Kamen Rider Zeztz 31

Watch Analysis

The Big Reveal Should Matter… But Does It?

Zero being deeply connected to Baku is a big deal on paper.

It is chilling. It is haunting. It adds tension.

But Zeztz has started running into a problem.

Everything is connected to everything else.

And it is getting a little ridiculous.

The Web of Connections Is Getting Out of Control

At first, these connections were cool.

Then they got a little silly.

Now they feel excessive.

Monami is an agent.
Baku and Monami are raised as siblings.
Their parents were Code agents.
Zero is Baku’s father.

Now we are looking at a situation where:

• Multiple Code agents are tied directly into one family
• Nasuka and Fujimi both have deep emotional connections to Code agents
• Nem is appearing in everyone’s dreams and connecting everything further
• The Lady ties into Nem, which ties into everything else

We now have a situation where a huge portion of the cast is directly tied into Code in multiple overlapping ways.

It is a lot.

When Everything Is Connected, It Starts to Break

There is a tipping point with this kind of storytelling.

Connections stop feeling meaningful.

They start feeling convenient.

And then they start feeling meaningless.

That is where this is heading.

It feels like the story is folding in on itself.

Instead of expanding outward, it is tightening inward until everything overlaps.

And that makes the world feel smaller, not bigger.

The Twist Feels… Pointless

Zero being Baku’s father should be massive.

But right now, it feels like a twist for the sake of a twist.

It does not really add anything new.

It does not deepen the story in a meaningful way.

It just adds another connection to an already over-connected system.

At a certain point, too many twists stop being exciting.

They become noise.

Is Zeztz Starting to Spin in Circles?

I have been praising Yuya Takahashi a lot.

And I still think he is one of the best in Kamen Rider.

But this feels like the moment where things might be going too far.

It starts to feel like the story is spinning in circles instead of moving forward.

And that is where I start to lose confidence.

Final Question

Is Zeztz too connected?

Is the Code storyline becoming too self-referential?

Is it all starting to feel like too much?

I would love to know what you think.

Drop a comment and let me know where you stand. Let’s talk about it.

Inspector’s Notes

Did You See Orderm’s Spine?

One detail that really stood out to me in this episode is Orderm’s spine design.

I do not know if Catastrom has the same feature, but on Orderm it is very pronounced, and it looks fantastic. It is a small visual element, but it adds a lot of character to the suit. It gives him a kind of structural presence that makes the design feel more intentional and more complete.

This is something you tend to see more often in Ultraman designs, where the back detail sometimes exists to cover practical elements like a zipper, but it also becomes part of the visual identity. In Kamen Rider, that kind of spine emphasis is much less common, which makes Orderm stand out even more.

It is a simple choice, but a very effective one. It is the kind of detail that does not call attention to itself loudly, yet once you notice it, it becomes one of the most memorable parts of the design.

Does Catastrom Still Matter?

One thing that really surprised me in this episode is that Catastrom comes back.

I was not expecting to see him at all. I thought from here on out we would basically just get Orderm. I figured they would lean into that and use it consistently, especially in a big important fight like this. But that is not what happens.

The fight starts, escalates pretty quickly, and Baku goes into Catastrom.

And that raises a big question for me.

Why would Baku choose to use Catastrom when he has had issues with it in the past?

I am not someone who thinks Catastrom is evil. But I do think Catastrom is unreliable. And Orderm feels like a superior version of that power. It is more controlled. It feels more complete. So if that is the case, why not use it here?

The only explanation I can think of is that Catastrom offers something different. Maybe it is just raw destructive power. Maybe Baku can use it in a more strategic way, where he blows everything away first and then switches to Orderm to handle things properly.

If that is what the show is doing, that is interesting. I just do not think it has fully made that clear yet.

What really stands out to me is that they are keeping Catastrom relevant at all.

Because Zeztz does not always do that. It does not always keep older forms or ideas in play. Things come and go. So the fact that Catastrom is still being used here feels intentional.

I am just not sure why.

Is Nem Accidentally Evil?

Sieg tells Nem something that clearly unsettles her, and it raises some important questions about what she actually is and what she is doing.

Sieg says something to her, and then Nox follows up with his own explanation. What it seems to suggest is that when Nem enters someone’s dream, she brings nightmares with her. Not intentionally, but as a consequence of her presence.

The strange part is that Nem has been appearing in people’s dreams for years.

We have the example of her surrogate father, the man with the talent agency. We also have Fujimi, who said earlier in the series that everyone has Nem in their dreams, and Baku agreed with that. So for a long time, both Baku and Fujimi have been dreaming about her, and as far as we know, nothing happened to them because of it.

But now we are being told something different.

Now the implication is that Nem is acting as a kind of channel. Nox makes it clear that she did not create the nightmares. They existed long before she did. But she may be the one who brings them into people’s dreams.

