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lacunasbalustrade · 1 year

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Yuga Mikado: the traffic light turns green exactly as you step onto the road, maybe you know more than you should at the age you are, still waiting aren't you for the window to dry off after you scrubbed it clean, sparkly, transparent. nothing is bright but that's ok because you are enough. you glow brighter than lanterns. confident strides; how have you grown so fast, my child? you know all about living in someone's shadow but you have mint on your breath and we will go into the light with no regrets. aut inveniam viam aut faciam. "being around you is the most fun thing I can imagine!"

Ranma Kakogawa: and where would I have found myself if you had not been there in my time of need? ache of always being caught on your own. wouldn't it be nice to be crowded around for once, someone born to shine as bright as a fire. but sweetheart, should you ever have been held up to the right kind of mirror, you would have seen that you are the lens of a camera; seen and seen through, needed, loved, held. caramel latte art and a full English breakfast. can you hear the way the helicopter whirrs over the fields in the morning? praeterita mutare non possumus. "We're going to make it. I'll do whatever I have to to make it happen."

Subaru Hoshiyomi: could I believe in your courage the same way you trust in others? hesperus or venus, there is no difference in my eyes. a rose by any other name smells as sweet, the confidence you exude is a charisma of its own that you wield with ease. so selfish in your own way, unable to see beyond your own nose. wisdom and knowledge are different, but you will learn with time. you could call out the birds and sing down the mountain dawn with that compelling honesty of yours. brazen, tongue-in-cheek luceo non uro. "Even I can't fully understand you. However, that may not...be such a bad thing after all."

Masato Rikuo: strong chai tea topped with leaves and cinnamon. whatever are you waiting for? your boundless energy is more than an inspiration, at the heart of it, it's an innocent desire of a child. you've listened to those who poured out their ideals and that is all that can be expected from you. sometimes I think you do too much. concentration, additives, you may taste of all these, but you're au natural. never lose heart, dear one, never turn back or away. they will come to their senses in time. aut insanity homo, aut versus facit. "with you here, I could conquer the universe!!!!!! we're invincible!"

Light Kurouzu: seeing your face in a thousand and three copper whistling kettles steamed up with condensation. too many things you can't run from. videos without the ads because you paid for premium when you were down and now you can't waste it. yet another reason to dodge another batch of questions. there is roadwork and a ladder and a black cat on your daily journey home and you have made peace with every one of them. some things shouldn't be hidden inside superstition, you believe, rubbing at scratches. nec spe, nec metu. "You're going to be famous in a foreign city."

Seiji Kido: and again you pound your hands on the keys. There are no melodies, only different languages, and your inability to comprehend them frustrates you to no end. perhaps the beauty you've been seeking is in the openness of not knowing. can you wait a little longer to be accompanied in the empty concert halls? i promise there is someone waiting in the wings for their cue. faith is something terribly complicated to cultivate, but I give it to you now without charge. go forth again with your gifts and lay bare your heart. you have been heard and perhaps we were never lost, merely searching. semper ad meliora, "I'm right here, moron. Talk to me."

Daijirou Kurayashiki: conundrums again. You bear the weight of capital letters in your shoulders, raised to be a king, born to be a soldier, yet susceptible to the notions of poets that you request to be removed from a distance; they are not yours and never will be. so many possibilities yelling your name that you ignore as if you were deaf. I'm not sure whether I shall call you resolved or witless. Mountains will tremble when they are in your presence and countries will bow before your feet. I just hope the hurt is worth it, dear liege, I have seen the heart you hold like a pen as you sign your edicts in blood. si vis pacem, para bellum. "I rule for you alone."

Alexandre Ankh: scornful crown; you do not rule, you are a ruler and few can tell the difference. easy to read as palm lines, running fingertips over the intercrossed veins, as shallow and as deep as the surging currents of the parted Red Sea beneath Moses's staff. forever I would entrust the burdens to you because you do not see them as burdens but responsibility and that could be a curse or a birthright, I would not know. tear apart the lies for I give you my signet ring; take it and guide the people. you have the strength to be who you are, endure and admonish the lost. littera scripta manet. "You need never kneel when you are with me."

Kei Jinguji: paralysed worse than a paraplegic. who was the soul who ripped out your joy and replaced it with such numbing fear? I will readily admit that shame is not a medicine I wish to taste, yet the way you shudder in fear makes me want to swallow it for you. take a look at how I am making my words fall softer on your ears than light, and think to yourself that maybe the purpose of imperfection is to help us understand what grace is; what love is, that you need not be so desperate for something that requires nothing of you. the rainclouds are blocking out all your monsters, you are safe here. memento vivere. "It's my loss to you."

#yuga mikado #ranma Kakogawa #subaru hoshiyomi #Masato Rikuo #daijirou Kurayashiki #seiji kido #alexandre ankh #kei jinguji #fcbf #future card buddyfight ace

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kundichimin · 2 years

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Wagyu beef is considered one of the world's greatest natural delicacies. It gets its name from the marble-like pattern generated by tiny layers of fat evenly spread throughout the muscle tissue. They provide the end product with a distinct flavour and a delicate, luscious texture. To generate marbled meat, only wagyu (beef animals with a genetic predisposition to significant marbling) was bred in Japan at first. When gourmets from other countries found how excellent the steaks were, Australia, the United States, France, Canada, and New Zealand began to produce this delicacy. Despite the fact that various regions developed their own wagyu breeding traditions and technologies, the Japanese approach was adopted as a standard for determining product quality. The lowest level is called C1. The best is A5.

According to Japanese standards, A5 beef must come from one of four types of Japanese bulls: Japanese Black, Japanese Brown, Japanese Polled, or Japanese Shorthorn. The letters A, B, and C indicate the percentage of pure meat in relation to the overall weight of the carcass; A indicates the meatiest goods. On a scale of one to five stars, the quality of the beef is assessed based on four characteristics.

marbling, colour, and bloom; looseness and structure; fat colour and quality; marbling, colour, and bloom; looseness and structure; fat colour and quality; fat colour and quality; fat colour and quality; fat colour and quality; fat colour and quality; fat colour and quality; fat colour and quality; fat colour and quality; fat colour and quality; fat colour and quality; fat colour and quality; fat colour and ribeye cut from the carcass's 12th rib area is utilised for grading. The cross-cut steak is graded from lowest (first) to highest (last) by comparing it to a master sample (the fifth). The BMS (Beef Quality Assessment System) is employed in the United States in addition to the Japanese method (Beef Marbling Standard). This criterion assigns the highest grade A to beef from bulls killed between the ages of 18 and 30 months.

Wagyu calves are fed Milk Replacer and kept on a farm until they are seven months old when they are transferred to a fattening farm. At the fattening farm, they are kept in barns and given individual names. For around 30 months, or until they reach a live weight of 700 kg, they're fed rice straws, crop silage, and concentrate. Although it is rumoured that Wagyu cattle are fed beer and have daily massages, this is not the case. To promote blood circulation and relieve stress, some Japanese farmers buff their cattle with a rough brush.

