[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by AkibaSilver

But yeah, Fourze episode. It's good! Fourze Armour looks sick, and combining the two tributes into one like this was probably the first sign, to me at least, that Zi-O was a little less beholden to formula than, say, Decade. It's predictable, but not afraid to throw you a curveball.

Yeah, it's fun to see them starting to acknowledge that, once you get into Phase 2, Heisei shows stop being these discrete, concluding stories for our heroes to drop into for a fortnight. Phase 2 is messy! Shows overlap, characters get endless epilogues, etc. Decade could do stories that siloed off other shows, but Phase 2 isn't really like that, production-wise.

Also, it's neat to treat Heisei as a giant mix of themes and aesthetics, rather than Decade's view of it as individual worlds. Feels more like my experience watching these shows, honestly?

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Originally Posted by AkibaSilver

Delta is so powerful he can bring this joke back from the dead, but not powerful enough to get a mention in Episode 5 despite being two dead guys making it in. Sad times.

Delta's so powerful that even the Time Jackers are afraid to resurrect his power. Better to lose endlessly than unleash the constant victories of Delta.