[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

I don't know if I mentioned it earlier in the thread or not, but one of the things that I really love about Ryuki is the nature of the monsters' threat. There's no rampaging through the city streets/industrial district/warehouse/quarry/Tokyo stadium; the average person has no idea that they're in any form of danger or that Kamen Riders are protecting them (even if only as a by-product). But look around you right now and count how many reflective surfaces there are. In the world of Ryuki, any one of those can kill you. That's a fantastically terrifying concept and I've always been impressed by it.

I definitely feel like we talked about it before, but I also can't remember for sure, so I'm happy to talk about it again!

Ryuki's setup really does excel at bringing the concepts of its world, the heroism and the danger, into the home. Kuuga and Agito have monsters that are out there in the world, and later series would have allegorical monsters that take advantage of needs and desires, but Ryuki made sure that their monsters are coming from inside the house.

Kids who like to be scared (which is to say most kids in Kamen Rider's target demographic) could pretend that there was a monster hiding in a hallway mirror, or a turned-off TV, and do a quick Henshin to pretend they were in there with them, battling to protect their family.

It's a smart construction, to make the danger more universal.