[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

I'm still a bit divided on the resolution to Izu's story. I like having her get her memories back, but I did like the concept of Aruto having to build a new relationship with her and having to deal with the changes of having a new version of her. Granted, it's not like there was going to be a season two of Zero-One, so we were never going to get much time with New Izu anyway. Also, it allowed for a continued purpose for the Zero-Two suit, which is still my favorite costume from the show and it's so much fun seeing her and Aruto fight alongside each other.

Yeah, it... it's a real hand-wavey thing, them giving us Classic Izu for the climax of the film. (It doesn't help that Izu and Aruto only share a single scene before she shows up to save him from his berserker rage!) It's the biggest walk-back from the finale, and it isn't grounded in much more than happy feelings. But! This was a story that only really works if Aruto and Izu are on the same level of a partnership, and New Izu just can't fill that role. The only alternative would be to have New Izu hit her Singularity in the movie, and there's just too much else to do for that to feel like it's being treated seriously. The best version was probably just Satellite There merging the two versions and sending them off to save Aruto.

(Zero-Two suit is still real good! I think Kamen Rider Lucifer was my favorite suit from this film, though. Eden plus skeletons? Sign me up!)