[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

So what you're saying is that Inoue put all the table's legs in the right places this time? Because this was another one from him. Maybe he's trying to get you to let your guard down...

I mean, I sort-of have that fear? There've been a couple other runs on Kamen Rider shows, ones that haven't worked great for me, where I suddenly get into it and think it's turned a corner and BIG NOPE then more sadness. I don't want to take four good episodes in a row as the new standard, but, like, cautiously optimistic.

(It definitely helps that the base level of craft, the Putting Together A Kuuga Story of it all, seems much improved. Camera work, acting, casting, dialogue, stunts, CG, it's all at least not bad.)

Honestly, I'm a little grateful that a dude who's made me unreasonably angry at a 19-year old Japanese superhero show can turn out some quality on occasion. Especially since people keep hinting at his involvement in future shows. If some one-and-done chump tanks a story, it's a bummer but I'll live. If there's a dude who's with the franchise for years and I only/always hate their work, I've got a lot of disappointment in the future. It's a relief that not everything Inoue does is going to make me apoplectic.