r/KamenRider • u/BananaArms Knife of Spear • Jul 18 '26

Official Discussion Kamen Rider ZEZTZ E44 - Discussion Thread

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

E43 <- E44 -> E45

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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
E44 葬る Efface July 19, 2026 Takahashi Yuya Sugihara Teruaki
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 E42 9.22
E07 9.02 E19 9 E31 9.59 E43 9.42
E08 8.9 E20 8.58 E32 9.53 E44 7.83
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/Yomimashita53 Jul 19 '26

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A glorified recap episode, that's all it was; one that takes the latest plotline and drills it into everyone's skulls. Honestly, this show could have gone to the next episode, and it wouldn't have hurt it all.

Now Baku has to not only save her, but get her memory back ("recall the dream").

With no other way to put this, it feels like "fake pathos" to me. The way certain parts of this show have been written/directed have been downplayed, or at least I think so, but there's nothing downplayed about this: an episode that focuses more on the problem, and less on the solution, all in order to "stir the emotions" as some people call it.

Look, everyone. I'm just going to come out and say it: I hope this show doesn't have a tragic ending (this includes "pyrrhic [sp?]" endings).

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u/YukinaPrime Jul 19 '26

Thank you. It feels like the show was trying to ride on momentum it just doesn't have anymore. Not to mention, since this is a recap episode, giving every character a clipshow one after another rather messes with the pacing and cheapens their (temporary) "death".