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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

I definitely wasn't going to mention it! I don't think I even remember it? I remember thinking Chalice's fight song was cool. Was it that one?

It kicks in right in the middle when Kenzaki is getting strangled and continues to play over Hajime transforming on his bike, if that helps. Although that does remind me Chalice gets his own little guitar-heavy piece of BGM, used in this episode right after the insert cuts out, that I've always been pretty fond of. I don't think the other Riders in Blade really get a distinct "sound" the way he does, so it sticks out a bit.

Actually, while we're on the subject of Chalice's awesomeness factor, can I just take a second to mention one of my favorite things about him has always been the fact they specifically chose to make the heart-themed Rider the emotionally distant, mysterious cool guy? Like, man, way to break down those stereotypes, Blade.

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Along those lines, I thought I could toss a Next Time On Kamen Rider Blade thing at the bottom, for symmetry. (And maybe build excitement?) That means watching the previews for the next episode, and... it's not the end of the world? I haven't seen anything yet that's felt like I'm cheating myself. It's not a big deal, as it turns out?

So selfless!

Yeah, I used to be the same way with episode previews, but I got over it right around the time I realized I had to wait 7 whole days in between episodes of Gaim, which suddenly made me understand the appeal. Nowadays I think there's kind of a whole art in its own right to putting together a good episode preview. Really clever ones can even deliberately take something out of context to mislead the viewer without exactly lying about what happens, either.

EDIT: I also just realized the BGM I linked is actually a slightly different track than the one used in episode 2, but that only proves my point about Chalice having a super consistent musical motif.