[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by FreshToku

I can't speak for anyone else, but I never expected Kiriya or Kuroto to come back after their initial deaths in the show, so that was a fun surprise when they did. But yeah, glad you liked the Another Ending movies! I pretty much like them in increasing order. In fact, I'm pretty sure I flat-out wasn't impressed with the Brave and Snipe one (even as someone who is neutral on Nico, I got kinda angry at what they did with her!), but the time I got to the end of the third movie, I had a good time. I am persobally plenty satisfied with the ending of the TV show, but Lazer vs Genm is perfectly fine as an addition.

I'm a little skeptical nowadays when it comes to Rider or villain deaths outside the final three episodes. Like, I was more shocked that Saionji didn't come back in the main Ghost series than I was that everyone else resurrected.

I definitely think I liked Brave/Snipe better the second time, and maybe liked Paradox/Poppy a little less. Which is kind-of weird, since that is the opposite of how much I like those pairings of characters. (What the show does with Parado's arc is... what is the emoji tag for "chef's kiss"?) I just felt this time that Brave/Snipe is about something in a way that Paradox/Poppy felt a little hollow.

Yeah, I think viewing Genm vs Lazer as an "addition" to the show's ending is the right move. All of Emu's stuff gets thoroughly wrapped up in the show, the Another Ending movies are for everyone else's threads.

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Originally Posted by FreshToku

I am curious if you've delved into the expensive world of owning any Rider merchandise of your own?

Sadly, yes! Like I mentioned, plastic robot toys are my main toy addiction, and I'm not huge on action figures. As a result, I've picked up some Figuarts, but after unpacking and posing them, they pretty much stand on a shelf. I'm a co-owner for a comics shop, so most of what I've picked up is stuff I can get wholesale from our suppliers. I haven't yet dropped serious coin on any import figs. That's kind-of my limit. Well, one limit. The other limits are "only main Riders or main forms" (base suit, no form changes or upgrades) and "I can only open and display a figure when I've watched the show". I've got some early-Heisei Rider figs, from the Rider Kicks re-releases, that are waiting for me to work through their shows. Mostly, the figs are just trophies for series I've watched.

HUGE respect for the folks who go all in on show merch, though. It's a dream to have enough space and/or money to own those CSM replica drivers.