Kamen Rider ZEZTZ E01 - Discussion Thread

[u/BananaArms]

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

Gavv E50 <- E01 -> E02

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HOW TO WATCH

COUNTRY	URL	TIME
US,CA,PR,UK,AU,NZ	TokuSHOUTsu YouTube Channel	Saturdays@7:30PM Pacific Time, reruns through Monday, Replays on Fridays@5PM
JP	TV Asahi, ABC	Sundays@9:00AM Japan Time
JP	TELASA, Toei Tokusatsu Fan Club	10:00AM Japan Time
CN	Bilibili, Tencent Video, iQIYI	Sundays@10:00AM China Standard Time
TW	CHT MOD, Hami Video	Mondays@8:00AM Taiwan Time
TW	EBC YOYO	Next Saturday@5PM
HK	ViuTV	Next 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
E01	始まる Start	September 7, 2025	Takahashi Yuya	Kamihoriuchi Kazuya

CASE	RATING
E01	8.79

[u/Ifoundyou_baby]

We're so freakin back🔥🔥 On a narrative viewpoint, this is legit the first time I felt like a kid watching a Hollywood blockbuster movie. Toei-cgi aside.

Curious note though; after the nightmare was destroyed, it turned into a glowing purple butterfly, i wonder if there's any symbolic meaning behind that?

[u/Boba_Fed → u/Ifoundyou_baby]

There is a famous Chinese story about the author dreaming of being a butterfly. When he woke up, he questioned himself whether he was a guy dreaming of being a butterfly, or was he a butterfly dreaming of being a guy. It's meant to question what the actual reality is. Butterfly, dream and reality confusion, maybe it's unrelated, but it sounds fitting in this scenario.