[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

It’s alright dude, I’ll handle identifying the VAs when we get to Den-P (especially since it’s a show that has more suit characters than face ones).

I figured I could count on you! Thanks!

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

Episode 36, I’ll say that Tendou’s screaming when the Red Shoes system get activated really unnerved me. But it was oddly nice to see our Super Batta Bros finally get even by beating the crap out of Tendou.

Yeah, Tendou's got some good The Rider System Has Gone Haywire anguished screams. Sometimes, when a show goes to that well, they take the VO out so that it seems like the dude inside is gone, really play up how inhuman a Rider can be. Here, they just have Tendou screaming, wall-to-wall, and it's horrifying. This show wants you to know that Tendou's in there, going crazy from pain.

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Originally Posted by Sunred

Nah that is a deep cut trivia not a whole lot of people know unless you are a trivia geek so no worries.
That said, tell me, your current verdict on the Hell Brothers? And I would like to add that while it may seem dark grey or even black depending on the lighting, the official color for Punchhopper is brown.

The short answer is that I love everything about them as much as they hate everything about themselves.

The longer answer is that I love how the show has constructed what I think they think is Dark Team Tendou And Kagami, but it's really just Janky Knock-Off Team Tendou And Kagami. It's an attempt to dig into some of how Tendou and Kagami relate to one another, to comment on their bond in the same way the individual characters comment on each other.

It's just all done with this hilarious affectation of Ooh They Bad that I love because of how fake it is, not in spite of it. It's two guys reinventing themselves rather than improving themselves, a lateral move from Self-Aggrandizing But Pathetic into Self-Effacing But Pathetic. Everything about them is a defense mechanism, and an obvious one at that. I love that idea, of What If Achievement Looked Like Failure, redefining how someone walks their path.

And those suits! Very into those suits. A lot of it is the physicality of the actors inside them, the way KickHopper's head swings like the neck joint is loose, or the way they go from slouching to ALL KICKING or ALL PUNCHING so fast, like a switch gets flipped. (It reminds me a ton of Build Hazard, which is one of my favorite suit performances of all time.) Even the way Yaguruma Henshins with this eye-roll of resignation! Such a perfect touch.

Yeah, I genuinely love them. I love them aesthetically, I love them thematically, and I love them narratively. Definitely scouring sites for good quality figures of them.