[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Enchilada645

Yeah this was a fairly alright two-parter, and again as I mentioned earlier, Terui alongside our guest this time, Nagi, were very much carrying the entirety of this two-parter on their shoulders. Whether it was the revelation that Terui's necklace was a gift from his sister, the fact that he utterly fails and yet his presence is enough to stall out the worst case scenario, or even Nagi's desperate hope that Terui will manage to actually beat the sicko who has made her life a living hell.

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

I?ve mentioned elsewhere that in the ?Foundation X? trilogy, as I?ve seen it be called, that compared to others, the Second Riders tend to be stuck in their own subplots that have little to no impact on the main Rider?s war against he resident evil (at least compared to the likes of Cross-Z, who has jsut as much of an enmity with Evol as Build, if not a greater one, and Kusaka, who drives the plot with his one-sided enmity with Takumi pushing quite a few aspects of the plot forward). But out of the three, I like Accel?s storyline the best, mostly because it actually comes to the organic conclusion of Terui defeating his nemesis without giving into his worst aspects (compared with Meteor, whose enmity with Aries was aborted in favour of debuting Cosmic States), and there is some impact on the main plot, as Isaka?s romance with Saeko (which a few watchers either ignored or treated is disingenuous, despite the lack of evidence it?s anything other than a mutual romance) and their subsequent failed attempt at mutiny forces Saeko onto the streets, which will massively change the villains? dynamic throughout the remaining episodes.

Yeah, as much as I was a little non-plussed to see such a straightforward Terui story, the execution is something I can't really complain about. It's a solid story of unstoppable heroism, leavened with a surprising amount of sweetness from Terui. If you're an Accel fan, I can't imagine that you'd feel disappointed by how he's portrayed over these two episodes.