[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

For other Amazons references, all of the monster Jyumenki has battling for him have the same motifs as the Beastmen, Amazon’s monsters of the week. Also, he Mole Beastman that Grandpa claims to be is an actual character from the show, as are those two kids that are so important (in the show, they were the children of a professor Amazon’s as sent all the way from Brazil to find by his village elder).

The Mole Beastman reference was one I got! One of the major Amazons characters is a Mole Amazon who struggles with being good, so I figured (after seeing Decade's scene) that it was something from the original. But I appreciate the clarification!

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

I don't know if this is about the Tsukasa forgetting his lessons being too old now and that it grates on you know where you tolerate it more before, but yeah that's something DreamSword did brought up before about Tsukasa having memory loss, which I agreed too.

I don't mind it if a show wants to make a character's struggle into a recurring theme, or a motif, but this isn't that? This is just (to me) a lesser version of the same story we got last time. It's not about Tsukasa regressing, it's about him being a gigantic jerk so he can feel guilty for most of the story.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Still that'd be similar to "push you to the cliff then pull them back up" kind of thing.

That is a pretty great description of how Kaitou does things!

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

(Which means that Tomoko is like, my double favorite, by the way, so I'm glad to see you taking this chance to get her in the thread, Die!)

Team Tomoko! We gotta stick together.

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

I guess maybe that's where Decade is at in this last stretch? It's a little crazy to think that these are the penultimate episodes of the series, considering how relatively thin the drama is, but man, when they're still busting out standalone story concepts this enjoyable, it's a lot harder to be upset.

Yeah, I... maybe this is colored a bit by my knowledge that Tsukasa will keep popping up for another 12 years, but I sort of like it better that this show doesn't feel like it's closing in on an endgame. I dislike the focus on Tsukasa's need to find his home and settle down, because a) I know he doesn't settle down, and b) it's not what this show needs for either its narrative or its theme. Just, like, let him and his friends wander forever. Just do that.

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Originally Posted by Daikaijuman54

Supposedly the original idea of Amazon was that he was going to be heavily martial arts focused and that he'd be based off Bruce Lee with a dragon motif (or at least his name had something to do with dragon after many of Bruce Lee's films), before they decided to base him off Tarzan. It's still interesting how different Amazon is from every other Showa Rider at the time, like being based off of lizards (whose design I adore), or how he doesn't get introduced like a normal person, or tragic past, but just this bizarre superhuman on the run from Gedon.

He's definitely the most appealing Showa concept, to me. Glad to hear these extra details!