[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Sunred

The head of the takoyaki chefs is Taro Suwa, who has multiple appearances in toku. Most notable roles he did are the Kyoryu Curry regular from Abaranger, ramen vendor in Kamen Rider Agito, and the pianist in one of the Kamen Rider Den-O episodes. Also another familiar face is Mio Fukuzumi who plays the serpent undead, and is most known as Wendinu from Hurricaneger. And she was also Mayumi aka the girlfriend of Ryo/Gills in Kamen Rider Agito.

Yes! Thank you! I knew I knew that dude from somewhere.

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Originally Posted by Koh

Yeah when I realized this I really started gel with his work so much more. Heck, one of my favorite arcs in Zi-O is the Kiva arc not from a tribute perspective because that awful tribute, but from a Inoue-spectacle perspective. just the manhole covers.

One of my favorite things about Inoue's writing is that, while SPECTACLE is the height and the width, there's always depth. This is a story that (so far) is about Kotaro not appreciating Hajime, and him (hopefully) finding out that there's value to Hajime's outlook and approach. It's not just wacky hijinks, it's thematically-grounded wacky hijinks.