[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

Now as for the main plot, I agree that it's really good, especially coming out of the narrative pit stop that was the school arc. Reina's been around long enough to make this whole concept really work. I hadn't even realized the parallels to Tsurugi's story but it's an excellent point. The episode does a great job of giving us a view of what the real Reina was like and the presence of Daisuke and a super unenthusiastic Gon help flesh out her original personality, too. Just an all around well done story that is clearly and loudly barreling towards tragedy.

I wonder if this was always the endgame for Reina, her having a story with Daisuke? One of Daisuke's first stories was one where he got furious at Tendou for detonating a Worm who was a beautiful woman, right? I think? So the idea of Daisuke immediately falling for this Worm who may actually deserve mercy is... it might be the whole point of Worm Widow on this show?

It seriously feels like this plot lucked out from Daisuke's limited availability, giving us months to see this woman as a remorseless killer, making the reality of what Reina was even more poignant.

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

Finally, as a minor note, I liked this episode's regular weekly appearance of Juka eating breakfast. The crush misunderstanding was brief, but it was a rare appearance of Tendou getting completely flustered and that was a lot of fun.

It's this slightly regressive patriarchal cliche (THIS YOUNG WOMAN IS SOON GOING TO LOVE SOMEONE MORE THAN HER FATHER AND IT IS EARTH-SHATTERING), but I think it works well here for two reasons. First, yeah, it's always funny to see Tendou lose his shit. Second, the idea of Tendou not being the center of someone's world is canonically something that wrecks him.

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

Thoughts on Dark Kabuto? I was wondering what it was based on in a show where every Rider is based on a previous one (even Sasword is basically just Ouja as a different type of poisonous animal). But then someone pointed out that he was an evil counterpart to our hero who first appeared during an eclipse, or rather a SHADOw covering the MOON.

Oh! Neat!

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Originally Posted by Sunred

I still love it to this day. Most of these "dark rider" suits are repaints yet do their job well. What I love about the Dark Kabuto suit is the paint job and the red circuitry. The way those red circuitry patterns add some flare to the armor is pleasing, and also gives a very menacing look to him.

Yeah, there's an unfinished feel to it that looks great? Not dark, but broken? It really sells the idea of Another Tendou being this exposed, raw nerve of a man.