[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by DreamSword

I think my favorite aspect of the plot's pattern so far has been how the Legend Riders themselves have been both literally and symbolically trusting their lives with Sogo via handing him the Ride Watches. Can't wait to see how that ties with the little bits of foreshadowing that we've been getting from Woz.

That is nice! These guys are real heroes, entrusting their power and legacy to a kid who immediately screws up their finishers. (A bit that I adore.) Luckily, I guess they won't remember him enough to maybe have second thoughts?

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Originally Posted by Deepsea

Well color me excited to catch up.

I hope you enjoy it! Takes a minute to get good, but that second story is a real good time.

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

For what it?s worth, the writer did have a plan to explore how different every Rider?s world would be without there being Riders or monsters, but he lacked both space in the script and money in the budget necessary to pull it off.

Which, again, I would maybe not create weirdly ambiguous consequences that you can't really explore in a satisfying way? Bit of an unforced error, from my vantage point.

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Originally Posted by DrChief

You know, I haven't really seen anyone talking about it, but I just really like the katakana/hiragana aesthatic of the suits?

Just the little things, like how Sougo's Rider Shoe has the katakana for 'kick' on it, and the way his first Rider Kick is portrayed so that his visor and shoe line up to spell out "Rider Kick". The way part of said visor extends to form a second hand. And in the latest episode, how Sougo's Critical Time Break utilizes the same 'Hit' effects used in Ex-Aid, but written in katakana instead of English.

The way the weapons shift as well, with the spelling literally changing with the weapon to indicate what mode it is in, just stands out to me and looks so cool.

Geiz's weapon in particular, the Zikan Zax, just really tickles my funny bone. The sound effects that occur when Geiz changes his weapon forms are named after said weapon forms, "Yumi" for bow and 'Ono' for axe, but are intentionally separated so that we get "You! Me!" and "Oh no!" instead. And that is just hilarious to me. "Oh no! An axe!"

I also just really like the base form suits (but I also have trash taste in fashion, so you know, take what I say with a grain of salt). They're basically walking wristwatches, with the helmets being the literal faces of the watch while the straps form the divider in the middle of the suits. It's a very simple design, and yet I just really like it. I just really like how they combined these two different themes, of clocks and Japanese lettering, and somehow make it work. And I am in love with it.

I think we discussed them a little bit, but I don't recall anyone praising them with such specificity. Thank you for that! I definitely didn't catch the sound effects for Geiz'z axe, but I also dug the RIDER face and KICK foot. The effects and design teams are clearly having a real fun time with this series!