#Ryuki is a little messed up poor guy

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More stupid drawings lol. the brainrot I have rn, feeling like Hitomi, just absolutely Captivated <3

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What do you think would be the Gokaiger’s relationship with other riders. Because they’ve met who? Gentaro? And Tsukasa and Daiki? But there are truly so many characters™️ beyond 100% friendship and 100% annoying bitch (Gentaro and Decade boys respectively). Do you think they would be friends with any of them? (This thought sponsored by the little Gokai and Build plushes that are currently sitting on my bed together)

Man, I don’t think they’ve even really met Gentarou, despite Super Hero Taisen being theoretically a Fourze movie he was more just...present for parts of it. Eiji’s the one I think they’ve really met, they got to do that rad full-team OOO transformation. (We actually have a TaJaDor Ranger Key, it’s cute.) They seemed to get along ok with him.

I hear you on the plush, too, I have some little palm-sized guys on my printer in my office, so I spend every work day chilling with Doc, Philip, Shoutaro, and Kouta.

Anyway, given the whole Super Hero Taisen incident, I imagine most pre-Fourze Riders would be a little wary of Marv, but there’s no reason I can think of why they couldn’t eventually get past that. Of course, then we run into potential personality clashes, so let’s think this out:

Kuuga--Godai would not be keen to be addressed as “Kamen Rider Kuuga,” but if the pirates can be broken of that then he’s inherently a pretty friendly guy. I suspect he’d get along especially well with Doc, given that he knows how to do basically everything.

Agito--Shouichi and Ahim were made to be friends--he’d also get along with Doc and Gai immediately, I think. Hikawa might have a difficult time adjusting to the idea of chilling with pirates, but Marvelous would definitely love teasing him. I feel like Ryou would hit it off with Joe and Luka?

Ryuki--As long as they’re not trying to kill people I think Shinji would be cool with pretty much anyone. He could write about them for ORE Journal. Ren and Luka would butt heads a little, maybe, since they’re both really cranky and aggressive.

555--Ok this one is just a recipe for disaster. Honestly I think the Gokaigers would get along better with the Orphnoch trio (Kiba and Yuka and Kaido) than with the folks at the laundromat. The thought of Joe just, punching Kusaka in the jaw is pretty life-giving though.

Blade--I feel like this one is less “Gokaigers hang out with Riders” and more “Kenzaki tries to hitch a ride off-planet and then realizes that if he leaves Earth then there’s only one Joker again.” He could give them a letter for Hajime, though.

Hibiki--I don’t know if any of the Gokaigers know how to have a dad, I think they’d be very confused by their reactions to Hibiki.

Kabuto--Either another recipe for disaster or fifteen minutes of Tendou and Marvelous having a stare-down followed by forty-five minutes of Tendou and Doc trading recipes. Ahim can make Kagami some tea, the poor guy needs it.

Den-O--Can the Den-Liner go into space? That’d be cool. Luka spends the entire time flirting with Naomi. Momotaros and Marvelous arm-wrestle. Also it occurs to me that Joe and Doc did meet the Imagins, however briefly, so they could catch up a little.

Kiva--How this goes depends entirely on whether or not there’s time-travel involved, because if they’re in the past then the whole situation immediately becomes a lost chapter of Ranma 1/2. If they’re in the present, I think Ahim would meet Wataru and immediately love him, they could have tea together in the garden. Nago would need to be restrained.

Decade--Extensively covered by canon.

W--Shoutaro is in no way prepared to meet space pirates, they’re so out-of-genre for his beautiful noir lifestyle. Meanwhile Philip would climb all over the Galleon, asking about how it works, to the entire crew’s bemusement. I suspect Terui would be a major personality crash though.

OOO--Also covered in canon.

Fourze--Friendship!

Wizard--I think they met in Super Hero Taisen Z, but I’ve blocked out most of that one out because it made no sense. Nitoh and Marvelous would hit it off immediately. Although I can also see some potential conflict between them, since Haruto’s primary color is red and Marvelous does have. Tendencies.

Gaim--I am. Genuinely tempted to write a story about the Galleon dropping anchor on Planet Helheim and immediately getting confronted by Kouta, wanting to know what the hell is up with them.

Drive--Something in my heart says that Gou and Gai would immediately be best friends.

Ghost--I mean, Takeru is inherently an amiable guy, so he’d definitely get along with all of them. What really gets me is actually the image of Joe and Makoto being introduced and hitting it off right away as in the background all of their friends try to manage this sudden case of double vision.

Ex-Aid--Luka loves men who are absolute hot messes, so I suspect she’d meet Emu and think, “ah, yes, this is a friend.” I also think she’d find Kiriya hilarious. Joe could charm Hiiro with cake. Marvelous would try to convince Parad to join the crew because he’s funny. Taiga is not allowed near this meeting.

Build--I think if he was presented with the idea that there are worlds where saving everyone doesn’t involve destroying yourself Sento might collapse. Luka would love Banjou, though. So would Ahim, I think.

Zi-O: “Oh. You’re the ones Daiki was telling Joe about.” “Oh, hey! You’re their pirate friends!” “Well, Joe and Doc are Daiki’s pirate friends. Decade and I are acquaintances at best.”

