[Fish Sandwich]

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

Today’s episode marks (as far as I know. Somebody correct me if I’m wrong) the end of the Ondul saga.

It's not ~quite~ over as far as I'm concerned, but a lot of the show's biggest memes are definitely behind it at this point. Also, and forgive me for pointlessly reiterating what was just said, but the thought of not getting to explain kara miso!, the pinnacle of Dadi memes, to Die in my own words fills me with such sadness I'm just going to do this anyway. So!

Learning Ondul the Easy WEEEEEEI! (#13)

Yeah, no screenshot for this one, because we're talking music lyrics in today's lesson. The show's second insert theme, Rebirth (normally stylized in all lowercase letters, but come on), debuts in episode 23, and yet another legendary meme was born as a result. The interesting thing about the song is that it's actually sung in-character by Tachibana's actor, Kousei Amano, making it the first instance of an insert theme doubling as an image song, something that would become more and more common in Kamen Rider from this point on.

The really interesting thing about it is that the last two lines of the chorus, a repeated English "got to be strong!" is basically impossible not to hear as "kara miso!" instead, making this the second instance of a Blade meme revolving around Dadi's bizarre enthusiasm for food. What relevance spicy seasoning has to a song otherwise about Tachibana bouncing back from Sayoko's death is unclear, but one thing's for sure: you'll never convince Blade fans he's singing about anything else there.