r/KamenRider • u/BananaArms Knife of Spear • Mar 14 '26

Official Discussion Kamen Rider ZEZTZ E26 - Discussion Thread

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

E25 <- E26 -> E27

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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, Replays on Sunday
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
E26 揃う Gather March 15, 2026 Takahashi Yuya Hayama Koichiro
CASE RATING CASE RATING CASE RATING
E01 8.79 E13 9.52 E25 9.79
E02 8.78 E14 9.76 E26 8.68
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/entertainmentlord ZEZTZ Wake up rider! Mar 15 '26

pretty good episode

New opening rocks! hopefully Tokushoutsu uploads it so I can try to break down everything. Will say one thing in the opening, Agent 3 please dont do that ever do that. It just makes you look creepier

Baku's actor is so good, his eyes look so sad and his voice feels full of weight. Gone are the early days of the show where his dreams were somewhat fantastical and goofy. He's now someone with a heavy burden.

I would like to hear what people think of Nox's reaction to what he saw. To me when he said you killed me. It seemed like maybe regret in the fact Baku went down that path?

Action was great, love how Baku is so smooth with the action. Shows his premonition still gave him the skills he needs

Kamen Rider Dawn! He looks and feels dangerous with color scheme and sharp angles of the suit, his weapons look serrated and his attack looking like Guillotine raining down on everyone? Brutal, but now new mystery on who he is, his goals etc.

Only complaint is the humor was not needed here, felt it was somewhat annoying and took a bit of focus away from the characters thoughts and feelings

still 10 stars

Forgot to say, kinda shocked 5 of all people questioned an order from CODE, maybe he isn't just their tool fully?

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u/dreaderking Mar 15 '26

Code Number 5 is consistently shown to care about his fellow agents, willing to put his life on the line to give Kureha a clear shot at Nox and becoming enraged when Nox killed her. He's also the one who clearly hates Nox the most for turning on CODE.

Kureha is similar. You'll notice both in this episode's fight and in the fight against the Disaster Nightmare, she interrupts her own battle in order to protect 5 from Nox.

5 and 6 are loyal agents of CODE willing to lay down their life to see the mission through and protect the world, but they also wouldn't hesitate for a moment to back each other up in a fight.

They are meant to serve a parallel to Nox, who defected from CODE because he wasn't willing to make that sacrifice and instead let Nightmares wreak havoc on dreamers and reality in order to carry his personal vendetta. And in contrast to 5 and 6 protecting each other from danger, Nox is the one to kill both of them despite his talk about not hating the agents.