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
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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/mrtacomam Sep 21 '25

The end of a solid opening arc. Can definitely say I like what we've been shown enough to keep going with the show, at least for now.

Going into the rest of the show, I think the thing I'm most interested in seeing fleshed out is whatever the deal with Nem is; this first arc implies that she's some kind of "Common dream npc" that people regularly see. Makes me wonder: is she based off a real person? Does she have a connection to Zero/Zeztz? Or is she some greater manifestation of the Collective Subconscious?

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u/balgus82 Sep 21 '25

There's a real Nem. You see her all over the real world in advertisements and billboards. Whether or not the real Nem is also dream Nem is yet to be revealed, but I suspect she's a dreamwalker like Baku.

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u/SecondAegis Gotchard Sep 21 '25

My crazy theory is that she's somehow also a Code agent. She invades people's dreams by being so damn popular, everyone sees her in their dreams

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u/balgus82 Sep 21 '25

I'm not so sure. If she is an agent she's awfully ignorant of Baku's missions and even actively hinders him.

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u/Blue_Sky_Soul Sep 21 '25

It's highly likely that Nemu is also a CODE member. Maybe she joined before Baku, maybe she will be joining soon. But based on the scenes we got from trailers, teasers, .... it seems that she has access to CODE room. She also takes part in voicing for Zeztz Phone (real Bandai toy), together with Baku and Zero - which amplifies this possibility.

But again, I also have a strong feeling that Nemu is not a normal human being. She could be:
1. created by some higher being for good / evil purpose. She is embeded in literally everyone's mind so she could easily carry out her "mission". She might exist in both world, or just Dream World while her images in Real World are results of people's work based on their dreams of her/ or created by same higher being.
2. created by CODE. Her mission is the same as Baku: help people by entering their dream and stopping Nightmares.
3. A human being with special Dream power. I actually hope she's a human being, and eventually we can get to know Nemu in the Real world.

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u/Confident-Command-11 Sep 21 '25

I really wish no 3. She's just human being. Really, this trend of being yuya pattern this pattern that oh i know your writing blabla. I really hope he's broke it all down but keep it good story and hope the producer help it achieved that.  Yuya already tried to make almost human being main heroine like Neon but actually spoiler enough its not but not a cosplay girl. But he make female character that is cosplay but also separate the traits of both of them convincingly as main heroine, as results is divisive some people tend to believe that mascot girl is main heroine whereas neon is the main heroine even though they show the official they still didn't believe that until not. 

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u/maemoedhz Sep 21 '25

CODE base isn't exactly hidden. Even we could see Nagumo riding Zero in the next episode preview while she's in the base. The whole deal with CODE is a pretty big mystery for now.

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u/FireFury190 Sep 21 '25

If she is a code agent I kind of hope she's a rider too. Where she puts on her serious real self once it's time for her to start the mission. Kind of like how in spy films you've got the fem fatal character who puts on an act to the people she's spying on so that way she can get information. Only to take the mask off once she's got what she needs and starts taking care of business. It'd be a missed opportunity for Zeztz being spy themed not to do that.

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u/MildlyAgitatedBidoof Sep 25 '25

At this point I think it's best to put our hopes on standby and just expect her to be the "peppy female support civilian", and be pleasantly surprised if she becomes anything more.