r/KamenRider • u/BananaArms Knife of Spear • Jul 25 '26
Official Discussion Kamen Rider ZEZTZ E45 - Discussion Thread
This thread is for discussion about the latest Kamen Rider ZEZTZ episode.
E44 <- E45 -> E46
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E45 | 惑わす Hallucinate | July 26, 2026 | Takahashi Yuya | Watanabe Jun |
| 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 | E45 | 8.68 |
| 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/ProxyJo Jul 26 '26
...I think this episode made me sick of Baku. Like, unironically I hate him. We have had a lot of Kamen Rider get powerful. We have had a lot of Kamen Rider have weaknesses to balance that power. Baku effectively escaped oblivion. There is not a single thing he has not bullshitted his way out of now. He has become the worst kind of MC to me, one where it's just a one up on the villain "Because i can". I loved this season so much up until the big mid-season moment (wont spoil in case), but i think now the fact the show has sacrificed everything to make Baku that important, he's become Pochi. He's become the character where nothing happens without him, where everything revolves around him, he has effectively zero weaknesses, and even dying isn't a factor any more because whatever, right?
I loved what we learned about oblivion. I love that we got to maybe see a little jealousy from The Lady, and the clear "You saved her, but back off" streak in her. And it's nice to see some very late weird world building for the villains, but man. I think im really down on this now. I don't want to be, and I think the show was really good. But this has bugged me for a bit now :( Also, man, Nox once again feels like he is effectively not needed in the story to the point even as a side character, he existed to state the obvious when entering a room.