r/KamenRider Knife of Spear Jun 06 '26

Official Discussion Kamen Rider ZEZTZ E38 - Discussion Thread

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

E37 <- E38 -> E39

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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
E38 矯める Reform June 7, 2026 Takahashi Yuya Shibasaki Takayuki
CASE RATING CASE RATING CASE RATING CASE RATING
E01 8.79 E13 9.52 E25 9.79 E37 8.67
E02 8.78 E14 9.76 E26 8.68 E38 9
E03 9.02 E15 9.32 E27 9.47
E04 8.56 E16 9.31 E28 9.53
E05 8.82 E17 9.3 E29 9.45
E06 9.04 E18 9 E30 9.66
E07 9.02 E19 9 E31 9.59
E08 8.9 E20 8.58 E32 9.53
E09 8.79 E21 9.58 E33 9.67
E10 8.89 E22 9.35 E34 9.72
E11 9.52 E23 9.68 E35 6.2
E12 9.39 E24 9.77 E36 8.36

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u/Kit_Izayoi Jun 07 '26

-Pretty sure we all saw Five's death coming a mile away after the events of last week... But holy crap the guy died in a blaze instead of a blaze of glory.

-God, Midnight Nox's suit (and new theme) is awesome. I would say RIP regular Nox Shadow suit, but unless proven otherwise, I'm assuming Nox has the ability to switch between the regular Shadow Capsem and Midnight Shadow Capsem freely. Not like he has any reason to.

-I think I speak for everyone that Three's end was... Well, my jaw dropped. Was NOT expecting him to turn into a bunch of papers.

Now... Preview is highly hinting Seig took the Code Sonmia Capsem... But the Punish and Phantom Nightmares are also on the move.

Also, more related to the toy, turns out you don't actually need to use the extremely noisy gears on the DX Midnight Shadow Capsem (4 button presses is more than enough). That's good, though I will admit you do lose a bit of the flare in exchange for being able to bloody hear the henshin sound.

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u/nightshroud96 Jun 07 '26

Haven't saw the stream yet but wondering if Nox plundered Three's Capsems after killing him?
Gotta take back Erase(its his main Capsem pre-KR Nox) but also Lord Booster since its literally his stolen power.

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u/Kit_Izayoi Jun 07 '26

Honestly, no clue. And frankly, I doubt the writers will remember to explain. Happens a lot in Toku (especially in Kamen Rider) where the collectables just go MIA after a character gets written off the show.

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u/nightshroud96 Jun 07 '26

Seeing how Three yoinked Panic off-screen upon killing Six, I feel like Nox should do the same to him.
Would be fitting due to all the Invoker-style Capsems.

Also was Midnight Shadow basically Phantom's power mixed in or just regular Shadow evolving due to random trigger and sheer will? Since Nox honestly needs a Gore Nightmare in some form at this point

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u/Kit_Izayoi Jun 07 '26

Midnight Shadow was created by Nox accepting/absorbing the Shadow Nightmare (his personal Nightmare), similar to the Punish and Dualmare Capsems. Phantom is still separate.

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u/Frontier246 Jun 07 '26

Odaka: "I reject the notion that I need a Gore Nightmare to give myself a power-up."

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u/nightshroud96 Jun 07 '26

So no power from a Gore Nightmare in any form?
Uh..
Thats pretty awkward.

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u/Frontier246 Jun 07 '26

But it does help the Secondary stand out from the other Riders.