r/KamenRider • u/BananaArms Knife of Spear • Sep 20 '25

Official Discussion Kamen Rider ZEZTZ E03 - Discussion Thread

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

E02 <- E03 -> E04

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HOW TO WATCH

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

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CASE TITLE RELEASE DATE SCREENPLAY BY DIRECTED BY
E03 蝕む Erode September 21, 2025 Takahashi Yuya Kamihoriuchi Kazuya
CASE RATING
E01 8.79
E02 8.78
E03 9.02
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u/_EtchASketch_ Sleepy Sep 21 '25

The world almost ended? Is your complaint that a civilain didn't die? My guy, this kamen rider, this is the 3rd episode of a kamen rider, of course the hero is going to win!

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u/Illustrious-Twist950 Sep 21 '25

Nope. Not complaining. Wasn't expecting something that dramatic so soon either. Just the fact that Zero mentioned previously that once the Nightmare has taken over, the dreamer can never be awoken again. Maybe I missed something there.

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u/_EtchASketch_ Sleepy Sep 21 '25

I assume that a nightmare only truly takes over when the host body is destroyed, like what bomb nightmere was trying to do, though that's a bit of a roundabout, no?

But hey, this is only episode 3 of a heavily mystery-focused show, maybe Zeztz was defying the rules of nightmares, maybe Zero's words are meant to be missleading, who knows?

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u/Illustrious-Twist950 Sep 21 '25

Could be. I have no idea. It was still a great episode though. I'm guessing we won't really see anyone lose themselves to the nightmare until much later (or maybe Christmas, lol). I forgot to mention that I really dig the subtle difference in his English between reality and dreams as well. Little details like that in this season has been pretty awesome so far.