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Kamen Rider Die watches Kamen Rider 555
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05-19-2020, 10:34 PM
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KAMEN RIDER 555 EPISODE 13
--1--
I was sort-of wondering what a
comedy
episode of Faiz would be like, and, uh… it’s
transcendent?
Holy shit, did this thing deliver. Wall-to-wall laughs (even one of the Orphnochs at the end dies funny!) coupled with big plot movement and the debut of Actual For-Real Kaixa… this episode
crushed it.
--2--
Let’s start off with Kaixa, who is pretty fantastic. Actually, I don’t know that I find
him
fantastic, but I
love
what he brings out of Takumi.
Recently, Takumi had been finding his place within the group, working with his friends to be, if not an
ally
of justice, then maybe someone who would help justice move if they didn’t have anything else going on that weekend. Takumi was becoming
almost not insufferable
, so of course here comes Masato (Masato! Masato! I think this episode established that you have to say his name three times) to bring out all of Takumi’s insecurity.
And, weirdly, that’s what this episode’s all about? Takumi lost the Faiz belt, and got it back by being so pathetic that his sidekick stole it for him. (
citation needed
) There’s maybe some residual feelings of doubt there, some subconscious expectation that it could all fall apart again. Maybe that’s why he’s been throwing himself into helping out the rapidly-dwindling Team All-New kaiXa-Men? (There’s a part I really liked, where Bobby Drake apologizes for distrusting him, and Takumi shrugs it off by noting that he’s an outsider, and he can see why they wouldn’t trust him. It’s a small touch, but I like that Takumi understands and forgives being seen as untrustworthy way more than any other slight against him. He’s got so many emotional problems still!) Maybe he’s been trying to prove himself worthy of being Faiz, of being given Keitaro’s faith.
But it leads to an overconfidence from Takumi that’s as hilarious as it is unhelpful. So many laughs this episode come from Takumi taking on challenges and inserting himself into situations and just
sucking so bad
. There’s the beautiful sequence of him trying to show off for the tennis club and whiffing
hard
. There’s him walking through horse shit. There’s him challenging Masato to an honor duel, and losing
immediately
. There’s him just cold brawling with Masato and getting
whipped
. And there’s my favorite moment.
Team All-New kaiXa-Men are down to two members, with an approaching Orphnoch ready to cancel their team for good. (X-Men comics always get relaunched, they’d be back in less than a year.) They call Mari, who shouts at the downed Takumi that they need to go save them. But when Takumi sees that Masato has looked over at the shouting Mari, Takumi tries to trip him before getting up to leave. Lives are in danger, and he’s like Eff This Dude, and
it doesn't even work
. It’s
stunningly
petty, and one of my favorite Takumi moments ever.
I’m sure Masato will get to be weird on his own, but I adored how weird he made Takumi in this one.
--3--
Speaking of weird, this is also an episode where Kaido and Yuka go on an uncomfortably high-energy version of an afternoon date, and it’s so weird that Yuuji’s only moment in the episode is being surprised at it.
It’s full of fun comedy, namely how
on
Kaido is, but the
why
of it is what killed me. Halfway through the date, Yuka asks Kaido why he’s doing all this. He says it’s practice, because he wants to ask out a girl he likes. To which I
definitely
shouted OH SHIT MARI about half a second before we got a flashback to Mari telling Kaido to stop being a brat.
I don’t… I did not know how much I needed that in my life.
I ship that so hard.
Tidying Up with Mari Kaido, brought to us by KaiMari Media, yes please, every episode.
--4--
The only other character who gets a beat in this episode is Keitaro, and it’s another little thing, but I thought it was sweet and funny. Right at the start, when Mari and Takumi are going to find Masato, Keitaro’s like Hey You Guys Never Invite Me To Anything Anymore, so he goes with.
I really like that for some reason? I like that the show acknowledged that most of the Smart Brain and Team All-New kaiXa-Men stuff was done while Keitaro was in other plots, and they acknowledged it
through
Keitaro. It’s like the thing from Mari’s exposition last episode, where he’s like Did You Guys Do Backstories Without Me?! It’s a little fourth-wall breaking maybe, but I like how wounded he is that they aren’t including him in big stories lately. It’s, yeah, it’s very cute.
--5--
Funny goddamn episode, you guys. It was pretty clear to me from the second run-in with the Jock Of All Clubs that
that
dude was the Masato from Mari’s past, not the one in the fencing class, so that reveal wasn’t a surprise or nothing. It didn’t take a bit off of the comedy, though. It maybe made it better, because each additional run-in was like Oh My God Kaixa Is Owning Faiz. It’s a great, great way to actually introduce the newest Rider. I love it. I love how suave, competent Masato makes Takumi… it’s like in Kuuga, where Mighty becomes Rising Mighty? Except it’s Takumi becoming Rising Insufferable? He’s become a
golden-edged
asshole.
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