[DreadBringer]

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

HOLY SHIT DID FAIZ JUST USE ACCEL TO PULL OFF FIVE OVERLAPPING CRIMSON SMASHES ON THE BAT COWBOY ORPHNOCH

Oh yes, the coolest move Faiz did, or just the fight in general here. Crimson Smash is already one of my top list of base Rider kicks, and for Axel it topped that with multiple of them! I've seen this on the video games first though. Also what's the reason for Rina to hate Kusaka? The Ryusei School alumnis see no reason to hate Kusaka, at least for now.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

This one was very plot-heavy, in ways that I didn’t really love. There’s stuff that felt very focused on cause and effect, and then there was stuff that was like Oh We’ve Only Got Five Episodes Left After This One.

What do you mean by not usurping that Keitaro only appeared in certain scenes before all the focus is shifted to the other plot? And this is Inoue, what do you expect? Pure snowflake of optimism and friendship.... are his punching bags.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Yuuji’s reaction to Yuka’s death is a lot more relevant to the plot, in so much as he goes on a rampage that ends up crushing Minami’s mad science initiative. (I mean, probably not. Minami got a hell of a death scene by laughing at Yuuji’s assumption that the Orphnochs scored a victory over humanity. Probably more to come on that front!)

Yeah, now Yuji's slipping down on morality spectrum. Though his act isn't unjustifaiz here by killing those responsible and the worst human to ever exist in this series (including his staffs who are probably just following orders indiscriminately though, sense of plunging to darkness). And again, it's all Minami's fault. It's his fault that all the drama happened and Yuji's turning into a threat by himself, a self-fulfilling prophecy for Minami and other humans.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Between him and whatever is happening with Teruo’s story, that’s where this episode started to lose me. Both of those, plus whatever horrible thing that Minami discovered about Orphnochs… I don’t know, my heart isn’t in it. (Much like Minami’s heart isn’t in him! Too soon?)

I wonder if Teruo's is complainable because this is put up in near the end of the series, what if it's put like in earlier part? (I'm thinking about main bad guys who gets known more in late part of the series) And for Orphan Daddy, yeah probably at this rate, he's not going to give much impact. Though iirc, people's complaint about it are about how it's not fully resolved, not how it's not left out like you likely hoped. Wasn't the machine is more about how shocking it is to Murakami instead of what Minami's about (he's likely just going to keep doing his thing)? Him discovering that one of his employees are plotting a sinister plan against whole Smart Brain. And for protagonists, it doesn't take morality into account, even if most protagonists are heroes. Protagonist doesn't equal hero. Antagonist doesn't equal villain. Protagonist just means the main characters of a story, and antagonist means those who oppose them. Kusaka is one of the protagonists in the story (he's on protagonist side only because he hates Orphnochs more than human for sure, and share a mutual goal), but he's not a good guy - an example of villain protagonist.

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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

Saeko having those Kaixabrows is fitting since my hatred for her immediately surpassed my hatred for Kusaka when she killed Yuka. It's the same reaction I always have when a bad guy kills a character I care about. Kudos to Inoue though, he built a very high tower of happiness and then demolished it. He's always breaking my heart like that. At least Yuka got to die happy with a sense of fulfillment. That's the least she deserved after so much suffering in her life. But Keitarou gets left behind and he's going to have to live with the pain of never seeing her again.

Hatred for Saeko? Hatred for Kusaka? I thought you're being lenient on Kusaka like pointing out his redeeming qualities to paint him out as a still anti-hero?