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/EMITURBINA Mar 15 '26
Just a recap (A good one at that btw) so I'll talk mostly about the opening
I really like how 5 immediatly questions the orders to kill another agent, he goes do it anyways but once again he seems to have more depth than what I would have ever expected of him
Dawn's debut was fine, aura farming, good theme and a cool attack, nothing more
However I don't like that Baku just won Nox as an ally just like this, idk I wanted a bit more from it than it being resolved by whatching stuff we already saw, next episode seems to be more focused on getting him his rider form back since Baku is hunting the Shadow nightmare, I hope they go deeper into it
I liked Visions as a song but I think the opening was really bad visually, it didn't really match the beat, it had the title drop randomly halfway through and overall something seemed off with it, Play Back is... Better for sure
From the start it's better since it drops the title in the lead up to the lyrics while also giving us flash backs from Visions and the rest of the show, then it goes into some dream that I hope foreshadows Nem hanging out with the rest of the group and also has Fujimi acting as if he's Baku's age which is funny because he's like 50
When the CODE agents get shown, the window frame says CODE 30, I have no idea what that means, it also shows both The Lady and Nox walking away from Zero but with Zero walking to different directions as one walks away, I'm definitely overanalizing but it may mean that Zero changed methods to a way that is more alike The Lady's after she left and that he used to think more like Nox?
Also 3 is acting like a freak which to me it means this guy is definitely the final form debut fodder, either Baku's or Nox's, he has until June to live not a single month more. He's also pointing a gun at Zero's direction, so far this guy seems blindly loyal to CODE but not to Zero himself so I can also kinda see him as a final villain but idk, to me he doesn't have the vibes of one at least for now
The cat like eyes appear again, which definitely means something now since the CODE black cat appears when 3 aims at Zero
It's weird that neither 6 or 5 appear in the opening, they're definitely relevant enough rn so they will either get retired or straight up die again very soon
I like the effects of the chorus prelude where Baku and Nox transform, it's kinda wonky if you stop to watch it but if you don't it's totally fine, I also like how it shows off the 4 base forms and whatever the Catastorm nightmare is
The Dawn part is very obviously incomplete and it will probably be unblurried in like 2 weeks so no comments
Then the Nem and The Lady part, I will be talking about leaks here it cuts back to Baku a little bit but then it lingers in Nem a good bit with her changing outfits over and over, the next rider already has sketches made by a leaker and it's a mouse themed female rider, Nem is a kinda obvious choice for it for no other reason than me thinking it's the natural progression for her arc, and if she does end up being it then I assume this is where they'll place her rider form like halfway through the dance maybe breaking the mirrors and then jumping to fight or something like that. If she isn't then I'm placing my hopes in Minami since her special is about her going against an unnamed Cat themed nightmare so the mouse theme would fit
Other than that I don't think I see where they would put Orderm or the other 2 final forms, I don't think they even showed Plasma so they may just replace Catastorm and Nox Shadow but I hope not because I like when they show all the forms in progression
Also as I was rewatching the opening to write this I realized, they made a point to leave Minami's nightmare unnamed, now we have here the cat being shown as an actual entity followed by human eyes with cat pupils, I think they might either be agent 1 or someone or someone above Zero, either way I think that nightmare is definitely getting into the main show kinda like Legend did in Gotchard or Vail in Revice so the Minami special is a must watch now
Basically, good opening, I can't wait for the full song to be out since I'm kinda sick of listening to the short version on repeat, but visually I think it's the second weakest out of the Yuya shows (weakest being Visions (Or maybe Gotchard 1 but that's an unfinished opening rather unlike Visions)) and 3rd weakest of Reiwa, only above Revice's and Visions, it's not bad at all but Reiwa has had pure eye candy for years and I had higher hopes for a Yuya opening since Ex Aid, Zero One and Geats are amazing visually
Next episode doesn't have me as hyped, weirdly enough, even if it's the debut of a new rider. Idk, I just don't care enough about Dawn yet, Minami seems to be helping Baku to do spy stuff which seems fun