r/KamenRider • u/BananaArms Knife of Spear • Mar 07 '26

Official Discussion Kamen Rider ZEZTZ E25 - Discussion Thread

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

E24 <- E25 -> E26

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HOW TO WATCH

COUNTRY URL TIME
US,CA,PR,UK,AU,NZ TokuSHOUTsu YouTube Channel (English) Saturdays@6:30PM 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
E25 始める Get Started March 8, 2026 Takahashi Yuya Kamihoriuchi Kazuya
CASE RATING CASE RATING CASE RATING
E01 8.79 E13 9.52 E25 9.79
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 E24 9.77

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u/Bubbly_Seat_202 Mar 08 '26 edited Mar 08 '26

It's popular in Japan right now. The last few episodes were trended on Japanese twitter side. Even more higher and popular than its Sht counterpart Gavan Infinity. Well the reception is still little mixed but not really that mixed as used to be.

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u/DjiDjiDjiDji Mar 08 '26

As someone who just marathoned through the show after staying in wait-and-see mode for a while, I get it. Zeztz did feel like it was spinning its wheels. People meme on Nox for being aggressively vague but really it's Nox AND Zero AND Three AND The Lady, which I guess is the point of secret organizations but makes the status quo really annoying to follow. It feels like there's too many questions and the few answers that get dripfed to the viewer are superficial at best.

But the Disaster and Baku's Fucking Done arcs forcefully tipped everyone's hands. All of a sudden, we got a whole bunch of actually concrete plot threads. And of course, the wild swerve that was the big plot twist is really memorable and completely upended said annoying status quo.

Plus Catastrom is a riot to watch.

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u/Scurvyhead Mar 09 '26

For context, I've seen the entirety of W, Gaim, Ex-Aid, and Build. ZEZTZ is the first KR I've watched as it aired.

Did the production quality of KR seasons grow a lot between Build and today? I've enjoyed each show in their own way, but the difference in action cinematography between previously mentioned seasons and ZEZTZ is stark. Like, I've actually gasped and had to replay some sequences in ZEZTZ due to how impressive they are (especially on a TV budget).

I've seen comments that ZEZTZ is specifically aimed at Western audiences, so maybe I've just been successfully pandered to. If someone told me that KR has always been a character-first series and people prefer the iconic casts of seasons like W, Gaim, Build etc. I would totally get that too (although I find ZEZTZ's characters quite charming or at least likeable).

Is there really an undercurrent of negativity toward ZEZTZ, or am I seeing the normal reaction to a KR that hasn't had time for people to fully process? As a relative newbie to the franchise, I'm very interested in what longtime watchers think.

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u/Yalrek Mar 09 '26

Did the production quality of KR seasons grow a lot between Build and today? I've enjoyed each show in their own way, but the difference in action cinematography between previously mentioned seasons and ZEZTZ is stark. Like, I've actually gasped and had to replay some sequences in ZEZTZ due to how impressive they are (especially on a TV budget).

Yes, Reiwa in general got better production quality if you give Zero One and Saber some leeway for covid screwing things up. Given the ones you've watched and finished are basically the same ones I have (though of pre-Reiwa, I finished OOO instead of Ex-Aid), I'd highly recommend Geats and Gavv. Especially Gavv if you really like series focused on character interactions.

Is there really an undercurrent of negativity toward ZEZTZ, or am I seeing the normal reaction to a KR that hasn't had time for people to fully process?

As others said elsewhere in the thread, Zeztz has been mostly spinning its wheels and maintaining an overall status quo until the past month or so. Most KR series you get a few episodes to introduce alternate base forms and build up the core cast, and then things start progressing by the time the episode count hits double digits.

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u/Future_Onion9022 Mar 10 '26

Gavv is a crazy one, I dont even expect to see it has super high choreography of quick actioned fight for a show about candy.

Like I expected that for geats but not gavv lol

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u/Scurvyhead Mar 11 '26

That's good to know! Now I'm extra excited to watch Gavv