[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by cosmicrescend0

Anyway! Very excited for Die to get to Zi-O, and to rewatch it for myself! It's only been a few months or so since I finished it for the first time, but reading these threads always helps me gain some new appreciation for a show or catch something I missed on the initial watch! And I feel like that's especially needed for this one....

There's a bit of trepidation about starting Zi-O (which I'll get into tomorrow), but I always end up loving watching these shows. I don't, uh... I don't always end up loving the shows, but I love watching the shows. It's a fun discovery process.

The thing that's always most exciting is seeing what some other production team (writers, producers, actors, stunt teams, caterers) thinks a Kamen Rider show should be. Some of it's in the specific themes or concepts a crew wants to explore (Teamwork or Humility or The Possibility For Change), but some of it's in the tone of the material, or the emphasis on different storytelling tricks.

It's like each team just bought the last team's house, and I get to see what they've turned the inside into. How did they decorate? What walls did they knock down? Why are there so many goddamn clocks? And etc.

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Originally Posted by AkibaSilver

I've still not seen all of OOO (Yes, I know, I'm a godless heathen), but Ankh coming back for just that moment is, just like Megamax, scripted and acted perfectly to the point where you don't need to.

The thing that always makes that scene land for me (and I've seen it probably three times now?) is how Eiji underplays his reaction, while his eyes are going OMG ANKH.

I think I talked about this, but you can't be honest, emotionally, with Ankh. Eiji can't start crying, or hug him, or say how much he missed Ankh. He just has to take it all in, and fight back tears, while Ankh tells him he looks like shit. But everything in their brief reunion tells you that this moment means the world to both of them: Eiji's watery eyes, Ankh's barely-concealed glee, the easy rapport of them being snarky with each other. It's perfect.

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Originally Posted by AkibaSilver

And as for Zi-O, shame to hear you didn't make it to the quota Die! Sure would be a shame if a group of toku fans were to ruin your attempts to do it solo by posting their thoughts in the same thread, huh?

brb gotta ask the mods to pre-emptively lock a thread

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Originally Posted by DreamSword

If anyone is curious, here were the arcs that I applied to be a part of for "TN Watches Zi-O."

1. 7 and 8
2. 23 and 24
3. 33 and 34
4. 44, 45, and 46
5. Geiz Majesty

Having not seen Zi-O yet, I have zero idea what I'll think of these episodes, but uh, if anyone can particularly guess as to why I chose the ones that I did, well, you've certainly done your homework, haha.

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Originally Posted by TheRaizin

Wish I could apply for the Kiva arc and/or Black Woz's debut. Unfortunately, timezone's a screwy and not in the position that I could just freely use my time.

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Originally Posted by Enchilada645

Here were the sets of episodes I went to pitch for.

5th: 21 to 22
4th: 23 to 24
3rd: 37 to 38
2nd: 13 to 14
1st: 25 to 28

5 through 2 were mostly in terms of like, which Episodes I feel I could talk the most about. 1st though is like, my favorite set of episodes in the entire show.

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

One of the reasons I didn't pitch in was because I was too lazy to look up which episodes were which arcs.

One of the fun things about collecting people's Zi-O picks was getting to see where the most interesting episodes were going to land. Not necessarily the best (probably?), but the ones the most people wanted to talk about.

The most-requested block was 25-28, followed by 21-22, so it seems like I've got a real weird middle section to look forward to. Beyond that, 35-36 and 17-18 made a few people's lists. Oddly, no one volunteered for the first two or final episodes, so... uh, could be a rough series arc!

No spoilers in response to this info, please, but I thought it was worth sharing with the world.

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Originally Posted by wentwood

I started Amazon on YouTube today.

That's awesome! I can't wait to hear how you're liking it. And you have to share; it's the friendly thing to do!