Wagyu beef is considered one of the healthiest nutritious meals since it is juicy, tasty, and practically melts in the mouth. It's high in easy-to-digest omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, choline, B vitamins, and iron.Premium marble beef allows chefs to make innovative dishes. A5 wagyu steaks are one of the most delectable delicacies.This is a standard ribeye cut.Strip loin cuts include fillet mignon and chateaubriand.

The price of genuine wagyu beef is determined by its high cost. In Japan, Europe, and the United States, this delicacy might cost up to 800 dollars per kilogramme. At Kobe Gyu Takakura, one of Japan's top restaurants, a 300 g quality chateaubriand steak costs 64,500 yen (about $600). Magnificent marbled beef is among the world's most expensive delicacies, alongside black caviar, foie gras, and white truffles. The breed and provenance of an animal influence the price of its meat: the Japanese Polled and Japanese Shorthorn are both raised solely in Japan. They are unique, and things made from them are more expensive than those made in Europe or the United States. The most famous Wagyu meat is Kobe beef. Tajima's calves are utilised in the production of Kobe Wagyu (varieties of the Japanese Black). To be termed Kobe, an animal must be born, raised, and slaughtered wholly in the cities of Kobe, Sanda, Kakogawa, Nishinomiya, or Himeji in Hyogo Prefecture. Each premium Japanese bull's origin is established by a pedigree with a unique number and the animal's nose print. From the breeding process through cutting and selling, all information on meat production is stored in a computerised database. Any restaurant patron who wishes to taste the meal may do so after confirming its legitimacy.

#korean food #asian food #korean grocery #grocery store

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cave35 · 11 months

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Sachi Tainaka

(April 30, 1986)

Japanese female singer-songwriter with a three-and-a-half-octave range

born in Kakogawa City, Hyogo Prefecture,

her real name is Ayachi Tainaka,

she began classical ballet at an early age,

She started writing songs and performing live at the age of 15, and made her major label debut on February 22, 2006.

fan of Celine Dion and Dreams Come True.

playlist

youtube

#Sachi Tainaka #anisong #anime song #Fate/stay night #Moribito - Guardian of the Spirit #Moribito #Story of Saiunkoku #Disillusion #Imitation #Kimi to no Ashita #Kirameku Namida wa Hoshi ni #Kumo no Kakera #Saikou no Kataomoi #itoshii hito e

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perfectlightbouquet · 1 year

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Since our founding in Himeji City, we have been developing gardens in surrounding areas such as Takasago City and Kakogawa City. Please leave the stylish exterior, garden, and exterior to us. Please feel free to contact us for anything from small projects such as flower beds, wooden decks, artificial turf, etc. to garden renovations and total coordination including interiors. GABA will propose the best garden for you. For more information, please visit https://www.gaba-e.co.jp/

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okamachi-tuushin · 3 years

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闘龍灘

Toryunada Rapids

令和3年5月17日　May 17 2021

#闘龍灘 #加古川 #加東市 #兵庫県 #Toryunada Rapids #Kakogawa River #Kato City #Hyogo Pref.

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brielledoesastrology · 2 years

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✨Countries,cities and places asteroids to check in your astrology natal chart ⬇️✨🌍🌏🗺️🗾

