[GodSpeedLove]

Hello all,

I have recently gotten into Kamen Rider, and I've been lurking these threads for the past 6 months or so as I watch various seasons, and I just have to say, Die, thank you for hosting such interesting discussions about so many Kamen Rider shows! It's insanely difficult to find episode-by-episode discussions for earlier seasons, so your threads (along with everyone else posting) have been a great companion piece as I've been getting more and more into the bugmen. It's probably part of why I've been able to watch so much in such a short time (6 seasons in 6 months, Faiz is my favorite so far btw), and it is 100% why I've just made an account to share in finally keeping up with the discussion as I watch OOO for the first time. Keep up the good work!

Anyway, I LOVED this last 2 parter (27 and 28). It was so wild and crazy, I could barely believe what I was seeing at times. W is my 2nd favorite season (though may be 3rd if OOO continues), and part of why is how unpredictable each episode's tone, setting, and characters could be. This felt like a return to that idea!

Now for some random OOO thoughts/comparisons as a somewhat newbie: I think Eiji/Ankh is like the Shinii/Ren dynamic, but much more interesting. So much of Ryuki is Shinji pleading with Ren not to do a thing, Ren does it anyway, and Shinji shrugs his shoulders (and vice versa). It just got very tiresome and repetitive. Here it's a lot more push and pull, especially with Eiji leveraging his ability as OOO, which is much more fun to watch in my opinion! It feels like they really could break apart at any moment, while Ren and Shinji lacked spice in my opinion (they're supposed to be fighting for their lives! Why does everyone just kinda hang out in Ryuki!) Also, another side note, the counting medals screen at the beginning of each episode is SO helpful. I have no idea why they didn't do something similar with the Build bottles. It was so hard to keep track, everything moves so fast in Build!

Okay, rant over, thanks for reading and I will be certain to join the discussion again soon!