[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

The balance of it all feels about right. It's fanservice-y fun to see Gridknight, but the actual plot is basically just the main cast having a sleepover together? Which is exactly the kind of thing I love about this show, for a bunch of different reasons?

Yeah, Knight and Music Note don't take over the story, which they absolutely could have for both narrative reasons (Dynazenon mostly can't get their shit together, and Gauma bristles at an offer of outside help) and meta reasons (returning fan-favorite). The episode keeps them as a kind of vote of confidence, with the team winning them over by being as insular and neurotic as ever. Good use of special guest stars!

(I say "special guest stars", which is how this episode treats them, but them and Gridknight are in the title sequence now, so I look forward to seeing how they'll integrate with the cast long-term.)

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

So we get our introductions to Knoght and Nidaime, adult incarnations of Anti and Kaiju Girl. You?d think this would clear up some confusion over continuity wih the previous show, but I?m not sure it does.

I gotta say, I have zero interest in litigating or speculating on how Dynazenon and Gridman overlap. Two different shows in my mind, despite me treating them in this thread like they're part of one continuity. (In my defense, I thought they were when I was planning this thread out? Maybe they still will be!) If things become more overtly tied together, that's fine. But I haven't spent a minute of this show wondering if the woman Gauma's referring to is, like, Akane. This show's doing its own thing narratively, and that's kind of all I care about right now.

[DreamSword]

Okay, I absolutely need someone to hyper-analyze this moment for me.



"Real Kaiju Users don't need to sleep."

That line has driven me totally crazy ever since I first heard it. The best I could think to guess is that maybe Shizumu is just being cheeky in the original Japanese? But if so then holy cow did the English dub not portray that in its voice direction like, at all. Dude sounded completely serious when he said it, and ever since my response has basically been "What? Why?" And to this day I've yet to get any sort of direct answer.

[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by DreamSword

That line has driven me totally crazy ever since I first heard it. The best I could think to guess is that maybe Shizumu is just being cheeky in the original Japanese? But if so then holy cow did the English dub not portray that in its voice direction like, at all. Dude sounded completely serious when he said it, and ever since my response has basically been "What? Why?" And to this day I've yet to get any sort of direct answer.

My read on it in the scene is that he's kind of shitting on Juuga for not being as committed to the project as the other three are. Sizumu came up with the plan for harnessing the kaiju, while Mujina and Onija are working 'round the clock to power it up; meanwhile Juuga's just sort of overseeing things, and I feel like Sizumu's not appreciating that?

[Sunred]

Speaking of Gridknight, I wonder in hindsight if the decision to keep the visor aesthetic from Anti's kaiju form + being the no.2 hero of the show + the decision to give Knight a business suit as his civilian attire was all collectively a nod to Dan Moroboshi/Ultraseven specifically from the 2010s ULTRAMAN manga which received a 3d anime adaptation on Netflix not too long ago.