Africa

1193 Africa (Africa)

Countries of AfricaEdit

1197 Rhodesia (Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe)

1213 Algeria (Algeria)

1268 Libya (Libya)

1278 Kenya (Kenya)

1279 Uganda (Uganda)

1430 Somalia (Somalia)

1432 Ethiopia (Ethiopia)

1638 Ruanda (Rwanda)

1712 Angola (Angola)

1718 Namibia (Namibia)

1816 Liberia (Liberia)

8766 Niger (Niger)

19913 Aigyptios (Ancient Greek name of Egypt)

Cities of AfricaEdit

790 Pretoria (Pretoria, South Africa)

858 El Djezaïr (Algiers, Algeria)

859 Bouzaréah (Bouzareah, Algeria))

6362 Tunis (Tunis, Tunisia)

1245 Calvinia (Calvinia, Northern Cape, South Africa)

1428 Mombasa (Mombasa, Kenya)

1431 Luanda (Luanda, city in Angola)

1948 Kampala (Kampala, city in Uganda)

1949 Messina (Messina, town in South Africa)

42776 Casablanca (Casablanca, Morocco)

68718 Safi (Safi, Morocco)

260824 Hermanus (Hermanus, Western Cape, South Africa)

321484 Marsaalam (Marsa Alam, Egypt)

Provinces of AfricaEdit

1195 Orangia (Orange Free State Province, former South Africa province)

1242 Zambesia (Zambezia Province of Mozambique)

Mountain / Hills of AfricaEdit

10377 Kilimanjaro (Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa).

69228 Kamerunberg (Mount Cameroon (Kamerunberg), Cameroon)

Desert in AfricaEdit

134369 Sahara (Sahara, the third largest desert in the world)

River in AfricaEdit

35295 Omo (Omo River, aka Omo-Bottego, Ethiopia)

Asia

Edit

67 Asia (Asia)

1157 Arabia (Arabia)

2178 Kazakhstania (Kazakhstan)

2169 Taiwan (Taiwan)

16563 Ob (Ob River in central Asia)

27596 Maldives (Maldives)

Japan

498 Tokio (Tokyo)

727 Nipponia (Japan)

1089 Tama (Tama River in Tokyo)

1090 Sumida (Sumida River in Tokyo)

1098 Hakone (Hakone, Kanagawa)

1584 Fuji (Mount Fuji)

2084 Okayama (Okayama)

2247 Hiroshima (Hiroshima)

3319 Kibi (Kibi)

3380 Awaji (Awaji)

3720 Hokkaido (Hokkaidō)

4157 Izu (Izu)

4578 Kurashiki (Kurashiki)

4774 Hobetsu (Hobetsu)

5618 Saitama (Saitama)

5881 Akashi (Akashi)

5908 Aichi (Nagoya)

6134 Kamagari (Kamagari, Hiroshima)

6218 Mizushima (Mizushima)

6255 Kuma (Kumakogen)

6879 Hyogo (Hyōgo)

6991 Chichibu (Chichibu, Saitama)

7253 Nara (Nara)

8120 Kobe (Kobe)

8892 Kakogawa (Kakogawa)

9782 Edo (Edo)

9791 Kamiyakurai (Yakuraisan, popularly called Kami Fuji, a mountain)

9792 Nonodakesan (Nonodakesan, a mountain)

10091 Bandaisan (Mount Bandai, Fukushima)

10141 Gotenba (Gotemba, Shizuoka)

10143 Kamogawa (Kamo-gawa or Kamo River)

10159 Tokara (Tokara)

10161 Nakanoshima (Nakanoshima, narrow sandbank in Kita-ku, Osaka)

10163 Onomichi (Onomichi)

10864 Yamagatashi (Yamagata, Yamagata)

10878 Moriyama (Moriyama, Shiga)

11612 Obu (Ōbu)

11925 Usubae (Usubae, a beach in Cape Ashizuri in Kōchi)

12706 Tanezaki (Tanezaki, a beach in Urado Bay, Kōchi)

12749 Odokaigan (Odokaigan, a beach on the Otsuki Peninsula)

16680 Minamitanemachi (Minamitanemachi, Tanegashima Island, Kagoshima)

16713 Airashi (Airashi, Kagoshima Prefecture)

19303 Chinacyo (Chinacyo, Okinoerabujima Island)

19953 Takeo (Takeo, Saga)

17286 Bisei (Bisei, Okayama)

20625 Noto (Noto)

33056 Ogunimachi (Oguni, Niigata)

33553 Nagai (Nagai, Yamagata)

35093 Akicity (Aki, Kōchi)

36472 Ebina (Ebina, Kanagawa)

36783 Kagamino (Kagamino, Okayama)

37720 Kawanishi (Kawanishi, Yamagata)

40994 Tekaridake (Mount Tekari (Tekari-dake))

46595 Kita-Kyushu (Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture)

48736 Ehime (Ehime)

48807 Takahata (Takahata, Yamagata)

52260 Ureshino (Ureshino, Saga)

53157 Akaishidake (Mount Akaishi (Akaishi-dake))

55873 Shiomidake (Mount Shiomi (Shiomi-dake))

79152 Abukumagawa (Abukuma River (Abukuma-gawa))

87271 Kokubunji (Kokubunji, Tokyo)

94356 Naruto (Naruto Strait)

96254 Hoyo (Hōyo Strait)

100266 Sadamisaki (Sadamisaki Peninsula, Shikoku)

118230 Sado (Sado, Niigata)

136743 Echigo (Echigo Province, an old province, now Niigata Prefecture minus the island of Sado)

145062 Hashikami (Hashikami, Aomori)

181043 Anan (Anan, Tokushima)

220736 Niihama (Niihama, Ehime)

262419 Suzaka (Suzaka, Nagano)

333639 Yaima (Yaeyama Islands, Okinawa)

CambodiaEdit

16770 Angkor Wat (Angkor Wat, Cambodia)

ChinaEdit

CountryEdit

1125 China (China)

3789 Zhongguo (China)

Cities, mountains, and riversEdit

2045 Peking (Beijing)

2077 Kiangsu (Jiangsu)

2078 Nanking (Nanjing, Jiangsu)

2085 Henan (Henan)

2162 Anhui (Anhui)

2184 Fujian (Fujian)

2185 Guangdong (Guangdong)

2197 Shanghai (Shanghai)

2209 Tianjin (Tianjin)

2215 Sichuan (Sichuan)

2230 Yunnan (Yunnan)

2255 Qinghai (Qinghai)

2263 Shaanxi (Shaanxi)

2336 Xinjiang (Xinjiang)

2344 Xizang (Xizang)

2355 Nei Monggol (Inner Mongolia)

2380 Heilongjiang (Heilongjiang)

2387 Xi'an (Xi'an, Shaanxi)

2398 Jilin (Jilin)

2425 Shenzhen (Shenzhen, Guangdong)

2503 Liaoning (Liaoning)

2505 Hebei (Hebei)

2510 Shandong (Shandong)

2514 Taiyuan (Taiyuan, Shanxi)

2515 Gansu (Gansu)

2539 Ningxia (Ningxia)

2547 Hubei (Hubei)

2592 Hunan (Hunan)

2617 Jiangxi (Jiangxi)

2631 Zhejiang (Zhejiang)

2632 Guizhou (Guizhou)

2655 Guangxi (Guangxi)

2693 Yan'an (Yan'an, Shaanxi)

2719 Suzhou (Suzhou, Jiangsu)

2729 Urumqi (Urumqi, Xinjiang)

2743 Chengdu (Chengdu, Sichuan)

2778 Tangshan (Tangshan, Hebei)

2789 Foshan (Foshan, Guangdong)

2851 Harbin (Harbin, Heilongjiang)

2903 Zhuhai (Zhuhai, Guangdong)

3011 Chongqing (Chongqing)

3024 Hainan (Hainan)

3048 Guangzhou (Guangzhou, Guangdong)

3051 Nantong (Nantong, Jiangsu)

3088 Jinxiuzhonghua (Splendid China, themed park in Shenzhen)

3136 Anshan (Anshan, Liaoning)

3139 Shantou (Shantou, Guangdong)

3187 Dalian (Dalian, Liaoning)

3206 Wuhan (Wuhan, Hubei)

3239 Meizhou (Meizhou, Guangdong)

3297 Hong Kong (Hong Kong)

3335 Quanzhou (Quanzhou, Fujian)

3494 Purple Mountain (Purple Mountain Observatory)

3613 Kunlun (Kunlun Mountains)

3650 Kunming (Kunming, Yunnan)

3729 Yangzhou (Yangzhou, Jiangsu)

4273 Dunhuang (Dunhuang, Gansu)

7859 Lhasa (Lhasa, Tibet)

8423 Macao (Macau)

12418 Tongling (Tongling, Anhui)

12757 Yangtze (Yangtze River)

15001 Fuzhou (Fuzhou, Fujian)

35366 Kaifeng (Kaifeng, Henan)

69869 Haining (Haining, Zhejiang)

72060 Hohhot (Hohhot, Inner Mongolia)

79418 Zhangjiajie (Zhangjiajie, Hunan)

79316 Huangshan (Huangshan City, Anhui)

110297 Yellowriver (Yellow River)

160105 Gobi (Gobi Desert a large desert region in Asia, share with Mongolia)

175633 Yaoan (Yaoan, Yunnan)

178151 Kulangsu (Gulangyu Island (Kulangsu), Xiamen)

185577 Hhaihao (Haikou (Hhaihao City), Hainan)

207717 Sa'a (Sanya, Hainan)

207931 Weihai (Weihai, Shandong)

216343 Wenchang (Wenchang, Hainan)

248388 Namtso, (Namtso, a lake in Tibet)

