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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

I don't think it's the perfect show, but it's good at everything. It's the rare Kamen Rider show where I don't think it makes any mistakes.

"OOO wasn't perfect, it just did literally everything right."

Yeah, okay.You can try and be modest about it, but one day we're all going to have to accept the obvious truth here.

As for Heisei Generations Final, I actually had the True Ending problem with the title, where I expected more of an upgrade from the first than it was. In retrospect, I think it's a fairly strong "sidegrade" that trades some of the bombastic fun of the original for a slightly more in-depth plot and probably better use of the returning Riders (I'm not totally sure on that one, but obviously, you know, Ankh).

I disagree that you could just slap Ryuuga's arc on any secondary Rider and have it work as well. There are similar characters out there for sure (Beast is a good example), but Love & Peace, you're going to find is a major component of Build's themes as it goes along, and I think doing a little compressed version of his development from the show that gets to specifically contrast him against some of the most selfless Riders out there (and I mean, even by the usual standards, guys like Takeru and Eiji really like helping people) was a great idea.

It's simple and a bit trite in its delivery, but I think it's specifically appropriate for Cross-Z, and having a clear throughline and character arc is unfortunately not something we can take for granted in a Rider movie, so I'll give Final some credit for trying.

Also, and this might just be because I haven't seen that movie in longer, but I don't remember a thing about Dr. Pac-Man, and I do about Bikaiser, for what it's worth. He- er, they were really fun, and the evil plan at play was memorable.

I mean, taking parallel worlds and smashing them together is some devious s***. You'd have to be a real jerk to wanna do something like that.