[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

After how the last episode ended, it really seemed like this was set up to be a two-parter that was all about wacky Watoya shenanigans.

My one big non-Yuri/Megumi regret for this story was that we never got to see Otoya's actor play Wataru for a scene. Feels like that could've been really fun!

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

In a better world, this episode ends with Megumi resolving to be a warrior and taking up the Ixa Knuckle as her own instead of just kicking a considerable amount of ass alongside Nago. It's still a cool fight scene, but definitely not the way I'd like to see it play out (for the record, I'm more okay with what happened with Yuri because it makes more sense to me that she isn't ready yet).

Sure, it's a bummer. I think it vaguely works as a way of getting at one of Kiva's big themes, that you can draw strength from your parents without shackling yourself to their choices, but... the optics! Very difficult to not feel let down when Nago triumphantly henshins.

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

Yeah, Maya makes a hell of a first impression. Not just because Saki Kagami is, yes, absolutely gorgeous, but her confrontation with the Fangire bride is very stylish and dynamic. Excellent way to introduce the next high tier Fangire.

How long does she stare down the barrel of the camera in this sequence: a hundred years? A million? It feels like the director needed to be assured that he'd be able to shoot more with her, so he could end that shot. It's scorchingly epic, that whole thing. She even has a badass Dealing Justice catchphrase!