[Fish Sandwich]

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

I’d compare this type of storytelling to having to eat your vegetables, but I guess some people love their vegetables?

Well, this is my favorite episode of Faiz, and up on there on my list of favorite Rider episodes in general, so uh, yeah, that theory is still holding. Takumi's speech in it is iconic, and everything around it is pretty freakin' great too.

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And then he throws his guitar away, putting that part of his life to rest. It’s… I don’t know if I’m supposed to feel good about that? There’s a reading where it’s for the best, Kaido flushing out his toxic jealousy in favor of a fresh start. But the destruction in the final shot feels like it’s all a mistake, an abdication of his humanity in favor of a future as an Orphnoch. Thoughts?

Here's what I had to say about it, but I'll also add that you should simply see where the show goes from here. Kaidou's character development is far from over. I think being able to read that ending in multiple ways was probably part of the intention, despite my positive interpretation of it.

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

It's mostly centered on Kaidou, since he's the new guy, and the arc he has here, where he gradually starts to get over his trauma after bonding with a student at the university he used to go, culminating in him throwing away his guitar at the end, freed of his "curse", is just aces. A+ material from Inoue and a shining example of why melodrama isn't inherently a bad thing.

Also! I'm back on duty for this episode!

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「今ではあのベルトを狙うことは禁止されているんですよ」

This mistake, originally made by TV-Nihon and imported into Agony's scrub almost entirely unchanged, is a fabulous example of a surprisingly standard translation error. The "accidentally backwards statement". Just like the line I complained about last time, the translator either misheard some words, or made some mistaken assumptions about what was being said. It was established right at the start of episode 5 when the gang got to Tokyo that Smart Brain isn't currently going after the Faiz Gear, and Smart Lady is reminding an Orphenoch targeting Mari of this fact. I assume the confusion was a result of the Orphenoch in question completely ignoring this reminder, but regardless of the reason, botching this makes it sound like the bad guys are up to something they currently aren't.

I honestly don't mind mind mistakes like this that much, since the characterization is more what I'm worried about with Faiz, but an error is an error, and this kind of stuff is real sloppy.