362177 Anji (Anji, Zhejiang)

IndiaEdit

78118 Bharat (Bhārat Ganarājya, native name of the Republic of India)

85267 Taj Mahal (Taj Mahal)

IndonesiaEdit

536 Merapi (Mount Marapi, West Sumatra)

732 Tjilaki (Cilaki River, West Java)

754 Malabar (Mount Malabar, West Java)

770 Bali (Bali Island)

772 Tanete (Tanete, Sulawesi)

46824 Tambora (Mount Tambora, Sumbawa, West Nusa Tenggara)

85047 Krakatau (Krakatoa, a volcanic island situated in the Sunda Strait, between Java and Sumatra)

118102 Rinjani (Mount Rinjani, Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara)

KoreaEdit

12252 Gwangju (Gwangju, South Jeolla)

31179 Gongju (Gongju, South Chungcheong)

34666 Bohyunsan (Bohyeon Mountain)

NepalEdit

33002 Everest (Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world)

Middle EastEdit

697 Galilea (Galilee)

7079 Baghdad (Baghdad, Iraq)

7507 Israel (Israel)[failed verification]

13128 Aleppo (Aleppo, Syria)

13131 Palmyra (Palmyra, Syria)

15417 Babylon (Babylon, capital of ancient Mesopotamia)

15861 Ispahan (Ispahan, Iran)

22260 Ur (Ur, city-state of ancient Mesopotamia)

22292 Mosul (Mosul, Iraq)

30936 Basra (Basra, Iraq)

56000 Mesopotamia (Mesopotamia)

63163 Jerusalem (Jerusalem)

282903 Masada (Masada)

PhilippinesEdit

13513 Manila (Manila, the capital of the Philippines)

134346 Pinatubo (Mount Pinatubo, volcano on Luzon island in the Philippines)

VietnamEdit

7816 Hanoi (Hanoi)

Russia and the former Soviet Union (Asia)Edit

780 Armenia (Armenia)

1094 Siberia (Siberia, Russia)

2593 Buryatia (Buryatia, Russia)

2657 Bashkiria (Bashkortostan (Bashkiria), Russia)

2671 Abkhazia (Abkhazia, now in Georgia)

2120 Tyumenia (Tyumen Oblast, Russia)

2140 Kemerovo (Kemerovo, Russian SFSR, now Russia)

2297 Daghestan (Daghestan, Russia)

2566 Kirghizia (Kirghiz SSR, now Kyrgyzstan)

2584 Turkmenia (Turkmen SSR, now Turkmenistan)

2698 Azerbajdzhan (Azerbaijan)

2700 Baikonur (Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan)

2776 Baikal (Lake Baikal, Russia)

5471 Tunguska (Tunguska, Russia)

21054 Ojmjakon (Oymyakon (Ojmjakon), Siberia, the coldest city in the earth)

65541 Kasbek (Mount Kazbek, Georgia)

210271 Samarkand (Samarkand, the ancient city in Uzbekistan)

212998 Tolbachik (Tolbachik, a volcano complex in Kamchatka Peninsula)

Sri LankaEdit

311231 Anuradhapura (Anuradhapura)

EuropeEdit

136 Austria (Austria)

257 Silesia (Silesia)

1381 Danubia (River Danube)

1391 Carelia (Karelia)

2206 Gabrova (Gabrovo, Bulgaria)

2236 Austrasia (Austrasia, historic region from western Germany to eastern France)

7671 Albis (Latin name for the Elbe)

8020 Erzgebirge (German name for the Ore Mountains)

10957 Alps (Alps, a great mountain chain stretching from the Mediterranean Sea between southern France and Italy)

22618 Silva Nortica (Silva Nortica, a region at the border of Austria and the Czech Republic)

40092 Memel (the other name of Neman River)

293909 Matterhorn (Matterhorn, a mountain of the Alps)

AustriaEdit

96506 Oberösterreich (Upper Austria (Oberösterreich))

117156 Altschwendt (Altschwendt, a municipality in Upper Austria)

175730 Gramastetten (Gramastetten, a municipality in Upper Austria)

178243 Schaerding (Schärding, Upper Austria)

181824 Königsleiten (Königsleiten, a village in Wald im Pinzgau municipality, Salzburg)

185633 Rainbach (Rainbach im Innkreis, a municipality in Upper Austria)

Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)Edit

1284 Latvia (Latvia)

1541 Estonia (Estonia)

1796 Riga (Riga, Latvia)

2577 Litva (Lithuania)

3072 Vilnius (Vilnius, Lithuania)

4163 Saaremaa (Saaremaa, Estonia)

4227 Kaali (Kaali crater, Estonia)

13995 Tõravere (Tõravere, Estonia)

23617 Duna (Riga, Latvia)

24709 Mitau (Jelgava, Latvia)

24794 Kurland (Courland, Latvia)

31267 Kuldiga (Kuldīga, Latvia)

35618 Tartu (Tartu, Estonia)

37623 Valmiera (Valmiera, Latvia)

73059 Kaunas (Kaunas, Lithuania)

124192 Moletai (Molėtai, Lithuania)

140628 Klaipeda (Klaipėda, Lithuania)

151430 Nemunas (Nemunas River, the largest river in Lithuania)

157534 Siauliai (Šiauliai, Lithuania)

166229 Palanga (Palanga, Lithuania)

185150 Panevezys (Panevėžys, Lithuania)

202704 Utena (Utena, Lithuania)

233661 Alytus (Alytus, Lithuania)

274084 Baldone (Baldone, Latvia)

289020 Ukmerge (Ukmerge, Lithuania)

294664 Trakai (Trakai, Lithuania)

Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg)Edit

1052 Belgica (Belgium)

1132 Hollandia (Holland)

1133 Lugduna (Leiden, Netherlands)

1276 Ucclia (Uccle, Belgium)

1294 Antwerpia (Antwerp, Belgium)

1336 Zeelandia (Zeeland, Netherlands)

2689 Bruxelles (Brussels, Belgium)

2713 Luxembourg (Luxembourg)

3374 Namur (Namur, Belgium)

9471 Ostend (Ostend, Belgium)

9472 Bruges (Bruges, Belgium)

9473 Ghent (Ghent, Belgium)

11945 Amsterdam (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

12652 Groningen (Groningen, Netherlands)

17437 Stekene (Stekene, Belgium)

20243 Den Bosch (Den Bosch, Netherlands)

27718 Gouda (Gouda, Netherlands)

30835 Waterloo (Waterloo, Belgium)

346886 Middelburg (Middelburg, Netherlands)

BulgariaEdit

2575 Bulgaria (Bulgaria)

2530 Shipka (Shipka Mount and Shipka Pass)

3860 Plovdiv (Plovdiv)

6267 Rozhen (Rozhen [bg] – a locality in the Rhodope Mountains, where the Rozhen Observatory is located)

11852 Shoumen (Shumen (Shoumen) University)

12246 Pliska (Pliska)

510466 Varna (Varna)

Czech RepublicEdit

371 Bohemia (Bohemia)

1901 Moravia (Moravia)

1942 Jablunka (Jablunka)

2080 Jihlava (Jihlava)

2081 Sázava (Sázava River)

2123 Vltava (Vltava River)

2199 Kleť (Kleť, a hill and its observatory, place of discovery)

2321 Lužnice (Lužnice River)

2337 Boubín (Boubín, a hill)

2367 Praha (Prague)

2390 Nežárka (Nežárka River)

2403 Šumava (Šumava)

2524 Budovicium (Latin name for České Budějovice)

2599 Veselí (Veselí)

2613 Plzeň (Plzeň)

2672 Písek (Písek)

2747 Český Krumlov (Český Krumlov)

2811 Střemchoví (Střemchoví, birthplace of discoverer)

2889 Brno (Brno)

3137 Horky (Horký, a hill)

3735 Třeboň (Třeboň)

4054 Turnov (Turnov)

4249 Křemže (Křemže)

4277 Holubov (Holubov)

4405 Otava (Otava River)

4408 Zlatá Koruna (Zlatá Koruna)

4610 Kájov (Kájov)

4698 Jizera (Jizera River)

4702 Berounka (Berounka River)

4801 Ohře (Ohře River)

4823 Libenice (Libenice)

4824 Stradonice (Stradonice)

5894 Telč (Telč)

6060 Doudleby (Doudleby)

6064 Holašovice (Holašovice)

6802 Černovice (Černovice)

7118 Kuklov (Kuklov)

7204 Ondřejov (Ondřejov)

7440 Závist (Závist)

7498 Blaník (Blaník, a hill)

7532 Pelhřimov (Pelhřimov)

7669 Malše (Malše River)

7694 Krasetín (Krasetín)

7711 Říp (Říp Mountain)