Zero-One: Still haven’t seen this one but from what I’ve gathered I think Yua would meet Ahim and Luka and immediately feel right at home.

Saber: Doc and Tetsuo would enjoy each other’s company quietly. Ren and Gai would enjoy each other’s company loudly. Rintarou and Joe would just vibe.

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Oh, yeah!...

... How could I forget!

I’ve got my tea... (well, not that tea, not yet)... Time to rewatch the Zi-O 22 raw for rambles!

In no order:

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I really don’t care, Kuro Woz.

In other news, Shiro Woz was actually weirdly tolerable this episode. I fully expect him to go back to being a manipulative bastard next week, though.

Oh god, I guess I have to get used to the guy, since we’re apparently keeping him. I still say bring back Woz.5. I loved him.

Even the suit actor is doing the head tilt.

I am now significantly more concerned about that shot in the opening of Sougo walking away from the other two...

When is Trinity coming out, again? The boys will have to be getting along by then...

Now, see, they’re alone, so Geiz is like ‘okay, I can admit to having feelings again.’

Well, I guess that question got answered by the end of the episode.

I think Junichiro wanted Sougo to deliver something, but Sougo got stuck in the mirror world (also some angel put the thing about Geiz freaking out when Sougo got pulled into the window on the TV Tropes Heartwarming page for Zi-O and I thank them so very, very much), so now he’s trying to get Geiz and Tsukuyomi to do it.

Geiz was gonna straight up henshin right in front of Junichiro if an enemy came out of the mirror, oh my god. XD

EVERYONE’S EXPRESSIONS IN THIS SCENE.

I just love how Geiz goes from ‘ready to fight it’ to ‘WTF?’ to ‘Oh yeah, he’s here’ to pretty much just checking out of the whole situation over the course of a minute or so.

Seriously, Gaku’s expressions in this scene were golden. Shirei’s, too.

I think that’s her name. I’m slowly learning their names but names are hard.

Geiz is like ‘you’re an idiot, fine, I’ll explain.’ I guess the reason is that their Rider Kicks have slightly different effects. I didn’t even think of that. Interesting.

Tsukuyomi is so frustrated by Geiz’s lack of self preservation and that is very valid of her.

Hm... Okay, so having given it some thought, I think part of Sougo’s muted reactions are that he’s one of those people who projects a cheery exterior all the time and bottles stuff up. So, like, when his ‘negative’ (so to speak--like sadness, pain, anger, all that stuff) emotions show even a little bit, it’s like the tip of the iceberg. Which isn’t healthy, but it’s a possible explanation. I still wish they had made him react even a little more at the end, but that’s just my opinion.

Geiz just freaking teleported to the door there.

Geiz feels bad bc he actually considered going through with Shiro Woz’s idea. And he probably feels bad about feeling bad about that, bc he’s a soldier, and soldiers are supposed to complete their mission no matter the cost.

I guess she’s looking at Sougo, but it feels like she’s looking right at me, and even though she’s pretty and I love her, that sort of thing always makes me uncomfortable. I can’t look real people in the eye, stop trying to make me look tv characters in the eye!

Aw! There’s something twistedly heartwarming about Mirror¡Sougo tormenting Sougo about his relationship w/ Geiz. Good drama.

Also, I remain alone on the casual SouGeiz raft and it is still funny. XD

Sou Okuno remains much too cute for me to be frightened of him in any capacity.

I really wanna know what that line said. Something about Geiz and Puma Zi-O, but I don’t know.

Well, Sougo just died. (by which I mean, he fell over)

WAGA KYUURANGERS.

Shiro Woz being suspiciously tolerable. I’m sure he’ll be back to his usual manipulative jackass self next ep.

Aw! Tsukuyomi is breaking out the Hawk Droid now!

I keep getting this incredibly in depth Chinese State Farm ad and it’s hilarious.

Shiro Woz is dead now, too.

Honestly, he’s on the right track.

Yes, he is technically Kamen Rider Ryuki. By which we mean, he was Kamen Rider Ryuki, but then time got totally rewritten so that he wasn’t. Twice!

Not that I think he enjoyed it that much the first time... At leats he met Ron, though. Man, this is making me want to go back and watch Ryuki proper.

Lessons for the Mirror World: Don’t talk to your Mirror Self, it’s a bad idea. Also something about accepting yourself.

He looks different w/ short hair and older, but every now and then, he turns his head or makes a particular face, and it’s like ‘yeah, that’s him, that’s the boy.’

Shiro Woz died again.

I’m just gonna start assuming that Rider and Sentai weapons magically go back to their pocket dimension as soon s they’re thrown offscreen (thinks of all those times in Ex-Aid where you could literally hear them hitting the ground somewhere).

WAGA KYUURANGERS.

And thar he go. Goddamnit, Geiz.

Kudos to Okuno for pulling off as truly adorable and hilarious confused Mirror¡Sougo face for this whole scene. He’s just like ‘wth, dude?’

See, this is part of why I think Sougo’s the ‘hide all my ‘negative’ emotions’ kinda person. Bc he’s like ‘I’m really scared’ but he’s never shown it. Which isn’t healthy, sweetie, please talk to someone. Who... Isn’t your Mirror World self.

