[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

The show gets more of its own voice as it goes on, but yeah, the overall tone is very similar to Kuuga. That very grounded, more drama than action show element persists through most of the early Heisei era. The focus on law enforcement and their approach to the monsters does end after this series, though, and it's one of the things that really tie these shows together.

See, what shook me a bit was that I don't think the tone is the same as Kuuga, even though the story very much is. There's a... not lightness, but maybe a balance to these episodes. A better sense of scale? I don't know. I had more fun watching these episodes than I did nearly any Kuuga episodes. (Not to say these were better than all of Kuuga, just more fun to watch.) It's hard to really nail down how it's different, only three episodes in, but it feels less.. solemn, maybe? More hopeful? I don't know. I gotta find more antonyms for "grim", I guess.