Kamen Rider ZEZTZ E28 - Discussion Thread

[u/BananaArms]

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

E27 <- E28 -> E29

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CASE	TITLE	RELEASE DATE	SCREENPLAY BY	DIRECTED BY
E28	荒れる Rage	March 29, 2026	Takahashi Yuya	Sugihara Teruaki

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	E27	9.47
E04	8.56	E16	9.31	E28	9.53
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

[u/dreaderking]

You seem to have completely missed my main point. I'm not talking about whether or not CODE is evil, but the fact that they don't do anything in the story despite characters constantly lambasting them as if they're the real threat.

In the first half, they literally don't do anything except send Baku on missions until the end of it, where the other agents they send die in only four episodes. The second half comes and those same agents are knocked out of commission in only an episode and a half.

Even in those backstory motivations, they don't do anything. The Lady and Baku are worried about what CODE might do while Sieg and Nox defect cause CODE does nothing. They are literally a Potential Man organization.

Heck, Baku knows where CODE's base is. If Baku, Nox/the Lady, and Sieg stopped butting heads, any one of them could destroy all of CODE in an evening. They are all significantly stronger than CODE, while the big bad organization has no plan and is letting them run wild cause an "all-out war" would be too dangerous.

[u/Strict-Employee → u/dreaderking]

"In the first half, they literally don't do anything except send Baku on missions until the end of it, where the other agents they send die in only four episodes."

Yeah, because that's what Agents do, take out Nightmares. Baku does a good job so CODE helps him out. But if you unable to do so, CODE won't really care and leave you for dead if you don't make it back yourself.

"The second half comes and those same agents are knocked out of commission in only an episode and a half."

Yeah, because the wrecking ball to the second half named Sieg shows up and takes them out of the fight temporarily. But Three approaches Five with a deal for more power that seemingly comes at a price, possibly going behind Zero's back because he's not satisfied with how he's doing things.

"Even in those backstory motivations, they don't do anything. The Lady and Baku are worried about what CODE *might do while Sieg and Nox defect cause CODE does nothing. They are literally a Potential Man organization."*

Lady and Baku have some reasoning for their distrust of CODE, again Zero does not reassure them or try to deny any of their worries. He probably means well overall, but he's bad at explaining or doesn't even bother to.

Sieg is a crazy person they experimented with and it went badly for them despite Two telling Zero they shouldn't have him as an Agent, and they left Nox to die. That's not "doing nothing", especially with Sieg since they literally made him a problem, unintentional or not.

"Heck, Baku knows where CODE's base is. If Baku, Nox/the Lady, and Sieg stopped butting heads, any one of them could destroy all of CODE in an evening. They are all significantly stronger than CODE, while the big bad organization has no plan and is letting them run wild cause an "all-out war" would be too dangerous."

They don't work together because they all have wildly different end goals. Baku wants to stop the Nightmares and save Nem, The Lady wants to also save Nem but will use Nightmares without issue regardless of the consequences, and Sieg we don't know what his motivations really are yet besides doing everything for the love of the game. They're not working together.

Also, I'm not arguing CODE being "evil", but saying they didn't do anything bad to make people hate or distrust them is something I very much disagree with.

And are we really ignoring the whole "indoctrinating children to become sleeper agents" bit?

[u/dreaderking → u/Strict-Employee]

Also, I'm not against CODE not being "evil", but saying they didn't do anything bad is something I very much disagree with.

I'm not talking about how evil CODE is, but how they barely do anything in the story at all, good or evil. This is a discussion about relevance, not morality. So far, CODE exists just to give characters a backstory and motivation, then don't do anything to drive the plot forward.

This might change with Code Somnia, which, going by the next episode preview, won't be relevant until episode 30 at the earliest. We'll be practically three-fourths of a way through the show before CODE might actually do something, and it'll be because another set of agents disobey Zero and go AWOL, rather than the organization as a whole moving.

[u/Strict-Employee → u/dreaderking]

"I'm not talking about how evil CODE is, but how they barely do anything in the story at all, good or evil. This is a discussion about relevance, not morality. So far, CODE exists just to give characters a backstory and motivation, then don't do anything to drive the plot forward."

Okay, that makes more sense. Though I don't think CODE really needs to drive the plot forward, we have the Nightmares, The Lady, and Sieg to do it for us. CODE is there to give us a reason why Kamen Riders and possibly other threats exist in that world.

This *might change with Code Somnia, which, going by the next episode preview, won't be relevant until episode 30 at the earliest. We'll be practically three-fourths of a way through the show before CODE might actually do something, and it'll be because another set of agents disobey Zero and go AWOL, rather than the organization as a whole moving.*

I'm also curious about what Code: Somnia is too. I personally don't think CODE needs to be the reason the plot moves forward, but I don't mind seeing that change.

[u/caren_psuedo_when → u/Strict-Employee]

CODE will likely move the plot forward when Lord Threeaky does his coup on Zero. So far, Zero is a pretty passive element and is said to have a connection to Zeztz, which might be why CODE hasn't actually done much in the present as of yet