8554 Gabreta (ancient name for Bohemian Forest)

9711 Želetava (Želetava)

9884 Příbram (Příbram)

11128 Ostravia (Latin name for Ostrava)

11134 České Budějovice (České Budějovice)

11163 Milešovka (Milešovka, a mountain)

11167 Kunžak (Kunžak)

11339 Orlík (Orlík a castle and a dam)

11656 Lipno (Lipno Dam)

12406 Zvíkov (Zvíkov Castle)

12468 Zachotín (Zachotín)

12833 Kamenný Újezd (Kamenný Újezd)

13804 Hrazany (Hrazany)

14537 Týn nad Vltavou (Týn nad Vltavou)

14974 Počátky (Počátky)

15890 Prachatice (Prachatice)

15960 Hluboká (Hluboká nad Vltavou, a castle)

16801 Petřínpragensis (Petřín, a hill in Prague)

17600 Dobřichovice (Dobřichovice)

17607 Táborsko (Táborsko, Czech district)

18497 Nevězice (Nevězice)

18531 Strakonice (Strakonice)

20254 Úpice (Úpice)

20964 Mons Naklethi (old name of the hill Kleť)

21257 Jižní Čechy (Jižní Čechy, English: South Bohemia, a Czech Republic region)

21290 Vydra (Vydra River)

21873 Jindřichůvhradec (Jindřichův Hradec)

22450 Nové Hrady (Nové Hrady)

24837 Mšecké Žehrovice (Mšecké Žehrovice)

24838 Abilunon (Abilunon, nowadays non-existing ancient town)

26328 Litomyšl (Litomyšl)

26971 Sezimovo Ústí (Sezimovo Ústí)

27079 Vsetín (Vsetín)

27088 Valmez (Valašské Meziříčí)

30564 Olomouc (Olomouc)

31650 Frýdek-Místek (Frýdek-Místek)

31232 Slavonice (Slavonice)

31323 Lysá hora (Lysá hora, a mountain)

31238 Kroměříž (Kroměříž)

40206 Lhenice (Lhenice)

43954 Chýnov (Chýnov)

47294 Blanský les (Blanský les, highlands)

49448 Macocha (Macocha Gorge)

59001 Senftenberg (Senftenberg, now Žamberk, Pardubice)

61208 Stonařov (Stonařov)

68779 Schöninger (old name for the hill Kleť)

121089 Vyšší Brod (Vyšší Brod)

159743 Kluk (Kluk, a Czech hill near Kleť mountain)

159799 Kralice (Kralice nad Oslavou, a municipality in Třebíč District)

167208 Lelekovice (Lelekovice, a village in Brno-Country District)

175017 Záboří (Záboří, a municipality in České Budějovice District)

215841 Čimelice (Čimelice, a village in Písek District)

270556 Kolonica (Kolonica, a municipality in Snina District)

DenmarkEdit

2117 Danmark (Danmark, Danish for Denmark)

13586 Copenhagen (Copenhagen, Denmark)

Eastern EuropeEdit

183 Istria (Istria, Croatia)

434 Hungaria (Hungary)

589 Croatia (Croatia)

1140 Crimea (Crimean Peninsula)

1160 Illyria (Illyria, Croatia)

1517 Beograd (Belgrade, capital of Serbia)

1537 Transylvania (Transylvania, Romania)

1989 Tatry (Tatra Mountains)

2315 Czechoslovakia (Czechoslovakia, now the Czech Republic and Slovakia)

2575 Bulgaria (Bulgaria)

9674 Slovenija (Slovenia)

10415 Mali Lošinj (Mali Lošinj, Croatia)

12123 Pazin (Pazin, Croatia)

12124 Hvar (Hvar, Croatia)

13121 Tisza (Tisza River)

38674 Těšínsko (Těšínsko, a region in south-eastern Silesia, nowadays in the Czech Republic and Poland)

82071 Debrecen (Debrecen, Hungary)

82092 Kalocsa (Kalocsa, Hungary)

100897 Piatra Neamt (Piatra Neamț, Romania)

178267 Sarajevo (Sarajevo, the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

187700 Zagreb (Zagreb, Croatia)

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1471 Tornio (Tornio)

1472 Muonio (Muonio)

1473 Ounas (Ounasjoki)

1488 Aura (Aura river)

1494 Savo (Savonia)

1495 Helsinki (Helsinki)

1496 Turku (Turku)

1497 Tampere (Tampere)

1498 Lahti (Lahti)

1499 Pori (Pori)

1500 Jyväskylä (Jyväskylä)

1503 Kuopio (Kuopio)

1504 Lappeenranta (Lappeenranta)

1507 Vaasa (Vaasa)

1518 Rovaniemi (Rovaniemi)

1519 Kajaani (Kajaani)

1520 Imatra (Imatra)

1521 Seinäjoki (Seinäjoki)

1522 Kokkola (Kokkola)

1523 Pieksämäki (Pieksämäki)

1524 Joensuu (Joensuu)

1525 Savonlinna (Savonlinna)

1526 Mikkeli (Mikkeli)

1532 Inari (Lake Inari)

1533 Saimaa (Saimaa)

1534 Näsi (Näsijärvi)

1535 Päijänne (Lake Päijänne)

1536 Pielinen (Pielinen)

1656 Suomi (Finland)

1659 Punkaharju (Punkaharju)

1757 Porvoo (Porvoo)

1758 Naantali (Naantali)

1882 Rauma (Rauma)

1883 Rimito (Rimito)

1928 Summa (Summa)

1929 Kollaa (Kollaa)

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Kakogawa City, Hyogo Prefecture

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March 2019: Aoi-tayuu, of Suehiro okiya, reading a poetry onstage accompanied by biwa player Suda Takahisa (須田隆久) in Kakogawa city, Hyougo prefecture, Japan.

Source: https://twitter.com/ayaka8700119/status/1108540230611550208?s=20

#kimono #tayu #tayuu #aoi #aoitayu #aoitayuu #suehiro #suehirotayuu #suehirotayu #suehirotimeline #suehirookiya #suehiro2019 #shimabara #shimabaratayu #shimabaratayuu

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Zi-O 41: *SCREAMING*

:THE BLOGGER IS NOT OKAY WITH THIS:

We open with the final scene from episode 40; Sougo charging Oma Zi-O, after getting a pair of Blade transformation screens (specifically, Blade and Garren’s) thrown at him, and a green-and-purple whirlwhind sent in his direction. Interestingly, when the whirlwind connects, the W emblem rises up along with the explosion. After attempting to trade punches – with zero effect on Sougo’s part – the kid summons Build with his Grand Zi-O panel, and. Oma Zi-O summons Kuuga.

Sougo uses the same technique as in 40 – he touches the figurine, the Build emblem appears while the name is announced, and a window reading 2017 moves backward, with Build appearing through it. Oma Zi-O, however, just holds out a hand, with the Kuuga emblem showing up with the same announcement. Notably, the emblem here is torso-sized, as opposed to figurine-sized. Kuuga appears in a bit of a blur, but there is a distinct lack of any other adornment.

