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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

KAMEN RIDER SABER EPISODE 4 - “THE BOOK WAS OPENED, THAT IS WHY”

Immediately fills the villain void this show was in, while also making Calibur someone worth caring about. Desast has such devastating charisma, right from the start. He basically tells Calibur, the guy who summoned him, to go screw. He’s excited to duel with Buster. His loss is taken with a laugh; he seems to relish the idea of having an excuse to fight again later. He’s just fun, in a way that Calibur’s quiet menace and the trio of book gangsters had yet to manage. He comes into Buster’s story of a terrified parent and goes Man You Got Old. It’s great!

Desast's name is a play on the French word "D?sastre" (デザストル, Dezasutoru). Otherwise, yeah it seems that Desast is the Saber character that reaches franchise-wide success, even though he's a secondary villain, though it's for the reasons you haven't known yet (while you already enjoyed him). He's the one who actually purposely lets the heroes get advantages due to his blood knight approach of wanting good fight. The cliffhanger part of Calibur's attack also'd involve Kento which you questioned before.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Ogami’s storyline, him seeing past Touma’s artistic facade for the dedicated warrior inside, was nice. It’s mostly just a standard Warrior Respects Warrior thing, but it’s landed effectively. I wish they’d found a different angle on it – something where Ogami finds value in Touma’s sweetness, or studiousness? – but what they gave was at least coherently done.

I mean honestly, I'd think this'd land better if you acknowledged Ogami's faults better before in his treatments to the younger ones, though in this episode Ogami had a good reason to be livid and it's hard not to considering what happened to the child, he also needs to not quickly jump into conclusions, especially regarding people he looked down into. Though I'd wish that Ogami had a chance to look or hear Touma figuring the problem out, other than just being convinced by Kento, tbh, as he'd witness Touma's main potential in front of his eyes, other than just going side by side to battle and dividing tasks. Other than that, here Mei seems to have stepped up her game, in her support role being vital here to locate the kidnapped Sora using the same Wonder Book he opened, then informing others of their location by using fireworks.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

I’ll let it go, though, because as a fellow bookseller, I was glad to see Touma do the coolest aspect of the job: getting a minor piece of information and figuring out what book it’s from. There is no more superheroic feeling as a bookseller than having someone offer a tiny detail from something they half-remember, and you spending a couple seconds in thought before going Oh It’s A Book Called “Friday”. That’s such an electric charge moment, and I’m glad Touma was able to showcase it for a generation of children.

Yeah, this is another part where Touma's knowledges book seller job is really important to save the day. So now it's about scientific knowledge he got from books other than just fairy tales, like deducing that the Megid regenerates which is why Sora is still trapped, as they haven't beaten him yet. I guess what I'd say is actually, previously fairy tale knowledge can be as important as actual scientific knowledge from books, at least in this series, as the former is usually deemed as useless stuff and reading those kind of fiction books are still 'not proper reading'. I wonder if I'd see more of Touma's appeal than many other people, but this is still early on. Once again, Touma also makes use of unconventional fighting style by summoning Fighting Fairy, portrayed by wrestler Reika Saiki, and to prevent the Megid's regen by using an area denial AoE attack.

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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

After a decent introduction as a cool Swordsman and loving father, this is the part that made Ogami lose a few points, at least in this episode anyway. Like, I don't really sympathize much with his whole "kids these days!" attitude, where it becomes apparent that he's not quite as easygoing as he first appears. He's quick to dismiss Rintarou's concern for taking Sora in to battle and his apathy towards Touma's fascination with his narrative potential kind of makes him seem more mean and cold than he needs to be. His behavior imprints on Sora as well, since Touma and Mei have to be the ones who educate him on the wonders of books, when that's something a father should do.

Oh, you explained it better than me (and represented it) about the problem of Ogami's attitude. Not that his character is bad or something, just, yeah, these are the reasons why I don't think of him as that wholesome like said here. Or perhaps I just don't wanna give him free pass just because of his love to his son. But yeah the next episode addressed this, albeit IMO, wasted potential due to what I said below.

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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

While it's better to only make promises that you're confident you can keep, I think the most important part of any promise is the will and moral obligation to do everything possible to see it through. Like you said, it's a declaration of absolute truth, an expectation that only the most confident or clairvoyant of people can live up to. You have to be prepared for that extreme responsibility and the consequences of breaking it. However, the worst kind of people are those who would give false promises, gilded lies made to to deceive or get out of inconvenient situations, without any respect for the recipients' wishes.

Oh, I guess ep. 4 touched upon the consequences of breaking promises. Seems that even Touma too, can only respond in continuing to talk about keeping it, when his promise apparently failed and got confronted by Ogami. I guess that is meant to build up tension and drama regarding Sora, but Touma, I'd wish for Touma to give a more convincing answer if he can solve it later.... People who purposely give false promises to deceive/manipulate situations are terrible, but deeming them as the worst ones as if no one else is would be subjective... as the worst kind for people would vary... even for petty ones like just someone being "whiny" (as in, having standard emotional outburst while not being a badass...). And as bigger picture is also important, I'd not view those who give a false promise due to being forced by outer circumstances to break it while making an effort for it in the same light.

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Do you like Metal Heroes as well?

Perhaps not as much due to from what I seen, less varied...

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Originally Posted by Mesnick

Personally, I have no problem with Tendo's feelings, I would say that his concern for Kagami and the sisters is the best thing about him (and also most likely brought by his grandmother). My main problem with him is that he did not do even the 10th part of what he could. When the policemen died in Kuug, it happened because the rider did not have time to come to their aid. When ZECTroopers died in Kabuto, the reason was that the rider was simply not in a hurry.

(probably similar to early Ogami above...) It's clear that Tendou has a soft spot towards his sisters, and is actually one of the only few people he's always gentle with. What I wouldn't want is tbh, to have Tendou be viewed as a saint (similar to most other main Riders) due to his treatment of his sisters alone (using it as "proof"), while blaming all the other people (instead of Tendou) for his more abrasive treatment towards them. Even outright villains can have their evil overlooked when they're shown to be nice to certain one person (,,or... have no qualms screwing over everyone for that person). He's a good person overall, but to Kagami he can be overly harsh like how he is to any others, so wouldn't think he had special treatment to him..