Kamen Rider ZEZTZ E15 - Discussion Thread

[u/BananaArms]

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

E14 <- E15 -> E16

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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, reruns through Monday, Replays on Fridays@5PM
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
E15	照らす Lighten	December 21, 2025	Takahashi Yuya	Kamihoriuchi Kazuya

CASE	RATING	CASE	RATING
E01	8.79	E11	9.52
E02	8.78	E12	9.39
E03	9.02	E13	9.52
E04	8.56	E14	9.76
E05	8.82	E15	9.32
E06	9.04
E07	9.02
E08	8.9
E09	8.79
E10	8.89

[u/Megasonic150]

NO LAST ZEZTZ EPISODE OF THE YEAR....NOOOO!!1

-This episode proves to me why I love Zeztz so much. It's slow paced, but I love it cause every part help builds each other. It's never boring cause either the plot evolves or the characters become deeper. And it's clear that Takahashi is playing a long game, which I love. Honestly Zeztz has been hitting for me so much!!1

-I love the Booster idea kick. The afterimage appearing beforehand was so cool!!!!

-I like Nox and Baku's dynamic, cause it's clear both are on the same page in some ways, but not on others. Nox and now Baku now knows something is up with CODE, but Baku clearly seeks to dive deeper while Nox at first tried to run away and now seeks to destroy it.

-I also love all the charter work. from Nox shrinking away from his nightmare to pushing everyone away, Zero, despite his sternest clearly believing in Baku to win, and not reporting him...for now. And the Black Case unit bond growing with them truly being partners.

-The fact that BAKU caused the lighting and not a nightmare has me concerned. We've seen that Reality and dreams can affect each other, and the Zeztz suit and Nightmares can appear in reality. We also see the Zeztz driver basically turns Baku into a nightmare. but before, it took mind's doors or activation of a capsule in that world for it to work. But Zeztz, even in a dream being able to affect reality.....Is that due to the Plasma capsum, or something else.

-I also like The Lady. I'm So happy we're FINALLY getting a female big bad, and she seems to be able to affect the weird dream butterflie.s I wonder if they both create and absorb nightmares. It also seems that she wants to destroy CODE and break the barrier between Dreams and Reality. A barrier that, based on this episode, may be more thin than we realize.

-I love Baku's and Nox's dynamic. He clearly knows that Nox is his enemy, but between his idealism and the questions, Baku chooses to help Nox face his nightmare and fight to save him. And how Nox makes it clear that Baku isn't his enemy, CODE is. I'm really liking their dynamic of antagonism with nuance, which we don't really see in rider. They feel more like Rivals opposing each other due to differing ideals, like Kaito and Kouto in Gaim. Really looking forward to how it evolves.

-I also like how the 'organization rider working with is evil' is twisted is that yes, CODE is corrupt, but the main villain is separate from them. Cause it puts Baku in an awkward position. Unlike the DGP or Gemn, Code isn't pure evil (For the moment) and there's bigger threat. that CODE is nessicary to beat. So Baku now has to face the choice of when either to keep working for CODE, despite knowing they may be as bad as their enemy, or allow a greater evil to thrive. I really like this twist

-In General, Zeztz has been an amazing rider. Baku I love him, even if he gets more hype moments than character moments for the moment, but even so, I love his slow development as Baku becomes more like Seven in the sense he gains that confidence and resolve within himself, rather than pretending like I assume Nox does. And Nox is such a nuanced antagonist with motives that forces the audience to question the true enemy in the narrative. Nem, Minami, the Paranormal Case unite have all been great cause how they've all grown in this first act! I LOVE Zeztz so much. This is peak Takahashi. From the plot, the characters, the action, the directing, everything has been so PEAK. Every week I've been on the edge of my seat every episode and fallen in love with Zeztz so much. I don't know how well it's been going overall, but as the first Simi-sub rider, they picked a perfect one. Zeztz reminds me all the time why I love Kamen Rider and Toku as a whole, and I hope for those who find Zeztz that it inspires them to dive deeper into the grand mythos of Kamen Rider. Thank you so much Toei and Bandai for this and all the cast and crew. This has been a Dream come True and I can't wait for what's next.

Next we- Wait...no episode next week. NOOOO- Wait now promo art?

(Checks it.)

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Okay. So. um.
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