Oma Zi-O’s jump over the two now-fighting riders has a bit of a flashstep effect to it, which is. Worrying. Also it breaks my heart a little to see Build and Kuuga fighting, which is not helped in the slightest by my having recently finished Decade and watching Showa V Heisei for the first time. But as Sougo attempts to hit Oma Zi-O, still with zero effect, Build and Kuuga launch their respective Rider Kicks at each other – no announcements from the Build Driver, which is probably for the best. Build disappears in an explosion, shortly followed by Kuuga winking out of existence.

Hm….

OH NO. SOUGO NO! YOU STILL HAVEN’T PROPERLY GOTTEN THE DRIVE WATCH! DON’T USE DRIVE!

See what you’ve done? Now Oma Zi-O’s taken control of him, with a scary red spark effect, and definite sounds of struggle that are very much Shinnosuke’s voice. His helmet’s eyes momentarily light up red, and the standard Tridoron horn sound plays – and then plays again, slowed way the heck down.

And it’s really nice to see the Type Speed finisher again, and to hear Krim announcing the Tridoron, but! Those are still Shinnosuke’s grunts of effort! And said finisher is being launched to great effect at Sougo! To the point of knocking him out of Grand, and back to being just plain old Sougo.

Woz warps in – with a very Time Jacker-y blur to his first few steps – and rushes to Sougo’s side, helping him up. And Sougo is angry when he asks why he can’t even touch his future self.

“You haven’t obtained the powers of all the Riders.”

And at least SOMEONE based in 2019 remembers that we still haven’t had a Drive arc! Namely, Woz, reminding Sougo, the kids at home, and the production staff, that the Drive watch we currently have was stolen from 2068 by Geiz.

…I wonder why they went with Ghost and Drive. I know that at least part of the reason is that the staff wasn’t sure if they’d be able to get the actors back, but that didn’t exactly stop them in other arcs.

SOUGO NO! You can’t go trying to fight him still! You’re not transformed! You can barely walk!

I don’t think we have ever seen Sougo actually angry before. Not like this – all furious and glaring, desperate to take. Him. Down. Not that it helps him at all, not with the massive explosions that Oma Zi-O is setting off around him.

Woz’s scarf is so handy. He sends it out to wrap around Sougo, warping him away.

“For personal reasons, I have decided to side with Past You.”

Oma Zi-O looks surprised, but then. Woz starts walking up to him. (Drive is still here, by the way!)

Oma Zi-O: “Well done, Woz. You’ve made a wise choice.”

Me: wait what.

Woz: “It is my pleasure.”

Me: Wait WHAT?

A multicolored rippling effect washes over the area, incidentally fading Drive out of existence.

Woz: wait what.

Oma Zi-O: Oh, looks like someone’s changed the flow of time...

The entire scene fades out – in a manner very reminiscent of what you see when film footage dissolves.

Sougo wakes up on the ground, in a location that we haven’t seen before. A mansion is at the top of the staircase. In front of said mansion…

Me: WAIT WHAT?!

In front of said mansion is a statue. The statue… is of Kakogawa Hiyru, Another Zi-O, in his not-so-civilian form that we saw in the preview. He’s holding his Another Watch at his waist, in the manner he previously used to transform, and is surrounded by Another Riders in action poses. It’s all grey and aged, with a plague at the base that I can’t read, because RiderTime didn’t sub it. But I’m willing to bet that it says “In commemoration of the first transformation of Kakogawa Hiryuu.”

I AM THREE MINUTES IN. THIS HAS TAKEN A HALF HOUR, WITH THE REWINDING TO CATCH DETAILS AND THE TYPING. SEND HELP.

Okay I made the grave mistake of jumping into Discord for a minute, and have promptly left Discord, but not before being cued in to look carefully at the Another Rider statues.

So, the first shot of them… From left to right, we see Kiva, OOO, Fourze, Ghost, Build, Ex-Aid, Gaim, and Wizard. Interestingly, all of them except for Build are doing their Rider’s signature poses, albeit with the standard corruption. Because Early Installment Weirdness is such a thing for Another Build that he was basically feral, and that has clearly carried over.

I can’t get over how the statues are just. Clearly still shots of the actual characters with a really bad filter over them, and terribly CG’d in. The budget for this episode must be going tot he fight scenes. … HUH. From the back, it looks like Another Build is trying to do Sento’s pose, albeit with considerably less success than everyone else. I guess the terrible filter made it really hard to see from the front, with him overlapping all of the other sections.

Okay, as the camera pans down to the plague, I see Another Agito on the right, and I can’t for the life of me make out who that is second from the left, but. The second from the right sure looks like it has Decade’s shoulders. And the head on the left sure looks like a warped version of Drive’s helmet.

Guess we’re getting Another Drive and Decade after all!

Woz’s Recap this week is him on an inexplicable bench swing in the middle of a wooded area, with Sougo none the wiser to his presence as he stumbles around the trees.

And apprently, by ‘the flow of time has changed’, we mean Woz warped Sougo to yet another alternate timeline, except this time it’s 2019, and he’s implying that the future where Sougo becomes Oma Zi-O has been completely derailed.

And that mansion is in a wooded area, alright. A large one, several city blocks worth. And we can tell.

Because we get a zoom-out, and see that it’s in the middle of a city.

With a whole lot of sirens in the background.

And a whole lot of buildings on fire.

!!!

New opening narration for the OP!

RiderTime translates it as… “The Heisei Kamen Riders have run through the era. Their powers now collected, the curtain of the final battle has risen! Clear the way! For the future of the True King!”

For reference, the previous narration, as subbed by RT, is “The Heisei Kamen Riders have run through the Heisei era. A new legend is starting that inherits all their powers. Rejoice! For the birth of the new King!”

And as translated by Overtime, it’s “The legacy of the Heisei Kamen Riders has carried on throughout the era. Once their power has been passed on, a new legend begins… Rejoice! For the birth of the ultimate king!”

The shot of () in the OP has been replaced by all the Heisei Riders striking their poses, and then coalescing into a ball of light, which breaks and shows Grand. First with just the helmet – then zooming out to a fullbody shot, with the 20 emblems fanning out behind him in a circle… and those odd circles of light dropping down around him, that I failed to mention from the first Grand transformation last time.

Sougo emerges from the forest into a city apparently at war. Rubble is strewn everywhere, and several people in fatigues with guns run by down the street, the sound of gunfire in the distance. Sougo, time-traveler that he is, goes to pick up a tattered poster, confirming that it is, in fact, 2019.

Our camera zooms out, freezeframing with the sound of a camera shutter and framing the scene.

Hey there, Tsukasa! Nice to see you again, you wonderful troll, you! He’s in fatigues – clearly what he was assigned when he arrived here – and. TWO cameras. Tsukasa, ffs. He’s still got his Magenta one, but also a brown one – that is some variant on a polaroid instant camera, since it ejects a photo right after he takes it. It’s about time he learned to carry something like that.

And his photos are still supernaturally bad – with all their eerie foreshadowing abilities intact. Case in point…

Tsukasa: “So, this is the end of this world.”

He pulls the printed photo from the camera.

