[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Frontier

Although while they're still distinct shows there's always been kind of a synchronicity to W and Drive (which, I know, Riku Sanjo but still) what with being Riders that were kind of the most overt in being Superheroes who fight crime and stop monsters instead of the usual drama that comes with being a Kamen Rider. So I feel like they just gel well together.

Yeah, and also:

-Two-part mystery format
-Heavy emphasis on partnership
-Ties????????

While Drive was way more of an ensemble than W (and W went a little harder on the Backstory Mystery stuff), there's a lot of structural and tonal similarities between the two shows. That's the reason why I wish we'd gotten a deeper story with Shinnosuke and Terui. They fit so well together, and then this movie just has them bounce a couple jokes off of each other while Chase's story does all the heavy lifting.