish the Time Jackers. Sure, the whole show is an idiot plot, but the whole show revolves around time just like Doctor Who. The whole thing’s a satire to myself, Shinichirō Shirakura and the toku fandom. Anyway, Swartz sends a blast at them and Hiroki takes it, killing him in the process. Narutaki uses the Zi-O II Anotherwatch to revive Hiroki, but it transforms her into Another Zi-O II. Hiroki takes the Decade Ridewatch from Sougo and uses it to recover his Rider power, because he placed half of his power into it anticipating that something like this would happen.

Decade and Zi-O work together to defeat Another Zi-O II, but after this, Geiz and Kazuto report that warships have surrounded the island. It is then that the Riders are confronted by Kensuke once again, leading the Teiro Army led by Akari’s cousins…

Episode 30: Reconciling the Truth ~ Full Throttle 2014 ~

In the original Zi-O, there was no real Drive tribute arc as it was split between the Over Quartzer movie and the series finale arc, therefore we never got to see Sougo inheriting Drive’s power. Let’s fix this right now as we adapt the final arcs of Zi-O into this episode.

Daniel is the new Kamen Rider Drive (replacing Shinnosuke Tomari) and David is Another Drive. Three more cousins also appear as Kamen Riders Zerodrive, Protodrive and Overdrive (Super Dead Heat Drive). Together with Mach and Chaser, they cause a time slowdown that affects the whole of the island except for Kazuto as Woz. They then make the slowdown stronger, equivalent to the Time Jackers’ abilities, before defeating Zi-O, Geiz, Woz, Decade and Gold Drive with their Rider Kicks, Kensuke following that up with a Time Explosion. This destroys the Drive Ridewatch and causes the Grand Zi-O Ridewatch to disappear. It is revealed that while Akari’s cousins don’t have any beef with Hiroki, their beef is actually with Sougo for the past. Diend and Kuuga lead some Riders to escape as the chaos continues, the other Riders assisting where they can.

Thanks to this attack, Sougo begins to remember his past before becoming Zi-O. After leaving his secondary school army in July 2012 at the age of 14 to become a ronin, he walked through a portal and ended up in the midst of the Ohma War. As a result, the Sougo we’ve been following is a parallel isotope of Hiroki, having been displaced from his timeline due to Ohma Zi-O and Swartz’s machinations. The Ohma Zi-O in 2068 is the older version of the other Sougo, who is native to this timeline. He was the one whose parents were killed in the bus accident and Swartz purposefully made Hiryuu lash out at the main Sougo. It is possible that Ohma Zi-O fabricated Sougo’s history (as shown on Luna’s tablet in the first episode) to obfuscate the truth of his origins.

On top of this, Geiz and Kazuto aren’t actually from the future; they are parallel isotopes brought to 2068 nearly a year before Sougo was. Geiz was brought into the future thanks to “some woman” while Kazuto was a prisoner of war just as he told Sougo before. Mark finally learns the truth about Sougo and his friends being Kamen Riders (like they weren’t doing a good job of keeping it a secret in the first place) and encourages them to continue using their powers to protect the people.

Sougo decides to face off against Ohma Zi-O again while Geiz, Kazuto, Hiroki and Narutaki deal with Drive and Quartzer. Luna also tells Sougo that she has made her decision to become a Kamen Rider as well. Before Sougo heads for 2068, however, Hiroki warns him that he will need to make a choice as to whether he wants to stay in this timeline or go back to his original timeline with him; if he stays here and becomes king, his original timeline will be destroyed, but if he goes back, he will never be a king or a Kamen Rider until he becomes Hiroki. Sougo says that Swartz gave him a similar choice and that if there was another option that doesn’t involve sacrificing either timeline, he will happily take it.

Geiz, Kazuto, Hiroki and Angela arrive to assist the other Riders as the rest of Quartzer arrives to help Kensuke and the Drive Riders. With the Drive Riders defeated, the Drive Anotherwatch is destroyed while Andrew takes Drive’s power from Daniel to regain the Drive Ridewatch. Despite this, Swartz’s monster army is still attacking the island and to make things worse, Zerodrive, Protodrive and Overdrive don’t care that their other cousins have decided to stop fighting.

In 2068, Sougo has his rematch with Ohma Zi-O and manages to gain the upper hand by using Zi-O Trinity, saving Geiz and Kazuto from being defeated by Another Decade and the three rogue Drives using the Trailer Cannon recklessly. Zi-O Trinity defeats Ohma Zi-O before Sougo sends Geiz and Kazuto back. Sougo confirms that while the Ohma War dream he had was caused by his amnesia, the other dreams he had been having were Ohma Zi-O psychically projecting them to him through time. He learns about Ohma Zi-O’s true power to create and destroy time before asking him to make Luna a Kamen Rider. Instead of having the time loop shit where Sougo meets Geiz and Luna in the midst of a fight against Ohma Zi-O, Ohma Zi-O infuses some of his power into a blank Ridewatch and gives it to Sougo, who quickly heads back.

Luna is still being attacked by the three Drives when Another Decade suddenly defends her for some reason. When Another Decade comes to his senses, Sougo returns with the Ridewatch and together with a Ziku Driver from Kazuto, Luna transforms into Kamen Rider Tsukuyomi for the first time and defeats the rogue Drives alongside Mach and Chaser. After this, Sougo, having regained the Grand Zi-O Ridewatch, challenges Another Decade again. In the original version, this would be where the main Sougo becomes Ohma Zi-O, but instead in this version, his friends are there to help him. Swartz is defeated and his summoned monsters are eradicated, but before he retreats however, he takes back the time power he gave to Narutaki and also takes a portion of her Rider power to create the Gold Drive Anotherwatch.

Elsewhere, Hiryuu is found by Kensuke, who offers him another opportunity to become king by giving him the task of collecting the fifteen Ancient (Showa) Kamen Rider Ridewatches and obtaining a power rivaling that of Ohma Zi-O…

Kamen Rider Tsukuyomi was only introduced in the finale of the original series so all plots and fights involving her are original to this version.

Also, on the Rider Wiki episode pages for the three-part finale, I attempted to create a list of all the monsters that appeared in those episodes, but my changes were undone by the jannies. I understand if they wanted to maintain a consistent format for episode pages, but at the time of writing, they have monster lists for Decade’s premiere episode and the Wizard epilogue two-parter. As such, here is a list of all the monsters that appeared in the adapted arc, including monsters exclusively seen in this version. Fuck Rider Wiki jannies.

Gurongi: N·Daguva·Zeba

Mirror Monsters: Darkwing, Volcancer, Evildiver, Metalgelas, Omegazelle, Biogreeza, Dragblacker, Raydragoons, Hydragoons

Makamou: Bakegani, Amikiri, Ooari, Ubume, Ittanmomen

Dopants: Violence Dopant, Utopia Dopant, Masquerade Dopants

Yummies: Bison Yummy, Kuzu Yummies

Zodiarts: Orion Zodiarts, Sagittarius Zodiarts, Dustards

Phantoms: Argos, Ghouls

Inves: Shika Inves, Lion Inves, Elementary Inves

Roidmudes: Mashin Chaser (original only), Blazer Roidmude (this version only), Plain Roidmudes

Gamma: Katana Gamma, Gamma Commando

Bugsters: Revol Bugster, Gamedeus, Bugster Virus

Faust: Guardian, Kamen Rider Evol

So with this, the entire plot of Kamen Rider Zi-O has been adapted. However, there are ten episodes left, the Time Jackers and Quartzer are still standing, and Sougo is still yet to become Ohma Zi-O. Join us next time when we arrive in the final days of this timeline.

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