Tsukasa: “Then what will you do now, Tokiwa Sougo?”

We see the photo. There’s none of the recurring double-imaging here that used to be seen in so many of Tsukasa’s pictures. Instead… Sougo is half faded from existence, the wall and abandoned shop stall showing through him in places.

(Also, Tsukasa looks exhausted. Get some sleep, sir.)

There’s barricades and fencing outside of 9-to-5. It’s not a clock repair shop anymore.

It’s a resistance shelter.

And one of the people, a woman tending someone’s wounds, asks who Sougo is.

And his uncle doesn’t recognize him – tries to attack him with a daikon radish, even.

Tsukuyomi’s voice comes in over the radio, saying that Another Riders are attacking a shelter, asking someone to send help.

Sougo asks where it is, and says he’ll be right back, running off.

Junichiro: (scandalized) “Young people these days act overfamiliar… even though we just met!”

Ow, my heart.

Another Kiva and OOO are attacking some refugees. Please note, literal machine guns have no effect on them! That’s! That’s just great!

(I’m still not okay with the eyes on Another Kiva’s shoulders, BTW.)

Geiz – in armor – and Tsukuyomi work to fight off the Another Riders and get the former civilians out of there, respectively. Geiz draws Another OOO away, and Tsukuyomi gets Kiva off of a group. At least the Faiz Phone X can make them flinch, if only a little. Enough to actually serve as a nuisance, before Another Kiva lifts her by the neck as Sougo runs in.

He knocks Kiva off of her, by vaulting over the staircase railing and nailing them with a kick, and asks if she’s okay. Tsukuyomi also does not recognize him!

Hey, Sougo, maybe at least try using your name when you’re trying to totally-not-re-introduce yourself to people who don’t know who you are? It might help, I dunno, jog some memories locked by the time distortion.

You know, I’ve commented before on how Sougo could take hits really well at the beginning of the season. But now he’s full body tackling Another Riders, knocking them back. Actually, no, scratch that. After Tsukuyomi paused time for everyone in the room sans herself – good for her – and grabs the Faiz Phone X to shoot Another Kiva, when time starts back up? Said Another Rider goes after her, and Sougo just blocks them. Just takes the hit, arms raised defensively, and Another Kiva is the only one to be knocked back. Sougo doesn’t even budge. This young man is made of iron.

And also very confused as to why Geiz would think that he would run, proceeding to pull out the Zi-O II watch, transforming.

Geiz knows who Zi-O is.

I somehow doubt he knows the same Zi-O as we do, though.

Also, for this Geiz, at least, the Time Burst kick can be channeled through just. Straight up holding Another OOO against the wall with his foot, and charging the attack down through his leg, exploding Another OOO with a notable coin effect amid the flames.

And although we can’t exactly seen Geiz’s face, because helmet, he’s probably sharing Tsukuyomi’s scared expression right now.

What, no stained glass effects when Sougo’s finisher takes out Another Kiva? I’m disappointed.

Tsukuyomi and Geiz come on the underground scene… and Tsukuyomi immediately shoots Sougo several times with her blaster. Geiz is ready to do a violence, and proceeds to start attacking.

Geiz: “So you’ve made your presense known, Zi-O – today you meet your end!”

Sougo: “Why?”

Geiz: “I’ll defeat the Great Overlord and save this world!”

Geiz: “That is our, the Resistance’s, mission in life!”

I noticed that he used the term ‘daimyō’ there – not whichever term it is he usually uses to refer to Oma Zi-O in the regular timeline. Interesting. Though, to be fair… the preview shots of Hiryuu looked like he was using a very different version of absolutely terrible taste than the regular Oma Zi-O.

A single direct blow from Revive Fury is all it took to knock Sougo out of his transformation.

He’s so confused, and scared, because nobody recognizes him, and he doesn’t know what’s going on. He can’t get any answers, and he’s so sad that his only family and friends, the only ones he’s had around him in years, have no idea who he is. Are all so willing to attack him.

To the point of when Sougo is practically begging to be told what’s happened. Geiz attacks him.

Still transformed.

Still using Revive Fury.

Still using the buzzsaw.

Sougo’s not transformed.

Me: :BARELY CONTAINED SHRIEKING:

There’s a painful looking slice on Sougo’s arm and cheek – there are scorch marks where his shirt was cut open.

Geiz refuses to listen to anything Sougo has to say… and readies another attack.

Aimed right at the prone Sougo’s neck.

Me: THIS IS NOT FINE.

I mean, yes, time paused, leaving Sougo free to move – BUT VERY CLEARLY HAVING BEEN AT MOST A SECOND FROM LITERAL DECAPITATION.

AHHHHHHH!

But… who paused time? UHR. Telling Sougo to run, unless he wants to die there. Sougo rolls to his feet, and stumbles away down the tunnel. When Uhr unpauses time, we see that Geiz and Tsukuyomi definitely still know about the Time Jackers, although not Uhr specifically, with her aiming the phone-blaster at him, and him just skipping off and presumably disappearing once he gets out of their line of sight.

He can’t let them kill Zi-O now.

Here on a roof – a decidedly shabbier roof than usual – we find out that the three Time Jackers are still around… and that they, at least, know who Sougo is. Know that he has an incredible power, and that going after him with brute force won’t work. So, Swartz is going to leave the new overlord to Hora, for now.

And here’s something interesting. I’ve always thought that Swartz was clearly their superior. But.

Hora thought their positions were equal. Swartz smirks as she storms off, followed shortly by Uhr leaving in the other direction.

And yet again, we have evidence for Swartz having a different plan than everyone else.

Hat!Woz called him ‘Sir Swartz’, and was acting largely according to a plan they shared.

The previews for Over Quartzer imply that Scarf!Woz’s outfit is a uniform for the group trying to stop Sougo from ever having the chance to obtain the Drive watch.

And they all have those grommets scattered all over their wardrobes.

Different sides of the same group? Different departments, where the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing?

Interesting.

Back to the former shop…

The more things change, huh?

Junichiro is still a nice guy, offering to make something for Geiz and Tsukuyomi to eat.

Tsukuyomi has her doubts about Sougo being the overlord, since he did help defeat the Another Riders.

But Geiz has a point, too. An overlord probably wouldn’t hesitate to take out his minions to fool people. (You know. Like might be going on with Woz.) The Time Jackers are still the enemy, in some way, and Uhr helped him. And, most damning of all, he transformed into Zi-O.

Geiz vows… he’s going to take him down.

Sougo, in pain, is by a riverside. It’s… it’s really depressing to see the abandoned bicycles just laying there. And Woz, at least, still seems ot remember him.

…or, maybe not. He’s acting incredibly restrained, not even really looking at Sougo, and hasn’t… actually… indicated directly that he knows who Sougo is. But he has seen the statue, and knows it’s of Hiryuu.

He saw it because Hora took him there.

…Wait. Sougo. SOUGO DO YOU NOT KNOW HORA’S NAME?!

Okay, just gonna put the realization that our main trio might not even know the time jackers names aside for now, because we’ve got bigger issues.

Namely, that Sougo’s future as Oma Zi-O has disappeared from the book. (Dark Toei, give us the forbidden book backstory.)

