Recap / Kamen Rider Zi O Ep 452019 Eternal Party

Written by : Kento Shimoyama

Directed by : Kyohei Yamaguchi

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Woz: Swartz has become Another Decade, pitting himself against Sougo Tokiwa.
Meanwhile, Michal Minato — Kamen Rider Aqua — arrives from the future.
He is determined to bring Tsukuyomi and Geiz back to their time.
And thus, the hour of parting draws near...

Sougo and Geiz are struck by G4's Gigant missile launcher and defeated soundly. Woz, while observing, saves them with his scarf and take them out from Swartz's world.

They, alongside Heure, are back in the real world when Geiz suddenly turns on Heure in anger, believing the young Time Jacker's plea to the ceasefire was a lie as Ora has become Another Drive. In response, Heure runs off in disgrace. Sougo, who doesn't approve of Geiz's action, confronts him. An angered Geiz argues that people don't change as easily as a flip of the hand, referring to Sougo's future as Oma Zi-O. Sougo argues back that Geiz and Tsukuyomi have already altered his future. With that, Geiz announces that he'll go back to the future, leaving a dejected Sougo with Woz.

Heure is roaming in confusion; he doesn't want to believe that Ora is an Another Rider all this time. Suddenly Ora appears to ask about this situation. Heure is scared of her and rejects Ora's offer to help, then runs away.

Meanwhile, in 95 DO, Geiz returns and sees a gloomy Tsukuyomi. She explains that her and Geiz's actions in this timeline are actually ensuring Sougo to become Oma Zi-O, and Geiz agrees that they must return to the future. Although Tsukuyomi asks him to delay their departure, Geiz becomes more impatient. Before they can go however, Michal Minato arrive and says that because Geiz and Tsukuyomi came from different timelines, they must return separately. Geiz then left the two of them. Minato then explains that in order to return to her own timeline, Tsukuyomi must reclaim her power back from Swartz.

Sougo returns home to 95 DO, and meets his ex-classmate from high school, Owada. He asks about Owada's life after graduation and he explains that he's on a Tekken game tournament to decide Japan's representation at the world stage. He asks Sougo to become his supporter and when he refuses, forces him to go.

Heure is still on the run from Ora, reaching an abandoned factory, as her patience runs out. She transforms to Another Drive, confirming Heure's suspicion, and strangle him. Luckily, WozGingaFinaly appears to help.

In the game tournament, Owada is actually losing badly. He rages and refuses Sougo's consolation. Suddenly he's approached by Swartz who states that this world is not for him to succeed. He offers Owada a chance at grasping the victory but before he could answer, Swartz envelops him in a silver sphere. Sougo chases both of them and demands that Owada be returned. Swartz only smirks and summons Katsumi Daido from the same sphere. The NEVER commander exasperatedly sighs that he's resurrected yet again, and transforms to Kamen Rider Eternal, facing Sougo's Zi-O default form.

In the factory, the battle of Woz against Another Drive is still going on. The Another Rider uses his Heavy Acceleration ability, but Woz neutralizes it with GingaFinaly's innate ability. Still, Woz is helpless against Drive's high-speed assault, and Another Drive tries to attack Heure until the real Ora arrives and takes him out from the monster's strike range. GeizRevive Shippu then arrives to help, and the three of them fight at high speed.

Sougo is manhandled by Eternal until Minato arrives and transforms into Kamen Rider Aqua to help. Suddenly Tsukasa Kadoya appears before Swartz as he finally finds out about Swartz's Another Decade ability. Swartz sneers at him, stating that after stealing Decade's power, Tsukasa can't do anything to interfere with his plan. But Tsukasa explains that his ability as the Destroyer of Worlds is tied to his very existence, and takes Sougo inside the sphere that absorbed Owada, surprising Swartz and dismayed Eternal.

Sougo and Tsukasa arrive in a dreary world. In it, Owada is winning the game tournament and claims the representative seat of Japan in the international tournament. Sougo says that he lost, but Owada doesn't care and repeats his winning speech, repeatedly. Tsukasa explains that this is a "world of lost possibilities", seeing that Owada actually has a possibility to win the tournament. Tsukasa then deduces that Swartz's real goal is the resurrection of Dark Riders to serve under his command.

Sougo reemerges in the real world, just in time to see Ora stab Heure with an energy blade. When Heure, in pain and utter confusion asks why did she do that, Ora responds to not look on her harshly. She continues by saying that they can’t both survive while being hunted by Swartz and she aims to be the one who survives in the end, before leaving her former comrade to die in cold blood. Sougo hurries to cradle a dying Heure, but he succumbed to his injuries and passed away. Another Drive then interjects after fending of Geiz Revive and WozGingaFinaly, saying that he and Ora are the same while laughing hysterically. Gently laying down Heure’s body, an enraged Sougo roared while inquires why did he laugh upon someone murder, before quickly transforms into Grand Zi-O and proceeds to summon Kamen Rider Drive to battle against Another Drive who summoned Another Tridoron. Geiz can only look in horror and disbelief at Sougo's outrage, and quietly leaves the scene. In the end, with the combination of All Twenty Time Break and SpeeDrop, Grand Zi-O manages to destroy Another Drive to the core, ending Paradox Roidmude for good. After the battle is done, Sougo cancels his transformation and kneels at the deceased Heure’s body, mourning his former enemy with Woz quietly watching him with sympathy.

