[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

I do like the idea that they ran into problem to get their belt back and has to solve it, but was it too quick for them to solve it the way they do in this episode? (a wacky business plan to open a barber in an uncomfortable place, a middle of park, with a beggar-like promotion)

I think the Driver plot works on a couple key levels.

First, it's an excuse for the two of them to be stuck with each other, getting some chemistry shown off. Them arguing and irritating each other is, like, the secret weapon of this show for me, and it really spelled out what Faiz is going to be like as a show. It's a low-stakes-ish plot (there's no immediate danger) and it lets both characters work together while still really hating it. They're dragging their feet, but still moving forward, which is maybe the best way I can describe the Takumi/Mari energy.

Second, them constantly losing the Driver to dump mistakes and regular thieves is a nice swerve into the Orphnoch attack. If the bag was a target for Monster Reasons the entire time, it'd get tiresome. Having the bag get lost thanks to mutual dislike, happenstance, and incompetence, that makes the monster showing up feel more organic. It's one more thing, not the only thing.

I don't know, I think the pacing of it, the comedy into character building into comedy into action, it was good way to tell that story.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Were you pointing the part where he jumps off building in Faiz this time (as a kid-inappropriate trait) because it's actually done and the shocking impact of hitting the floor is directly seen on screen? Other series also has trigger impacts like Ryuki with abuse and same suicide, OOO with child death and gambling addict, or Build with horrors of war like on-screen torture, death, Sento's PTSD, politics, propaganda, and dehumanization of people. Besides, oh obviously Yuji won't die.... from what I've seen on Kuuga, Yusuke and Grongis constantly gets thrown off the top of skyscrapers.

For me, it's that you see the last twenty feet of the fall. That's not a part you want to ever show! Certainly not on a kids show!

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Oh right, the finisher appears here. The Crimson Smash, is my favorite base Rider kick, along with Drive's SpeeDrop. As I've said here, my favorite finishers are those that aren't simple finishers, but spectacular ones with significant difference that makes a finisher attack different from ordinary attack, either in attack or effect (and no, styles won't do like Wizard's or something, and sorry Die, your answer there of Specter's kick doesn't apply to me there). For Faiz here, instead of regular kick, the Rider creates a gigantic drill to do the job! Other than that... the name's really Elephant Orphnoch lol!

I really like that the Cellphone Rider has a finisher that includes a Laser-Pointer. It's so early-2000s! I hope his upgrade form incorporates a Friendster account.