[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by AkibaSilver

Me: "Ah, Die's theory of Tsukasa being Hajime is pretty wild, I'm sure he won't beat that today."
Die: "Diend is a fanfic writer."
Me: "I stand corrected."

It wouldn't be a tribute to Faiz without me concocting a wildly-dubious reading of the themes! Welcome home!

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Originally Posted by Sunred

That said, a shame we never got a delinquent Masato/Kaixa and Shuji/Delta. To this day my headcanon for this world's Kaixa is that he is a purple and gold haired pompadour meathead and Delta is a dorky and timid kid who helps out last minute after standing up for himself.

It's a little weird that these episodes even bothered with Lucky Clover as the antagonists, because, like, just have Ankh play Kusaka! Sure, he's not an Orphnoch, but I think it might've made for a more fun episode if Faiz High School was just a bunch of Riders fighting each other for questionable reasons. Kaixa as the bullying upperclassman, Delta as an entire club that has less members every scene... yeah, boy, they missed out on this story.

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

Man, you seriously did just get a dozen people all telling you the same story about growing up watching Power Rangers and how Decade was one of their first shows, didn't you? I mean, you picked "Kamen Rider Die" as a screen name, but I didn't realize you'd be living up to the whole classic lonely Rider archetype so much.

If there's one thing I want this thread to accomplish, it's bringing every fan together through a shared background... except me.

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

His gun is sweet though. I can easily quantify that. One of my favorite transformation devices in Rider, and I honestly prefer it to the already cool DecaDriver. The motion of it extending is just so cool.

I think I just described it yesterday as "a gun that fires Kamen Riders at other Kamen Riders", and as soon as I made that connection, I liked it a lot more. Still nothing I want to own, but Kamen Rider-Firing Gun is a pretty hilariously great concept.

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

Like, Tsukasa's moral of the fortnight here, about the importance of protecting those tiny hopes and wishes we have? That's literally the note Faiz ended its entire story on, and I really enjoyed how not-Mari's love of photography played into the plot. I'd have even been upset if Newsuke was the one explaining the lesson here, because it's very specifically appropriate that Tsukasa can feel a bit of an extra connection to her through that shared passion, and express what he's trying to say in a manner nobody but him could. Of all the jerk Rider protagonists out there, I've always liked Tsukasa because I feel he's sort of a warmer person all around than most of them, despite how much he enjoys giving people trouble, and that cameraman shtick is key to that.

Yeah, this was a nice part that I didn't really touch on. Tsukasa's a guy that desperately wants to find a place where he fits in, a place where he makes sense. The idea of him feeling that connection with another photographer, a girl who's trying to express herself even in the face of bullying and harassment? That is a very nice thing for this story to make room for.

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Originally Posted by Enchilada645

It really makes you wonder what kind of Decade Rider you'd even make for an OC you know, Decade's got the transforming into other Riders down, Diend's got summoning. Any Decade OC that only limits itself to two or does both feels like it's not really doing anything unique you know? I feel like you'd have to go really out there and make another one summon weapons or something.

It would clearly be a delivery app that summoned all of the previous supporting cast members who worked at cafes.