[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by FreshToku

With the exception of Growing, Mighty and one other, I still just think of Kuuga's alternate forms as 'blue Kuuga' or 'the gun one'. That said, I do love the look of basically all of them.

Also the body count is honestly ridiculous the more you think about it. On an individual story arc basis, it does a good job of driving in the fact that the Grongi is a serious threat to the people. But when you put it all together, and you think about how many people in this one area of Japan die to monsters on a regular basis, it's pretty absurd. That said, it's a logical hiccup I'm willing to overlook to appreciate the individual episodes.

I was just a little shocked in this story, where the police are like, "298 people have died." I mean, I'm pretty sure we're supposed to think Ichijou and Sakurako and Godai are making a difference, right? That Kuuga is saving lives by defeating enemies? But, shit, Spitting Grongi murders a half-dozen people before Kuuga explodes him so, uh, is this what heroism was in the early-2000s Japan? Letting less than ten people get killed before stopping a monster?

It reminds me of the (terrible) film "Man of Steel", where a triumphant Superman lowers Lois Lane to the ground after defeating Zod and one of the characters says, reverently, "He saved us." She says this as they are standing in the blighted hellscape that is now Metropolis. I mean, yes, technically you were saved. Not what I'd call a win, though!