If they do do ‘balance of light and dark’ thing for Zi-O, I really hope they do a thing about Geiz and Tsukuyomi being his sort of ‘main anchors’ for the ‘light’ part. If that makes any sense.

Me when someone falls over in Toku ‘Whelp, he’s dead.’ Me when someone actually dies in Toku ‘Nah, he’s fine.’

WAGA KYUURANGERS.

Man, though, I hope they don’t remember the entirety of the time reset. Bc he’d have to remember dying, and she’d have to remember him dying in her arms. And they’re EIGHTEEN.

Shiro Woz.exe has stopped working.

Also, in that overhead shot, you can totally see Another Ryuga standing next to the tree before he respawns. XD ^^

Or maybe that’s a crew member. Either way. ^^ XD

Still wish they coulda given him more of a reaction, but I can justify it. He prefers to keep things in, and he probably guessed what the situation would be when he got there and was mentally preparing the whole way. Still wish we coulda had a small ‘mentally prepared but not quite ready for the real thing’ moment. I guess he does seem a little perturbed, but... Nrgh.

Spent several minutes rewatching this part, partially for angst lover reasons, and partially bc I was trying to see if I could see Gaku still breathing even though he’s playing dead. I actually didn’t notice any moments, but maybe someone else did.

God, I hope he didn’t hold his breath that whole time. Though who knows. Maybe he has the breath holding skills of an olympic swimmer.

I accidentally paused on a shot of Kuro Woz while Shiro Woz was flying into the scene to grab him and it looked kinda hilarious.

Keisuke be like ‘Hello, my suit actor!’ ^^ Poor boy over here talking to himself.

So what is going to happen w/ these two? Will the Wozes fuse? Will there be a third, true Woz? Will he not be a manipulative jerk-face? The questions are numerous.

Also, what’s the history between him and Geiz? I care more about it bc of Geiz than bc of Woz.

But also... Woz Fight!

CUTE. Makes one remember all the hijinks that went on at the office.

See? That’s Sougo reacting to something. :/

Now the other two are worried though, bc that’s a Puma Zi-O power. God, please, please don’t break up the Zi-Ot3. I’m putting my faith in you, dude who wrote Ninninger! I mean, you gave us Kinji and the Igasakis! (crap, that was the family name, right?) Admittedly, slightly lower stakes, but I’m counting on yooooooooouuuuuuu! *continues howling off into the distance for no reason*

But Geiz is straight up like ‘it’s my fault,’ the poor baby. Like. He’s not even blaming Sougo. He seems to be saying that he caused Sougo to make that choice. Bc the online translator says something like ‘led him’ to that ‘path’? Then gain, the online image translator also like to periodically translates things as ‘it’s all about sex’ and for the life of it cannot decide on what ‘Ouma Zi-O’ translate as. My favourite remains ‘the ostrich.’

Tsukuyomi apparently makes a note that one isn’t supposed to ‘play with time or someone’s life’ and now I’m like... About... Two or three of Sougou’s ‘steps’ towards becoming Puma Zi-O were bc he was trying to save Geiz? What if... What if the reason he became Puma Zi-O was that breaking the ‘rules’ of time does mess w/ your head and he kept using to to try and save Geiz from himself, or something... Like, wasn’t there some other time travel thing about the universe really trying to kill someone and someone else trying to prevent it? Like, coming back to my ‘die to prevent Puma Zi-O’ thing. If it’s something like that... Like, what if it seems like in the end that most sure way to prevent Puma Zi-O w/out killing Sougo is just letting Geiz die? I mean. He’d accept it in a heartbeat, I’m pretty sure, but if it does come to that, I’d prefer they found a third miracle option.

Of course, she could actually be saying something else entirely and I just went off on an aimless tangent.

But Geiz’s face during this talk... Like, I definitely think he's upset bc at this point he doesn’t want to kill Sougo at all anymore, and he also now feels like he’s responsible for destroying the future on one hand and starting the process that turned adorable little Sougo into Puma Zi-O on the other. My poor baby.

Also Tsukuyomi is talking directly at me again, and it is still making me uncomfortable!

And now they both stand there and look kinda sad.

Where the hell are they, anyway? Why’d they come back out here?

Shut up Kuro Woz, I don’t care.

Also, hi Kikai! ^^

And now for a completely clashing goofy promo!

I am still nervous, and the tea and shirts are ready to go, but one of the preview images looked like the boys having a normal conversation, so I’m still hedging my bets. Do right by me, Ninninger man! Not that I have anything to offer if you don’t, but, you know....

Okay, maybe I’ll buy something.

That’s all folks! Virtual lemon meringue pie for anyone who read all that nonsense. Or whatever type of pie you like. If you don’t like pie, cookies or cake or anything is fine.

Still hoping for good friendship drama. Love the Zi-Ot3, suspicious of how tolerable Shiro Woz was this ep. Suppose I’ll have to get used to him, since we're apparently keeping him. Now instilled w/ a desire to rewatch Ryuki.

Tea and shirts remain on standby.