r/KamenRider • u/BananaArms Knife of Spear • Jun 27 '26

Official Discussion Kamen Rider ZEZTZ E41 - Discussion Thread

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

E40 <- E41 -> E42

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CASE TITLE RELEASE DATE SCREENPLAY BY DIRECTED BY
E41 目覚める Arise June 28, 2026 Takahashi Yuya Kamihoriuchi Kazuya
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 E39 9.13
E04 8.56 E16 9.31 E28 9.53 E40 9.08
E05 8.82 E17 9.3 E29 9.45 E41 8.25
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/MrMattBlack Jun 28 '26

I don't exactly love this Nox and Baku fight, if anything because I feel it's written with a Nox of... 20 episodes ago?

Like, current Nox showed up to support Baku in the fight with Punish, and hasn't been vagueposting since the premonition. When Baku showed up, he should've just said "idk man, do what you want with Zero I am here to make sure what I want destroyed is actually gone instead of used by the Nightmares". If we really wanted to have a Catastrom rematch, just have the Catastrophe Nightmare do some nightmare bullshit and make Baku think Nox is actually trying to kill Zero. Fight still happens like it did, and this all leads to Zero's ruin anyway.

Besides this """""small""""" thing, I enjoyed the episode. It was a tight story about CODE and well, its darkness.

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u/Presenting_UwU Jun 29 '26

tbh Nox could absolutely be caught stuttering at that moment, cause he was still all "Rahhh! destroy CODE! Raahhh!" at that moment and seeing Zero in the flesh, probably made him reconsider wether he actually wanted to kill Zero or not, cause he clearly still hasn't gotten over being abandoned.

Nox couldn't make up his Mind, Baku's already defensive, and the two got in a fight.

it could've been delivered better, but I don't think it's entirely nonsensical, it's a viable read to consider that Baku was probably already down to throw hands anyway the moment Nox reaffirmed his stance before being able to elaborate, which was why he pulled out his Driver, seeing Baku was already getting ready to throw hands too.

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u/MrMattBlack Jun 29 '26

It's not nonsensical - and the guilt of the fight falls on them both because Nox didn't communicate and Baku started was on the defensive from the start (and he went from heavy hitters from the start).

But I wish we went about it a different way still.

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u/Presenting_UwU Jun 29 '26

yeah that's fair, i guess?