Meanwhile, Aqua is still fighting against Eternal. He seems to get the upper hand because they fight beside a sea, until Eternal taps on his true power. But it's actually a distraction as Aqua binds Swartz with water and Tsukuyomi begins to reabsorb her power. Swartz transforms to Another Decade to break free from the bind and begins to assault Tsukuyomi, until Geiz arrives to help. Swartz then captures Geiz in a silver sphere, and from inside, White Woz reemerges while calmly address Tsukuyomi, much to her horror...

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Episode Trope:

• Badass Boast:
  • Katsumi/Eternal gives a pretty awesome one after he is summoned by Swartz:
    Katsumi: You ask the Reaper his name? When you get to hell, tell them Katsumi Daido sent you.
  • Despite supposedly losing his power, Tsukasa let out a boast that can be considered epic to Swartz:
    Tsukasa: You see, when it comes to power... I get mine simply by existing.
• Beyond the Impossible: Even after Swartz has completely stripped Tsukasa of his Decade powers, Tsukasa just casually summons a Dimensional Wall to save Sougo and brings him to another dimension, thus cementing his role as the Destroyer of Worlds.
• The Bus Came Back: Not just for Kamen Rider Eternal, but also the Paradox Roidmude, the movie villain of Drive as well as Dark Drive, is revealed to be the real Another Drive. And White Woz.
• Chekhov's Gun: All three Time Jackers have a feather braided in their hair that has been implied to have something to do with their time powers. Ora rips Heure's off after killing him to prove to Swartz that she did it.
• Curb-Stomp Battle: Grand Zi-O in Unstoppable Rage vs Another Drive, Sougo tore him apart.
• Died in Your Arms Tonight: Sougo holds a dying Heure and keeps on repeating his name in shock and sadness over not being able to save him.
• Equivalent Exchange: This episode reveals that Swartz can only summon his dark riders if he can replace someone from the real world into his world.
• Escort Distraction: Michal sought out Swartz in order to help Tsukuyomi get her powers back, and engaged in a half-hearted battle against Eternal to create an opening where Tsukuyomi could at least get some of it back.
• Evil Laugh: Another Drive has a fit of quite the malevolent, psychotic laughter after Ora kills Heure, mostly on the account of being Ora's copy and loving her ruthlessness.
• The Fellowship Has Ended: As Woz states at the recap, the time for Sougo, Geiz and Tsukuyomi to say goodbye is coming. To make it worse because Tsukuyomi is from another timeline, all three of them will be alone.
• Heel–Face Door-Slam: It seemed that Sougo can win Heure over for real, but then Geiz's (justified, even though still misguided) suspicion causes him to lash out and drive the former Time Jacker away.
• Heroic Safe Mode: Sougo apparently enters this state after Heure dies in his arms. He weeps over him before Another Drive's casual dismissal causes him to go into Unstoppable Rage and steamroll the Another Rider with a vengeance. Then he goes back to weeping.
• Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Ora gets Heure to drop his defenses before running him through with a crimson energy blade she created.
• Killed Off for Real: Heure is murdered by the real Ora. Another Drive follows after she mocks Heure.
• Lotus-Eater Machine: It's revealed that Swartz's Another Worlds function like this, trapping the person inside a "Groundhog Day" Loop fixated on the one moment in time they wished they could redo but succeeding in where they failed, and resetting if something is trying to break the illusion to the prisoner.
• Redemption Equals Death: It seemed that Heure might eventually get on neutral terms with Geiz and Woz and help the team defeat Swartz, but he dies shortly after.
• Say My Name: Sougo can only say Heure's name in anguish after seeing he was too late to save him from Ora killing him in cold blood.
• Speak Ill of the Dead: Another Drive laughs at Heure's death right after he was killed by the real Ora.
• Took a Level in Badass: The Dark Riders that Swartz summons are revealed to be this by definition, since he is summoning them from timelines where they won against their enemies.
• Ungrateful Bitch: Ora solidifies herself as one after she backstabbed and killed Heure, the very person who saved her from Swartz.
• Unstoppable Rage: Sougo explodes with rage when Another Drive laughs at Heure's death and he completely destroys Another Drive.
• Wham Shot: Combined with Wham Line, after using Geiz as a catalyst for a Dimensional Wall, White Woz unexpectedly emerged from it by giving this line:
  White Woz : We meet again, Tsukuyomi.