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Kamen Rider Die watches Kamen Rider Den-O
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02-28-2021, 09:46 PM
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KAMEN RIDER DEN-O EPISODE 10 - "HANA AND THE STORMY SINGULARITY POINT”
Kintaros!
Every story should be about Kintaros from now on!
I mean, star of the show for this one, am I right? Easily the best Debut story we've had so far for the Imagin. There's a ton of amazing comedy in this episode (Kintaros finding out from some kids that he actually never learned karate! Hana reminding him that he's supposed to destroy time because he forgot!), but the more surprisingly effective part is the pathos. I was so busy looking at how the Ryotaro/Honjou story had parallels, and then this episode shows us that it's all about how similar Hana and Kintaros are.
Hana's someone who should absolutely hate all Imagin. They destroyed her home, and left her all alone. She's a singularity point now, someone who's basically Survivor's Guilt in the shape of a woman. But then there's Kintaros, an Imagin who just wants to make some struggling athlete feel better. He doesn't care about destroying time; he just wants to help. And that's something Hana can relate to. She isn't the hero of the story, but she can protect that hero. Kintaros isn't ever going to be more than someone who could make someone else's dream come true. And they're both adrift. Neither of them has a home, a people. They just want to help.
There's a real sadness to this one, something that lets it do a totally predictable Kintaros Is Completely Going To Die You Guys fake-out and not have me mind. Hana's fury at a good Imagin choosing to die, as well as at
her own sadness
at an Imagin dying, is some choice Hana anger. She's so unbelievably pissed at this stupid imagination monster from the end of time making her see him as heroic, and
apoplectic
over how that is screwing with her worldview. She punches a disintegrating monster
that she likes
directly in his disintegrating face! Because it's too sad! It's a scene that's just about how Hana has forged a connection she absolutely does not want with this heroic monster, and it's pretty effective at being simultaneously hilarious, heartbreaking, and sweet.
It
is
still an incredibly sweet episode, of course. Kintaros is adorably dedicated to making Honjou's life better, whether that means incorrectly studying karate or sacrificing himself in the past. He's purely heroic in a way that Momo and Ura definitely are not. The other two Imagin, they'll grudgingly accept that saving Kintaros is the right thing to do, but they'd never suggest it. But Kintaros, he's living for Houjou in a way that they don't for Ryotaro. Kintaros cares, and that's what separates him from the other Imagin. It's very easy to care for him in return.
THE BAGGAGE CAR
-Really liked how the show utilized Momo and Ura in the Rhino Imagin investigation. It not only kept this episode from feeling repetitive (since it doesn't really have any Ryotaro/Hana scenes this time), but it's just nice to see them both using their horrible personalities in productive ways. Also, so... does Ura just assume he's supposed to be flirting with everyone he meets? Because I'm wondering what the middle of that Kikuchi interrogation looked like that led to Kikuchi realizing how much Honjou meant to him...
-There's some neat thematic stuff in this one about how sometimes enemies can really just be rivals, and how rivalries can be beneficial, but I couldn't quite get it to line up with Hana/Kintaros parts enough to be happy with it. But it's there!
-Also there: Urataros is at the end of the opening credits! He's dancing in half of the squares. He is...
not
as good a dancer as Momotaros. We'll see what those squares look like in another few episodes!
-Love Axe Form, by the way. The suit itself is a little nondescript (as Den-O Forms go), but that mask is iconic. He's an axe guy! There's an axe on his face! It does what it says on the tin!
-And I'm assuming this was the Banana New Shoes episode, so anyone who wants to tell that story? The stage is yours.
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