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Kamen Rider Die watches Kamen Rider 555
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05-26-2020, 11:31 PM
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Kamen Rider Die
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KAMEN RIDER 555 EPISODE 20
--1--
Oh my god,
YOU GUYS
.
This episode was... it's like my wish got granted. This episode is all of my Faiz hopes and dreams, even the ones I didn't dare speak aloud, bundled together. It moved from strength to strength to
delirious delight
, and I almost don't want to watch another episode, because I've already touched the face of God.
--2--
When this one started, it was already making me happy in the very first scene. I love the
minutiae
of Team Faiz, the stuff they do between fighting to "Dead or Alive” and the next time someone shouts Orphnoch. I like the little domestic scenes of them at work. I like the admission that Keitaro is a very hard worker but probably an extremely poor businessman. (Although, he's only paying Takumi 100 yen an hour, so maybe he's smarter than he's given credit?) All that stuff is great.
Then the show ups the ante by having Yuka hang out with Mari, while Keitaro hangs out with Kaido. The stuff with the boys is incredibly cute, them exclaiming their love for Mari and Yuka, and it's so charming how romantic these two characters are. They're ruled by their passions, and it's a blast to see them bond over that trait.
The scene with the girls is one of my all-time favorite in the show, and it's such a small thing. Everything in it is so naturalistic, just two young women sharing their insecurities, gossiping about dumb boys, and enjoying each other's company. They're surrounded by men all the rest of the time, so it's nice to see them get a little time to hang out with other women. It's a little bit of a shame that the talk turns so quickly to their romances, though.
Which is the problem, and it sends this show into a higher gear, putting my brain
on a very high boil.
A double-date between these four characters, with Mari realizing that her new friend Yuka is in love with Kaido, who's crushing on Mari, while her old friend Keitaro is crushing on Yuka... it's
the best
. I could not imagine how this show could come up with something so perfectly suited to my tastes.
Until all four of them took a job at a pizza place.
I say this with absolutely no hyperbole, but if that concept existed as a separate show I would quit Faiz and start a thread on that show
tomorrow
. I would never look back. That idea is so flawless, that... I was
so happy
. I was so into that. I could watch a million hours of that idea. That's, like, the top of the mountain in entertainment.
Until all four of them got sick and asked Takumi and Yuuji to fill in for them.
!!!
!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!
When Yuka and Kaido are begging Yuuji to take over their shift, I was begging louder than they were. Takumi and Yuuji working together in a pizza place is the fanfic of my dreams, and somehow
it is canon
.
This...
my heart
. I don't know what to do with
all of this joy.
--3--
I was so into the romantic comedy escapades of these idiots that I honestly wasn't super dialed in for most of the Lucky Clover stuff. I liked it, I like those characters, but it was silver to the other plot's solid gold.
Kageyama's a compelling character, but most of what she's doing in this one is bumping off nobodies. Nice to see her work, but it didn't really start to pop until she (literally!) whips Horsepower's ass. Mr. J became not that much of a threat by his third death, so it's great to see the other members keeping their heat.
And, y'know,
Houjou
. Speaking of my dreams given form, Houjou versus Faiz? Yes.
Hell
yes. He immediately knocks him out of his Henshin, stealing the belt and Faiz phone in less time than it took Mr. J to transform. He's a beast, and I'm into him being Faiz for a minute.
--4--
Which,
of course
Takumi and Yuuji are running for their lives in the same warehouse, and
of course
they both got knocked out of their superpowered forms, and
of course
Yuuji sees Houjou Henshin into Faiz. It's so perfectly arranged, I'm not mad at a single note of it. It's such a great cliffhanger for the show. I genuinely wouldn't be upset if the two of them go on the run together, and that's what this show is for the next 30 episodes.
--5--
This episode
, you guys.
It's all overheated romantic hijinks and supporting cast subplots, and easily my favorite episode of this show. I don't give a shit that there's barely one Faiz fight at the end. I don't give a shit that Takumi is backgrounded for 80% of this episode. Just plug Four Idiots Have Romantic Misadventures Until They Get Sick And Takumi And Yuuji Need To Work Together At A Pizza Place
into my veins
.
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