[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

The ending isn't all bright, other than that, the Second Fuuto Tower is still postphoned indefinitely with Miyabi quitting the council. Not all endings are wholly positive or happy. Dunno what'd be the right decision in this part, dunno what to blame for others. There are damned if you do/don't situations. While keeping hard truth is bad, hard truth also cannot be quickly delivered without regard. Delivering it when the person is ready is also something to keep on mind.

I think for me, the biggest problem is that the episode refuses to pick a lane at the end. Shotaro admits that it's wrong to keep lying to Asuka, but he just waves the problem away by saying that someone will tell her someday, and it'll all work out. It'd be just as infuriating if the show concluding a mystery by saying that the heroes decided not to prevent a crime, but assumed that the cops would probably take care of it, so that was good enough. Kind of sucks to have a major problem solved off-screen, at some future date, based purely on our optimism!

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Originally Posted by Sunred

Queen and Elizabeth were portrayed by Tomomi Itano and Tomomi Kasai respectively, both who were part of AKB48 at the time. Yes, that AKB48, the idol girl group with over dozens of members.

I am aware! It's one of the first bits of trivia you learn about this show as a fan. They even do that cute A-K-B Gaia Memories gag in the summer movie.

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

I mostly remember this one because occasional tokusatsu podcaster Vangelus always brings it up as a terrible arc of W and I don't really see it? Are we in a phase of the show that skates by on the charm of its cast more than the strength of its plots? Probably. Was it made at least in part so that Masaki Suda could show of his dance skills? Also probably. I still thought this episode was fun. Philip and Shotaro both get their own storylines, Akiko has some good moments, and it's hard to hate on anything that devotes two minutes to a dude trying to use street dancing to call out a girl.

While it's incredibly weird to have so much of this episode's Philip plot resemble a test run for Gaim's first act, I don't think this thing is terrible by a long shot. It's a little weak in some areas, but it more than makes up for it with an assured tone and some great character work. I like seeing Akiko and Philip team up for a change!