[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

As for the first episode, I did like the fact that we have an experienced hero* who’s lost his memories and is essentially a rookie. Especially with him losing all his powers and having to regain them (one thing I didn’t like about this show’s rough Sentai equivalent Gokaiger was that they just give them most of the past hero powers from the get go, with the only missing ones being ones they’ll never use anyway). And the massive destruction of the world does seem like the sort of precursor to a multiversal threat.

*citation needed

Tsukasa agrees to save multiple Earths at the direction of a moon-pointing pretty boy! I would argue that he is very heroic!

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Oh right, the big war sequence as opening which later Gaim kinda replicates here. Though Decade is iirc less received than other series in the franchise, doesn't mean every single thing should be viewed the same way, and I'd view Decade's big war sequence better than Gaim, but not only due to the varied participants (tbf for Gaim, the participants and non-participants are deeply plot related too) like the abundance of Riders and also their assistants like the Contract Monsters, DenLiner, Castle Doran, etc. but also the varied ability the pariticpants use like Zolda's Final Vent.

Yeah, this and Gaim... I mean, they're doing different things? Nominally, they're both foreshadowing an epic final battle, but Gaim's is full of characters you haven't met yet. It's an intro that's about inevitability and tragedy: you're going to love these new Riders, and then they're going to try to murder each other for power.

Decade's intro is sort of that, with Decade being some apocalyptic figure, but it's really more about characters you already have an investment in getting slaughtered. It's not really about the mystery, it's about the stakes: this is an event bigger than all nine series put together.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

This is all assumptions, but if you'd hope for the world to be ruined by Tsukasa's genial nature, then how would you want for Tsukasa to react to it?

Oh, that was just a joke about Tsukasa's attitude in general. I've seen enough later Decade content to know that he's Not Here To Make Friends, so I thought it'd be funny if the show went the opposite way.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

While you claim you'd be focus more on character arcs and small dramatic moments, but the 2nd half here is primarily also about the action/effects part, though I'd agree on this too of being amazing.

Yeah, normally I like the quieter parts better, but it's way too early in the series for those types of things to land. For a first episode, I'm okay with some bombast to help sell the world and the conflicts. Decade does that really well, I thought!

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Originally Posted by AkibaSilver

But yeah, Decade's intro wastes no time throwing you right into the thick of it, and not explaining any of it. Certainly looks cool, though! (And, of course, Gokaiger pulled the same trick in its first episode, but I'll let the net movies argue over how one stole from the other).

The Decade Net Movies! There are so many Decade Net Movies! I might legitimately have to take a vacation day to watch them all. Good lord.

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Originally Posted by Sunred

2009 was the year where Super Sentai gave us the Kobayashi-penned Samurai Sentai Shinkenger, a band of millenial samurais that fought the demons of the netherworld using kanji. Meanwhile, Kamen Rider gave us this funky new rider. From the suit to the color scheme and the setup of episode 1 this was such a wild card I did not know what to expect and was awestruck that the 10th Heisei rider was one that could transform into previous riders. Keep in mind, this was pre-Gokaiger times and that gimmick alone was some next level stuff.

It's still pretty cool? The fact that he form changes into both Kabuto and Faiz in the first episode is thrilling even after watching a dozen Legend Rider films. Something about seeing the Decadriver on the Faiz suit... very cool! I love that Figure-rise worked to have that gimmick carry over to the Heisei model kits.

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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

Firstly, thanks Zatyme for going first and showing everybody what to expect for the episode watch section of the discussion!

And thanks Die for sparing so much time to host this big project! It must be a lot of work and preparation for something like this.

I'm happy to do it! And, yeah, Zatyme killed it, right? I learned a lot on this episode, and they helped make that possible.