[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

Yeah, Kamen Rider has never really cared about spoilers in episode titles, especially when it comes to character death. Tackle's last episode on Stronger was more or less called "Tackle Dies!"

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Originally Posted by AkibaSilver

Western Media: "A big twist happens this episode, be sure to watch and find out what it is, before you see it spoiled the instant you step onto social media!"

Anime and Toku: "So this episode is called 'A New Form! Survive!', and it's where Naruto gets his new form.'

It's a weird cultural thing, maybe, in storytelling. In America, once you hit the plot point, people sort-of tune out, they got what they came for. In Japan, maybe it's more of the curiosity of how something happens, why it happens.

Like, in an American superhero story, you find out Captain America dies, that's all people need to know. Cap died, that's it. Doesn't matter what the story is, that's the important part. (I cannot tell you how many more people watch YouTube videos where someone spoils a comic than would read the story in the comic. Multiples, for sure.)

In a Kamen Rider story, I feel like the emphasis is more on Hey Don't You Want To See How This New Form Happens. Toei's constantly using magazines to promote new characters, costumes, powers. It must cause fans to check in, to see why something happens, or they wouldn't promote it that way.

Weird. Never really considered how cultural expectations or idiosyncrasies would alter promotional strategies. Huh!

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Originally Posted by Kurona

Oh no! I was only up to episode 23 of Headmasters! YOU MONSTER.