[DreadBringer]

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

I understand the need to explain plot details through story, but "exposition" is something I'll usually use as a pejorative. Any scene that requires someone to spend more than a minute straight explaining details of the story to other characters, not my favorite type of scene.

Probably yeah those aren't your favorite but, don't necessarily call those bad because that is subjective.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

The thing is, I only care about world-building if it impacts the characters in some way. I care about Mari, I don't care about her dad or Smart Brain or belts. If the show had couched the new information in Mari's feelings, her reactions, I'd be all for it. As it is, it's all focused on people I don't have an investment in.

Oh well, you said you're drawn characters back then, and just realized it's an exact words, means a no for world building. But the thing is, I believe that those you mentioned will impact the characters like Mari real bad because those are big players of the story. I can predict who was discussed in the world building like Smart Brain/belts, and think how big it will impact the characters you care, even if not immediately.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

I don't if I'd call the Kaido/Mari stuff a "misunderstanding". It's all character-based stuff, where Kaido's lashing out is because of his personality, and Yuka's blaming herself is because of her personality. I think I talked a little bit about my take on it when she left the apartment.

Oh, and her telling Yuuji she likes Kaido, I think she just doesn't want to make waves. She doesn't have a ton of self-confidence!

I'm not talking about Kaido, only Yuka. I think I bring up Yuka's stuff because I also have been in her shoes, to blame myself for other's problem, but to solve that for myself I think again about that person, how do they behave toward others, if they're like that too to others, means it's not my fault.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Let’s start off with Kaixa, who is pretty fantastic. Actually, I don’t know that I find him fantastic, but I love what he brings out of Takumi.

What's Takumi's deal? Kusaka is infamous but, for this one, it's probably Takumi's fault? What did Kusaka do to him that sends Takumi into that weirdness? Was him the one actually brought Kusaka's bad side here (where would you place Kusaka in character alignments, just this time)? Oh and the part where he walked through horse shit, that's the part I saw on TV when it films Faiz, but only that. And it's proven here that Takumi doesn't have any fighting style ("boxing" is just giving him more credit) where he's just ineffectual on the honor duel.... and probably the brawling too?

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Speaking of weird, this is also an episode where Kaido and Yuka go on an uncomfortably high-energy version of an afternoon date, and it’s so weird that Yuuji’s only moment in the episode is being surprised at it.

Mari? Shipping? Did you just... ignore Masato Kusaka above? And Yuka just accepts Kaido's "date" even if she probably has Keitaro? She's just like Keitaro here to have thoughts of dating another guy.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Funny goddamn episode, you guys. It was pretty clear to me from the second run-in with the Jock Of All Clubs that that dude was the Masato from Mari’s past, not the one in the fencing class, so that reveal wasn’t a surprise or nothing.

I already know who's the infamous Masato is, and I was confused why the other Kusaka obliges when Mari calls him such. Turns out that his name is also... Kusaka, just not Masato lol.