Journey Through The Decacast

This week, Evan's body literally rebelled against the thought of more Kiva, so a replacement topic had to be found, and wouldn't you know it, the new season of Super Sentai has just kicked off. Join Garrett and Chris on a journey into Sailor Moon, moody artists, and the Japanese analog to Steven Universe. No, not Land of the Lustrous. No, not Sailor Moon Crystal either. Look, shut up and listen.

This time around, two hosts return to loving parody Tokusatsu GaGaGa and ask themselves the question: "what do you mean we can stay on-topic during a comedy show?"

It's the Sonic the Hedgehog spectacular, dear reader. Also: More Kiva questions you can't answer, including how hyuuuu-maaaan emotions work. Show Notes Wizard People, Dear Reader (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizard_People,_Dear_Reader) What is Love (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVjC3NpJzzo)

On this, the pentultimate episode of Zi-O coverage, technical difficulties arise one more time to crush the flow of discussion. Don't worry, we fixed it ten minutes later.

If these episodes had titles, "Flexing His Decade Dick" would be this week's. Honestly this is a pretty fun one overall.

This week, Zi-o's time travel shenanigans end up affecting an episode on Kiva as one of your hosts comes unstuck in time just before the show finds new ways to hit them in the heart.

This week, in lieu of our hosts pushing on with a show they can't stand, we get into some of the production history and career of Toshiki Inoue, the showrunner of Kamen Rider Kiva (and a writer/lead writer on multiple other things you've probably watched!) Tune in and begin seeing his dread shadow behind everything you love, just like the gothic horror of Kiva, but now in your everyday world!

A new tighter format leads to... no, nobody's having a good time this week on Kiva. But we're creeping closer to that halfway point! Maybe there's a midseason turn to save it? The editor has seen the show and knows, and cackles.

Our hosts rediscover joy and begin theorycrafting about what the end of a series that wrapped half a year ago can hold. Spoilers: they're kinda guessing wildly with a shotgun's success rate.

This week is a breakthrough for all three hosts as their feelings on Kiva crystallize. Hint: by the end of the episode, they're all feeling the urge to double up on Kiva with next week's show!

It all ends here! Or starts ending here, anyway, as our hosts enter the final arc of the series and a new year all in one fell swoop.

Guys, gals, and non-binary pals, allow me to introduce the nightmare form to end all nightmare forms: they've finally hit Grand Zi-O. Also Den-O came along for the ride.

Showa-era Kamen Rider has some real issues with the jolly old man, and because this is a Fletch-helmed episode, we are required by law to remind you that Tim Allen is a coke-dealing snitch.

This week, back to full strength, our hosts return to the world of Kiva, where they're more positive than usual. Which isn't saying much when the episode involves phrases like "these characters are too good for Kamen Rider Kiva". BUTTON

The dread Kamen Rider Koyō has kidnapped Garrett, leaving the remaining hosts to venture into the world of Kamen Rider Kabuto without any protection save that of invoking Gackt.

Nobody: Literally nobody: Kiva: WHOOOOOO WANTS AMNEEEEEEEESIAAAAAAAAAAA (and dubious little play)?!

This week, Editor Fletcher takes advantage of the fact that despite all odds, this show is technically biweekly to cover the recent news that 2020 is gonna be the year they push Ultraman hard in the west, and give a quick breakdown of how to get in on that and where he came from. Show Notes: Mill Creek's blu-ray releases of Ultraman (https://www.millcreekent.com/collections/the-ultra-verse) The announcement of the Ultraman/Marvel deal (https://www.cbr.com/marvel-tsuburaya-new-ultraman-comics-2020/) Shin Ultraman announcement (https://variety.com/2019/film/asia/shin-ultraman-japan-hideaki-anno-and-shinji-higuchi-1203287912/) I entirely forgot to mention while recording that there was that Ultraman series on Netflix this year...

This time around, our hosts decide slow and steady wins the race and pace back to two episodes no matter which series (for now...), and what luck! They come out of this arc pretty positive on the events even if the plot strikes them as incredibly transparent.

The show begins to eat itself as our hosts visit Zi-o visiting Kiva which they're in the middle of due to Decade running into Kiva which is wild because Decade is in Zi-o and oh dear lord I've gone cross-eyed.

Down one host, our cast stumble blindly into a land of oni, parties, and diapers - we're one radish pun away from DBZ this week in Zi-O town!