[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

So, Keitaro?s absence is because the guy who played him retired a year before this movie was announced. I?m guessing he wasn?t that eager to break his retirement so soon, so we get the nephew playing much the same role.

I had read that, and it's a bummer, but I'd've maybe preferred they didn't just have Young Replacement Keitaro saying stuff like TAKKUN and running into the final fight with the Faiz gear. It's... not great for a lot of the larger dramatic tension. It feels like what you do in a TTFC comedy follow-up, you know?

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

One thing I do like about this movie is the fact that Muez?s Predictive AI (which in the CSM toyline, all the ?Next? Rider suits have) is thwarted by Old Faiz, presumably because Smart Brain felt that since the power set was obsolete, they didn?t bother keeping any detailed files on at all.

My headcanon on this is that Takumi is so contradictory -- verbally, emotionally, psychologically -- that even his fighting style makes no sense to an analytical observer. Only Mari can decode his bullshit!