[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

It works, it's just a lot at once. It feels a lot like a season premiere, except that in this case the previous season finale just aired last week.

No, I hear you. I think it pays more dividends in Double because the cast is relatively small (Shotaro, Philip, Akiko) and there's only one Rider. There's always a bit more of a lurch in a show that has a couple Riders already. For better or worse (I'd argue "better", but YMMV) Ghost definitely became The Necrom Show for a chunk of episodes once Alain became a Rider.

It also helps that Terui both HAS a problem (his dead family) and IS a problem (see above!). For a show that kind of doesn't have anywhere in particular to go with Shotaro, and is sort of treading water with Philip, Terui at least gives them all something to do while waiting for the next case to arrive and/or throw a brick through their window.