That creates a real tension around her character.

Is Nem accidentally causing harm? And if she is, does that make her evil?

Or is this simply a natural consequence of what she is? If the nightmares already exist, and she is just the medium through which they appear, then her role might not be malicious at all.

It raises the possibility that Nem is not a villain in the traditional sense, but something more complicated. A character whose existence has consequences, whether she intends them or not.

Who is Baku’s Mother?

We get this big revelation about who Baku’s father is, and it immediately makes me think about something else.

We already had a major reveal about Nem’s mother. So now the question becomes, are we also going to get a reveal about Baku’s real mother?

And if we do, does it actually matter?

That is where this starts to get really interesting. Because once you open that door, you also have to ask whether Baku himself is something more than just human. Is he, in some way, like Nem? Is he connected to the nightmares more directly than we realize?

There is also a timeline question here. If Baku is older than Nem, which we do not know for sure, then it raises the possibility that when Code wanted to capture and study Nem as a child, Zero was already in a position of authority.

And if that is true, then it means Zero had already made the decision to subject his own son to experimentation and manipulation for the sake of Code’s goals.

That idea is interesting on its own.

But it brings us back to the bigger question. If the show does reveal Baku’s mother, will that actually add something meaningful to the story, or will it just be another connection layered onto everything else?

Are Sieg and the Lady in the Collective Unconcious?

Sieg and the Lady are in some kind of strange place, and this episode raises a really interesting question about where they actually are.

We see that Nem is pulled out of Zero’s dream, and that seems to happen because Sieg creates some kind of door. She passes through it into whatever domain he is in. That space also appears to be connected to the Lady, since she is able to send Nox to retrieve her daughter.

Nox shows up in that warehouse, confronts Sieg, and then they escape. But even after leaving the warehouse, they still seem to be in the same kind of space. It does not feel like the normal world. It feels like they are still operating within whatever shared realm this is.

From there, Nem ends up in that field of nightmares and eventually runs to the Lady’s window and speaks to her directly.

All of this raises a bigger question.

Where are they?

Is this the collective unconscious? Is it a dreamscape? Is it a nightmare world? Or is it some kind of layered space where all of these things overlap?

The show is clearly treating it as a real location with consistent rules, but it has not fully defined what it is yet. And that ambiguity is part of what makes it so interesting.

I am hoping we get a clearer understanding of how this space works as the story continues, because it feels central to everything that is going on.

Are Nightmares YOUR Fault?

Sieg tells Nem that nightmares are a punishment for human sin. He blames her for them, but at the same time, he also blames humanity.

That raises a really interesting question.

What is the show actually saying here?

Are nightmares her fault, or are they ours?

Is the idea that people give themselves nightmares through their own actions? That human wrongdoing somehow produces these things, and Nem is just the one who brings them into dreams?

I do not really know how to interpret that, especially since the concept of sin here is not coming from a framework I am familiar with. Trying to map it directly onto a biblical worldview does not quite work. It feels like the show is drawing from a different set of assumptions about human nature and responsibility.

But even without fully understanding that framework, the idea itself is compelling.

If nightmares are tied to human behavior, then they are not just random or external threats. They are, in some way, a reflection of humanity. That makes the whole situation harsher, but also more meaningful. It suggests that the problem is not just something out there. It is something that originates within people.

And if that is the case, then Nem’s role becomes even more complicated. She may not be the source of the nightmares at all. She may just be the medium through which something deeper is expressed.

So the question becomes, are nightmares something that happen to people, or something people create? And is the show actually committing to one of those ideas, or leaving room for multiple interpretations?

Is Zero a Bad Dad?

We get this big reveal that Baku’s father is none other than Agent Zero of Code, and there is so little context right now that I do not know how to judge him.

I cannot definitively say that Zero is a bad or evil father.

He could be doing all of this for some greater good, and it might make sense within that larger plan. Or he could simply be a horrible person who is using his own son. Right now, it is not clear which way the show wants us to lean.

So what is he actually trying to do?

Is he pushing Baku to become competent so he can be a useful tool, a weapon for Code? Or is he shaping him into something more, a last hope for humanity, someone who can actually stand against the nightmares?

And if it is the second option, does that justify what he is doing?

That is where it gets complicated.

Can you do something like this and still be a good father? Or does putting your child through this automatically make you a bad one?

It feels possible that those things are not the same. You could be a bad father and still be acting in what you believe is the best interest of humanity. And you could be a good father who fails at protecting the world.

Those roles do not necessarily overlap.

That is what makes Zero interesting right now. We can see that he is a father, and we can see that he has put his son through something extreme. But we do not yet know what that says about him as a person, or what his true motives really are.

And that uncertainty is doing a lot of work for his character.