[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

Also a fan of putting Renge and Tsurugi together for a scene. Renge is obviously working much more as a comic relief character than Hiyori, so having her partner up with the other big comic relief for a scene was fun (not that Hiyori couldn't be funny, it's just that she worked more as the aggravated voice of reason while Renge's big thing seems to be pratfalls).

I enjoyed that scene of Tsurugi and Renge, despite it (and this is a recurring thing with Tsurugi's integration with the core narrative) feeling a little tacked-on. For all the people that the show puts on a shelf when they aren't needed for the story (Misaki!), it's weird how every episode makes time for Tsurugi. I don't hate it or anything, Tsurugi is great, but it's weird how that guy gets a random scene every week.

Also, not to keep shitting on things I actually like, but Renge has such a bizarre character arc. She's introduced in a two-parter as Cheerful Bad-Ass, and then the very next story the show's like Nope She's An Adorable Klutz. I have to remind myself, every episode, that she was ZECT's cold-blooded assassin. It's fine to have a character get wackier as the series progresses (Tsurugi!), but with Renge, it's like she's got nothing of her original incarnation.