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A Diverging Timeline For Zi-O?

Time travel is either an interesting innovation in writing or it can get pretty confusing. As much as I did enjoy time travel plots but not all of them are interesting to read or watch. In this case, I'm already having second thoughts about how time travel is dealt here by writer Kento Shimoyama (and yup, he's done a reference from four years ago here).

Here's the reference. It's 2019 in one side yet it's 2022 in another side. Souta dreams of a ninja-based Kamen Rider (something I want to happen as a new series post-Heisei era) named Rentaro Kagura. Okay, I may not be a fan of Ninninger, I still find it wonky (but nowhere near as terrible as the dreaded Ninja Steel) - it's nice to have Hideya Tawada who was Starninger play this part as a Ninninger reference! This also results to a new method by the Time Jackers to literally jack off time as they go into 2022 and prematurely triggers something.

So we have Rentaro (2019) and Rentaro (2022). Rentaro (2019) just wants the strength to protect others while Rentaro (2022) already has that power as Kamen Rider Shinobi. The result of triggering this power creates a more complicated scenario. A diverging timeline means that they can't even get the power from 2022 to stop Rentaro (2019) who has become Another Shinobi. The way the situation was handled somehow starts to differ for better or for worse.

The result of the timeline divergence results to the creation of White Woz. So really after two Sougos then we have two Wozes? Okay, but there's a difference as there's White Woz (who comes from a future where Geiz defeats Zi-O) and there's the other one who serves Demon King Zi-O. I can't really decide which one has become more confusing between Kamen Rider Den-O and this series. You can think of how Den-O did have his niece from the future arriving (then turning back into a child) and other weird circles. I really feel like the show is probably trying to feign complexity - while it seems not to be Shimoyama's strongest forte IMHO.

But again, it's too early for me to judge how things will turn out. I'll just have to fasten my seatbelt and wait for next week's episode as another Kamen Rider called Kamen Rider Quiz (Mondo Doudan) shows up. I do have a strong feeling that Quiz could be a descendant of Renn Kiriyama/Kamen Rider W but my hunch could be wrong, right? 
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  1. UnknownFebruary 7, 2019 at 7:48 PM

    Basically ZiO's story just went multiverse the moment Geiz went back to the past. There is no such thing as divergent timeline.

    Timeline 1, Sougo and Woz collect the watches without Geiz.

    Timeline 2, Geiz go back to the past which leads to stopping of Oma Zio

    Timeline 3, White Woz appears, altering the event of timeline 2 to become timeline 3.

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  2. Mask Rider RoyFebruary 8, 2019 at 4:10 PM

    A friendly correction...Mondo's last name is Douan...

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