[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Though this isn't a continuation of Kiva (kinda don't want for anniversary series to give continuation for original series without consent even if getting old actor back), his feels to me, probably how Kiva's epilogue continued, with Wataru becoming King, he'd likely enforce this rule of humans and Fangires co-existing.

True! This story was a neat exploration of how badly Wataru's dream could end up. The main differences differences here were that Wee Wataru didn't believe in a world of coexistence, since it would mean he'd need to confront his feelings of isolation and self-loathing; and Wee Wataru doesn't have the robust support system of Wataru, like all of W.A.K.E.U.P.

...yes, I realize I'm saying that Wataru's advantage is the emotional support of Nago. That's how bereft Wee Wataru's life is!

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Getting this from other source but: He was exiled for loving a human woman who gave birth to his half-breed successor, Wataru. He saw the coexistence and peace between the two races as nothing more than a farce for his son's sake. I guess other than the previous Kings in original Kiva series, he had Maya traits to be exiled.

I mean, I got that. The King character is very clear in his exposition. But, like, he's only exposition. He only has a couple non-monster scenes, and they're both just him telling things to Tsukasa. He doesn't ever have a scene with his son, which makes their connection mostly implied. It's tough to care about Wee Wataru's feelings about his family in the way you could about Wataru, or Taiga, or Megumi, or whatever. Like, I don't know if Wee Wataru even mentions his dad in these two episodes? It's all lip service to one of Kiva's dominant themes, and that's disappointing.

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Originally Posted by AkibaSilver

Ah, the Kiva arc! I remember that one better than I remember the Kuuga arc, maybe due to the novelty of a child rider? Maybe due to Kiva just standing out more to me than Kuuga? (Horror monster babysitters! Monsters and humans living togther! Child Rider!) I wonder how children at the time reacted to having 2 Kivas in the space of a month - most of the Kuuga audience had probably ages out of it by then, but Kiva was just the big thing! The kids probably still have their Kivats around to play with!

I wonder if Decade reignited the collector market at this time. I wonder if there were kids suddenly looking for older action figures and roleplay items. I'm sure someone here knows: were there re-releases of any old merch for this show? How did Decade's merch capitalize on all these Legend Riders?