[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by DreamSword

This is actually something I've noticed about Inoue. He seemed to have really wanted to push alot more homosexual themes and ideas in Rider around the mid-2000s. That, or he has a really progressive idea of how platonic relationships can operate. First Yuuji and Takumi, and now Tendo and Kagami. Regardless, either thing is something I definitely support, even if I'm pretty mixed on his writing overall.

Yeah, I feel like it's that Inoue has a kind of fascination with applying romantic metaphors to platonic relationships, because that makes a lot of the melodrama seem more reasonable? Like, I don't think he's interested (that I've seen) in telling romantic stories, so it could potentially come off as queerbaiting. I think he avoids it by treating emotions as Emotions, big and bold and unfiltered, and the characters in his stories as signifiers for different goals/personalities/motivations. Everything's a metaphor, so it's not This Boy Loves This Other Boy, it's This Concept Loves This Other Concept.

If that makes any sense? (It's been a long day.) I guess what I'm trying to say is that it's a mixture of progressive (Inoue is totally fine telling a story about the deep connections between two men and not making it a joke) and not as progressive as you'd maybe like (Inoue doesn't seem to care that folks who see themselves in these relationships might not enjoy seeing him carelessly play with these ideas).

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

Right upfront, there's not a chance I can say a single thing more interesting or insightful about an Inoue script than Die can. Heck, he probably already has these exact screencaps saved somewhere. Right now, I am Kagami trying to clean the house Tendou already has spotless. But, all the same...

Aww, that's sweet. Rest assured, if I had a group of bamboo shoots to share, I'd make sure you got one.

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Originally Posted by catwhowalks

Kabuto's silliest pair of episodes is yet to come, and they blow this one out of the water. Actually forget that. They blow it out of the water, stomp on it a bit, set it on fire, then launch it into space for good measure. Well see if you can guess which ones I mean when you get to them.

I'm excited to see which these are!