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Kamen Rider Die watches Kamen Rider 555
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05-29-2020, 01:34 PM
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Kamen Rider Die
--3--
And, man, shipping
episode!
It’s all weird relationship drama, convoluted and captivating. It’s almost all centered on Mari, the somewhat surprising hub of these tangled emotions.
So, let’s see if I’ve got this right:
Keitaro likes Yuka
Yuka likes Kaido
Kaido likes Mari
Mari likes Yuuji
Kusaka wants to possess Mari, which is both irrelevant and incredibly relevant
It’s a lot for one episode! I think the show balances it all pretty well, finding time for all of these variables, as well as Takumi, Yuuji, and their feelings about these shenanigans.
I really dig how the one thing you can always count on Takumi to care about is relationship drama. He’ll opt out of most non-Orphnoch heroism, but he’s always got a taste for other people’s tortured romance. That makes him a great sounding board for Mari’s options, and I adore how much he’s supportive of her dating Yuuji. It’s so
nice.
I also love how he didn’t
immediately vomit
when she asked if she should date Kusaka.
The Kusaka thing… his whole scene with Mari in the van where he makes his appeal for her hand? It’s like cringe comedy. It’s so blatantly false that I was
howling
. (This and the You Guys It Was Killing Me Not To Call You Back bullshit from the beginning of the episode, huge fan, big supporter of Disingenuous Kusaka.) Mari is so visibly uncomfortable during his heartfelt (“heartfelt”) plea for her affection, and he just lays it on thicker. Like, she is
clearly
not into him like that. He’s embarrassing himself, and it’s
brilliant
.
Even better, when he overhears that she likes Yuuji, Kusaka somehow convinces him to go to Kamen Rider Warehouse for a chat. (Definitely a cool place to get dragged for a conversation with a guy who looks as intense as Kusaka, smart thinking from Yuuji.) He basically can’t decide whether to beg him for info on how to make Mari like him, or just beat the shit out of him. We don’t get the answer, unfortunately, because one-half of Lucky Clover’s Internship Program shows up for a fight.
Yeah, you totally understand the composition of the love triangle. And now you know Kusaka's primary goal, his twisted love for Mari, surpassing even his desire to destroy the Orphenochs. "When I henshined, it was for you." All his manipulation is for this. He can't let guys like Kaido and Kiba steal her from him! That's how he thinks. It must have been pretty tough for him as an orphan kid with a mysterious past he doesn't want to talk about. He had no parents to love him or teach him to be a good person. Kusaka's a broken man whose idea of love is built on this foundation from his childhood. He doesn't even realize when he's doing something immoral in pursuit of his goals.
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Androzani84
Yeah, 2003’s SHT shows are the only ones where the topic of sexual assault is likely to come up in a discussion. And that’s all I’ll say on the topic.
Well the other show in 2003 is Abaranger so I presume you're referring to Yatsudenwani's crush on Ranru? That was mostly played for comedy though. At least the Faiz novel is non-canon and Kaixa has his own manga now where he's just the usual amount of a**hole.
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