[DreadBringer]

I know there are lots of comments before, but not to be attention-seeking, can you also check my replies before?

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

every cutaway to Kitaoka gloating over his deception is like a knife in the heart. even he, a brilliant attorney, couldn’t frame Shinji for this murder, I feel like we don’t know each other at all.) The resolution, with Shinji being so glad that Goro’s alive and so glad he didn’t murder him, it’s very sweet and welcome. I like that Shinji’s so caring that he didn’t think to want to murder Kitaoka (reasonable!) until after he was relieved that Goro was alive. But I’m not sure if the beginning part of the story, the shell-shocked Shinji stuff, I’m not sure that works as well as the conclusion. Just a little hard to forget that Kitaoka is (beautifully, hilariously, gloriously) tricking him.

Shinji one is the precursor of something like Sento's dilemma. And Tezuka managed to memorize the symbol of Knight to draw it to predict him. Can we also talk on how the way Ren "consoles" Shinji? He didn't try to ignore him or something but he did ignore Shinji's ideals by just stating that Riders are meant to die. But Ren immediately notices what's going on when Shinji talks about how he didn't want Zolda to die, but saying Kitaoka mourns over "Zolda"'s death. And Ren...you say there's rare for someone as scummy as Kitaoka, but did you forget Scissors?? “He may be a fool, but he may be a better man than you or I.”

All because of the phone signal's fault. But can we also talk on how Goro, despite serving as Kitaoka's contrast before in morality, agreeing with him to do morally questionable things here to ruin someone's life?

Probably you think that the resolution is too easy for the characters? Like it's too simple that they just have Shinji bump to Kitaoka in some place, therefore seeing Kitaoka as the actual Zolda and Goro being alive. The character part is really conveyed well here tho.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

So great to have Kitaoka back, though, and I love how his plan is yet again Maybe Shinji Will Get Eaten By His Monster. It’s kind-of a thing running through this episode, that these dudes who like to paint themselves as killers, ready to go all pro ice on another Rider, they maybe don’t actually have the stomach for it. Kitaoka keeps trying to get Dragreder to finish Shinji off, and Quarter (not in this one a lot!) sort-of has Ren’s number re: probably not a killer. Even Scissors, who’s the only Rider yet to get killed onscreen, his contract monster is really the one who finishes him off. Could Ren really kill someone? I like that the show leaves that question hanging. It’s cool to have Ren’s version of himself be challenged by Yui and Shinji’s version of him, their belief maybe overcoming his self-deception.

Kitaoka plans to defeat other Riders isn't directly fighting him, which adds a variety on how to defeat Riders besides good-ol TATAKAE. This plan is foiled by Yui who shields him when Dragreder tried to eat him. Don't you think this moment is quite bizzare (will be important later, but as for now with no spoilers) that her presence can repel monsters?

Well yeah, the reason Ren ran away from previous episode, being a Rider in this series means detaching your humanity. And true Ren didn't technically kill Scissors but Volcancer did. Tezuka wants to crack that facade of Ren. And the end of episode showed that side of him somewhat with him not running away again. What do you mean by "Yui and Shinji’s version of him"? But I also have to ask, battle wise (I REALLY want to know about this!!), how did Knight's Final Vent to Raia went out? Did it miss, did it only scrape Raia? etc.? And even if it hit him, how did Raia survive? Is it due to Ren not being able to kill someone that he unconsciously holds back his Final Vent too like Raia?? (but his Final Vent penetrates someone's full body...)

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Great story across this two-parter. The Kitaoka/Reiko/Goro stuff is relentlessly hilarious (I would 100% put up that 24” x 36” picture Kitaoka sends Reiko, it’s magnificent)

I find it satisfying that Reiko vandalizes Kitaoka's photo....and him being totally in rage