[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Enchilada645

Shinobi's mini series is pretty alright to me, nothing majorly impressive for me tbh, I like his theme song. That's about it.

Oh yeah! It's a really good theme song! I was pleasantly surprised that Kamen Rider Shinobi's three-episode spin-off got its own opening sequence and theme song. They committed to the bit, which is crucial.

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Originally Posted by cosmicrescend0

Do love that they immediately went with the most ridculous worldbuliding imaginable for this one. "Why is Shinobi a shinobi?" "Because everyone is, silly! It's the scheme of the evil ninja organization controlling the goverment, yknow?"

I wonder if they'd've leaned into the ridiculousness of this premise for a series, or if they'd've kept it more grounded. I kinda love the idea of Ninja Bus Driver and Ninja Butcher and Ninja Call Center Employee. I don't know that they're great for a Kamen Rider series (again, not at all clear on what the thematic payoff for any of that would be), but it's agreeably dumb to ponder.

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Originally Posted by GrandComplete

And I love how at the end when Decade leaves we get very similar effect to what happened in Decade Episode 3 with Tiger and Delta.

Decade lived long enough to see himself become the fan-favorite anti-hero who screws things up for the Anniversary Rider.

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

Needless to say, even though my past self wasn't sure yet, in retrospect, I consider Sougo's whole confrontation with Rentarou to be another defining moment for his character. It's a great glimpse into the more... introspective (is maybe the word for it?) flavor of drama that Shimoyama starts bringing to the series' writing now that we've been able to establish Sougo as a protagonist with some proper depth.

It's the best part of a sub-par episode, that's for sure. Decade didn't really click for me as an open-ended story until Inoue gave Tsukasa that Protecting People's Journeys speech, and Sougo's appeal for someone to Believe In Their Future Self felt similarly definitive. It feels earned, with Sougo talking about his own difficulty in staying positive, rather than just some thematic platitude. And feels like a thing that Sougo can take with him beyond the boundaries of Oma Day or Time Jackers or Another Riders. It's a thing he can do as Sougo, not just as Kamen Rider Zi-O.

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

Third, I know you?ve seen Jetman?s premiere (and no, I refuse to elaborate for anyone who doesn?t know how.)

Oh, right! True. That was a fun first episode, too. Inoue Forever!

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

* The opening visuals accompanying the narration are a spoof of Ninninger?s.

* The guy Rentaro throws his fight against is wearing Tawada?s character Kinji?s outfit from Ninninger.

* And for a fun bonus, the voice of the sentient frog tapestry is Nobuo Kyo. You know him as Amazon Neo Alpha from The Last Judgement, I know him as the guy who gave me my signature quote (which is the reason why he?s in this).

Thank you for the info, but please never mention The Last Judgment ever, ever again. God, I hated that movie.