[DreamSword]

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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

That color theory is only a theory though, based on the small amount of the EM spectrum that we can actually perceive. So you can't call that proof.

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Originally Posted by Sunred

I get it, complementary colors and all, but I think the vanilla color scheme for Accel is fine the way it is. Besides, we already have enough badass red/red adjacent riders with green eyes like ZX, Garren, Amazon Alpha so I'm happy with what Toei and Bandai gave us.

I will die on this hill!

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

I feel like you should be taking this up with Shroud!

I infact, will! And on that note, I should probably talk about the Trial two-parter!

For sure liked part 2 alot better than part 1. Mainly because alot of stuff in the first part felt a bit stretched. The most blatant thing being Tsaka's' first bout.

It's a primary example of what I mean when saying that I find Isaka stupidly and boringly invincible. If trapping Double in a pillar of water and Accel in an electrical storm were things he was always capable of, why did he never do it up to now, other than that our heroes would be long dead and the show would be over?

Part 2, however, was alot more my speed. With Terui himself still trying to hold onto the fires of hatred in his heart(even assuring Shroud that he still seeks revenge), until the dream about his sister is ironically what wakes him up.

Though I will say, this conclusion to Terui's' arc definitely would've landed way stronger if not for how his introductory arc had ended: Showing that as bad as he could get, he'd never go over the edge. It makes the conclusion of these episodes feel less like a hill he overcame and more like a reassurance that there was no chance of any sort of relapse.

But you know what, none of that matters to me and my brain from half a decade ago when I first watched the show. Why? Because it has my second favorite Shroud moment in it.



The sheer "screw this, I'm outta here" energy of this scene never ceases to put a smile on my face. I've said before that I love Shroud, and, intentional or not, find her over the top dramatic flourishes really funny. Heck, even ignoring that scene I made a gif of, part 1 features her somehow having explosives planted on every single rock of the avalanche she causes solely for when Terui inevitably screws up the training course. It's the sort of thing that's so ridiculous I can't help but love it.

So yeah, while there are some complaints, I overall had a good time with these episodes.