Namely, that Woz has decided to serve a new Overlord.

Namely, said overlord is Kakogawa Hiryuu.

That he wants to pay back the humiliation of being told to live in the present, instead of the past, of ‘not being chosen’.

And, since we’re having a dark mirror of what Sougo could have been, if he’d grown up bitter…

Let’s have a dark reprise of one of Sougo’s old catchphrases.

Hiryuu: “So, I’m going to give this a try.”

Hiryuu: I’ll take everything away from you, and then you can try ‘living in the present’.

And now…

He’s not Another Zi-O.

He’s Another Zi-O II.

…Is it just me, or does he have an actual Driver? Because when he holds his watch at his waist, that black copy of the Ziku Driver appears first, and then the rest of his form as an Another Rider.

And that Driver looks an awful lot like a black copy of Oma Zi-O’s, but with a watch attached on the right-hand side.

Sougo is still heavily beaten up, and it looks like he’s struggling a bit to raise his arms enough to insert the watches, even though he’s not using his usual flair. He’s putting them in before he puts his driver on.

Grand Zi-O starts to charge at Another Zi-O II.

Geiz and Tsukuyomi are trying to find Zi-O, but not having any luck.

That is, not until Uhr shows up, saying that Zi-O is running amok, and offering to tell them where he is.

With an incredibly smug look on his face.

The right hand doesn’t know what the left one is doing, either.

Back at the Zi-O Vs Zi-O fight, Hiryuu just straight up summons copies of Another Agito, Den-O, and Gaim out of thin air.

Agito appears with green smoke and a single light, coming from right about belt-level.

Gaim still has the orange smoke and juice-droplet effect from last time we saw Another Zi-O.

Den-O has lines of light around him that look distinctly like the lines in Actual Den-O’s attacks.

(Where was this attention to detail in the first arc?! They got much better at it pretty quickly, actually, distracting forced-amnesia subplot be damned, but still!)

Sougo summons Den-O and Gaim to take on their respective Another Riders – both of whom have those windows, still – and takes on Another!Another Agito himself. All three Another Riders go down simultaneously.

But. You know. Hiryuu is Zi-O II now.

And Zi-O II can do more than predict the future.

He just reverses the attack, rewinding time for the three Another Riders, and incidentally turning daytime into night. The same rainbow ripple effect from earlier shows up as he does it.

The Another Riders de-spawn Sougo’s summons, and he tries to defeat them with his “Giri Giri Slash” finisher… only for Hiryuu to undo that, and turn it back into daytime.

Sougo is just getting his ass KICKED today!

…and then machine gun fire blocks Hiryuu and his mooks from going further after him.

Shots fired by one Kadoya Tsukasa, still in miliary fatigues, with a magenta button-up underneath and matching bandanna tied around his arm.

TSUKASA, you’re STILL wearing two cameras! At least. At least let the pseudo-polaroid not be brown. Maybe a nice violet color, you know, for Natsumi, or a bright Cyan for Daiki. Even a yellow or some such for Yusuke.

(Yes, I ship them as an OT4. Come at me. I’ll carry my Photo Studio Polycule forever.)

So, this speech Tsukasa’s giving… it’s a pep talk. Yes, in his standard, trolling manner, but a pep talk nonetheless. “So, you’re just giving up here? Because it got hard? Because they left you? You were all high-and-mighty, going on about being a King, but here you are, an Overlord. Did you want this because they came to you? Or did they come to you because you wanted this?”

“This world is coming to it’s destruction. The only way you can stop it is to defeat Kakogawa Hiryuu.”

And at one point, Tsukasa lifts the BSOD’ing Sougo up by the collar, and he’s almost entirely limp. Just, being jerked around, almost slumping back down to the ground when he’s pushed against the wall.

Sougo stumbles off at Tsukasa’s challenge. He! Is in no way able to fight at this point! He’s just gotten beaten up three times in less than a day, all of which were very brutal! This boy! Is not okay!

The three Another Riders show up.

Tsukasa: “Defeat them, and then we’ll talk.”

So, Sougo enters Grand Zi-O. Almost reluctantly, it takes him a moment to even pull out his belt, but he still goes into battle.

(I do appreciate that they don’t show the full Grand transformation every time. Unlike certain other anniversary riders. Tsukasa. Fricking. Six episodes having to watch the full transformation into Complete. UGH. That was painful. If it were a better form, or a better sequence, I wouldn’t have been as made. But Complete is ugly, and the transformation cutscene for it is just. Bad.)

Sougo summons Den-O and Gaim’s weapons to take out the respective copies, and that leaves Agito. Who, you know. Doesn’t always have a weapon – his and Kuuga’s are form-based, unlike the more recent riders.

SO INSTEAD!

Sougo pulls out a translucent COPY of Agito, and sort of. Just. Merges with it to do Agito’s Rider Kick.

THAT’S REALLY CLEVER!

Tsukasa seems at least a little impressed. But here comes Geiz, going straight into Revive Typhoon, saying that he’s going to take Zi-O down to save the world.

And while Geiz is attacking at normal speed, so Sougo could have dodged…

But he doesn’t.

He just takes the hit.

We close out to the end screen, with the Another Den-O and Another Agito watches in the back… and once again, the Zi-O watch, glitching and being replaced by the Another Zi-O watch.

In the preview…

Zi-O II, Geize Revive Fury, and DECADE fighting Another Zi-O II.

Sougo: “There’s no point in fighting Geiz.”

A bunch of fight scenes, with Swartz saying that someone will help him, and Hiryuu sitting on a throne.

Daiki’s coming back! And still going on about treasure, because of course he is. (Still mad at Tsukasa about the first Super Hero Taisen movie, I’m guessing)

Tsukasa – still in the army jacket, but seeming to have ditched the helmet – spin kicking Another Build away from Tsukuyomi, and holding an honest to Gaim PISTOL.

AND SON OF A-

SOUNDS LIKE TSUKUYOMI IS, IN FACT, SWARTZ’S SISTER.

Or, at least, that’s what she’s being told, and Uhr – who looks to have just been holding a Faiz Phone X to Tsukuyomi’s head, being just as surprised as her.

THIS IS FIN-

YOU KNOW WHAT NO NONE OF THIS IS FINE.

THIS EPISODE IS SCARY.

So, Tsukasa’s ‘pep talk’. That’s the voice of experience that he’s using. That’s a man who has done the whole ‘evil ruler’ thing, and would really rather not see his latest successor go down that route. He’s just. Kind of terrible at saying it.

And of course he’s trying to point out to Sougo that he needs to rely on his allies, if in a roundabout way.

It was only because of Natsumi, Yusuke, and Daiki remembering him that he came back to life, after all.

Memories are a powerful thing in Kamen Rider. We just came off of the Den-O arc, which is largely powered by memories, and to go right into people not remembering that Sougo exists… well. There can’t be a coincidence that it’s also a Tsukasa arc now.

Also, as a note, we had some of the first decent shots of Oma Zi-O’s belt in this episode. Previously, we only got to see one side of it, the one not obstructed by his sash. This time… well.

The places that used to be for Ridewatches? Those look an awful lot like the extensions on the Grand watch.

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