[Kiwami]

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Originally Posted by FreshToku

but I just feel like mentioning how I was particularly fond the middle fight when Aruto confronted Es for the second time.

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Originally Posted by Enchilada645

So we get round two, and we have Aruto playing to this knowledge by utilizing Metal Cluster Hopper's swarm ability in a fantastic way.

I also think was well done. I didn’t even realize what was happening to Eden when he was tumbling, the little hoppers eating him from the inside and crawling out was fantastic.

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Originally Posted by Kurona

Like its double-billed partner there’s absolutely no substance going on here

Hm... I don’t think this is true. Like, little substance? Not a whole lot? Maybe.

Absolutely none? I disagree. The story behind Es, which I think was rather well intertwined with what was happening in the show, Izu's little quest for her true self - it isn't much but combined with the gorgeous scenery shots this movie pulled off it got me good sometimes. Like, Aruto stepping out of the train with all the bodies lying outside for example.

Also, the Thinknet goons. I didn’t know what to make of these guys except that I thought they looked comically out of place in the trailers, turns out that’s exactly their deal and makes perfect sense. The shot of that messy mother neglecting her crying baby while playing world destroyer was almost a bit too much.

I'm not trying to overrate what was essentially very much a Kamen Rider movie, but I wouldn't say it lacked substance to a point that it didn't have any.

If anything, what I really liked about this movie was how it took the cookie cutout formula (evil villain makes grand announcement, everyone journeys towards him to fight) and mixed that up completely: We already start with the fight, we are not made aware how this came to be until later, and the backstory behind the villain is puzzled together over the course of its runtime. I kind of enjoyed how I had no idea what was going on and it took some steps to get the whole picture, layer by layer. I find that unusual for a Rider movie because all the ones I’ve seen are very straight forward with where it starts and where it needs to end.