[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by DreamSword

You should add the W Novel to the list since it recently got translated. It seems to take place right after episode 36 if you're curious. It's a fun read!

I'm not sure I'll have time for a whole book while I'm doing this, but maybe between this thread and the next one? I'll take it under advisement!

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Originally Posted by Sunred

Me after seeing Kamen Rider Die will also review Fuuto P.I.: *gets out bowl and popcorn*

I'm looking forward to it! I'm not much for anime, but hopefully it'll still work for me.

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Originally Posted by DreamSword

Rewatched episode 1, and boy, I had almost forgotten how much I used to dislike Akiko.

I wish I could explain how bizarre it was to enjoy Akiko's high-energy antagonism and broad mugging. It's all the shit I usually hate in Kamen Rider, but now... I don't know, it really clicked with me? And it's not even in the sense of With Later Context, because boy did I not find myself missing Akiko when she rolled up in Girls Remix. She never worked for me on my first viewing, and she SUPER didn't work for me by the end.

Now... I just like her chemistry with Shotaro. They're both fairly unlikable, but in opposing ways: Shotaro's trying so hard to be cool that you want someone to deflate his ego a bit, and Akiko's so grating in her objections that you want someone to yell at her. This show gives you both!

But, honestly, I feel like I might just be deranged. It's incredibly to say that Akiko's great ever, or especially right now, as she's harassing Shotaro and maybe trying to end the series before it starts. She -- she sort of doesn't make a great first impression, no.

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Originally Posted by DreamSword

And how is she so clueless about her father's' own business office when she's the landlord? It's frustrating.

I know you watched Movie War Core! You saw how much that dude let his family in on his life! I'm amazed Akiko even knew he worked in Fuuto!!!