[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by cosmicrescend0

Does a story like this even need a major follow-up, especially one that brings back the Rider War?

I'm more okay with revisiting Ryuki's premise than I am a lot of other shows. Between the rebooted reality of the finale, and the tantalizing of premise of Why Would These Guys Choose To Fight Again, I was looking forward to seeing the old (and older) gang again.

But they made one pretty fatal flaw: No one chose to be there. That's huge! That's a huge part of the Ryuki premise! It wasn't about shoving people into a death match, it was about exploring why people value things more than their own lives, or if we should look at sacrifice as a different kind of murder. To have people abducted and told to TATAKAE... it's not really the same thing?

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Originally Posted by cosmicrescend0

Shinji feels like Shinji, but like, less in a "hotblooded puppy" way and more "your funny uncle everyone gets along with" kind of way?

Yeah, Shinji's whole Enthusiastic Dimwit act plays a lot differently when he's approaching 40. Still funny, but a little sadder?

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Originally Posted by cosmicrescend0

And hey, isn't that Mr. Heisei Rider himself I spy, making a cameo amongst the crowd? Love when suit actors make little cameos.

Not just a petrified-looking Takaiwa; Abyss's blink-and-you'll-miss-him human host was Kuuga's suit actor, Kenji Tominaga!