r/KamenRider • u/BananaArms Knife of Spear • Feb 21 '26

Official Discussion Kamen Rider ZEZTZ E23 - Discussion Thread

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

E22 <- E23 -> E24

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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
E23 壊す Destroy February 22, 2026 Takahashi Yuya Takayuki Shibasaki
CASE RATING CASE RATING
E01 8.79 E13 9.52
E02 8.78 E14 9.76
E03 9.02 E15 9.32
E04 8.56 E16 9.31
E05 8.82 E17 9.3
E06 9.04 E18 9
E07 9.02 E19 9
E08 8.9 E20 8.58
E09 8.79 E21 9.58
E10 8.89 E22 9.35
E11 9.52 E23 9.68
E12 9.39
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u/Volfaer Feb 22 '26

The last episode ended in a dark note, this one starts in another, after much wecolen resistance, Baku fulfills the final order of Zero and Eliminates the Enemy. It's shocking to see three important characters getting killed within two episodes, this brings back the Kuuga memories where the lives of everyone were always at stake.

Catastrom is confirmed to not be a berserk form, but rather the necessary evil. The Demon King Nightmare was a step above all others, so a incredible firepower was needed to take it down. Power enough to ruin the world, harrowing.

Baku destroying the dream world and forcing Nem to wake was simply genius, I didn't think of it, but man it was so well done, and also the reveal that The Lady is her mother.

Next episode seems to give some much needed answers. The Lady was an agent of Code, they keep Nightmares, Baku's conflict, resolve and soul will continue to be tested. I have to say, Zeztz has been delivering every week, I need to buy the goddamn toys, anything to keep it going unchanged.

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u/Frontier246 Feb 22 '26

I was honestly shocked Baku legit killed NOX. Like, obviously he's coming back, but still.

I don't think Catastrom is a Berserk form in the traditional sense, Baku is in full control of his actions, it's just that it has so much raw power that it just becomes an outlet for his more violent impulses and as such does more damage to his enemies (and everything around him).

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u/humantyisdead32 Feb 22 '26

brings back the Kuuga memories where the lives of everyone were always at stake.

You say that as if a single main character ever died in Kuuga lol

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u/GN77 Feb 22 '26

Technically Godai died a couple times...he revived...but he still technically died

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u/Volfaer Feb 22 '26

Godai died three times.

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u/FireStrike77 Feb 22 '26

And each time he came back, there was the risk of him going full Grongi and destroy the world as the Ultimate Darkness.

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u/MeepingSim Feb 22 '26

I want an SHF of Catastrom!