[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

As for the Libera Driver, this would be the ?least favourite belt? I mentioned back after episode 7. Mainly because of its interactions with the Vistamps being very generic (you could revise this Driver to function with any other gimmick without changing the basic design) and the female vocalist (I have no idea who it is) sounding way too harsh for my liking. It very much feels like something the show-runners thrown in at the last minute (especially since, so far, it?s got the only belt jingle with no rhyming or alliteration).

I can't say I've seen or heard enough of it to form an opinion, but I at least like the way the Vistamp rotates? I like a belt mechanism with some movement to it, and this one is pleasingly chunky in its activation.

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

Thirdly, Jeanne. Holy shit, Kamen Rider Jeanne. I fucking love everything about this character. The suit is an absolute masterpiece, especially by the standards of a show that has such a large gulf between its good (Jeanne, Demons, spoilers) and bad suits (almost everything Revi/Vice-related). Black and blue with orange accents? Perfect. Lithe and flexible for a snake-themed melee fighter? Perfect. That helmet? Absolute perfection. Is it my favorite Kamen Rider suit of all time? Probably not. Is it in my top ten? Absolutely. Top five? Quite possibly, but I'm not going to sit here and run the calculations.

Ha ha, I loved everything about Episode 12 -- Sakura's story, Lovekov's introduction, Ikki's role, Daiji's role, Aguilera's crush -- except for the Jeanne suit. I don't dig how baggy the boots are, but I hate how the orange at the bicep looks shrugged off of the shoulders. If those orange elements came up to form pauldrons, I'd probably like the suit 50% more. It looks like she's slouching, and it really bothers me. That said, the mask is pretty great.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

I guess there can be various ways on how teenagers operate, what's realistic or natural shouldn't be conformed into certain things only. I get your interest in her regarding how she incorporates convincing teenage traits (as I wrote above), though this does kinda sound like how you appreciated bratty kid character before.

"Appreciated" is maybe overstating it? I like when a character has a point of view, and I like when that point of view forces other characters to respond to it. Sakura's character is very distinct from Ikki or Daiji, and yet everything she is as a person is due in part to her proximity to those characters. The way they can know and love each other, but still aggravate one another, is one of the best tools this series has to make itself unique.