[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Sunred

I've said it before, will say it again. Episodes 29 and 30 are the best filler eps of all time in Kamen Rider history.

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Originally Posted by BagJo

I tend to agree with this statement. Whenever I think of Ryuki (as a series) I think about the great character work, the awesome Rider designs, the (I won't say until later cuz spoilers) ending, and those two episodes in about the middle of the series that are so hilarious it doesn't even matter that they are basically filler episodes. That silent henshin is gold.

Yeah, these two episodes... front-to-back hilarious. I think the first one's a little less of a filler episode, since it does address the closer working relationship of Ryuki/Knight/Zolda, how they aren't just going to try to murder each other constantly. (It zero percent addresses Kamen Rider Boss or Rider Battles or that stuff, so it's still sort-of a filler episode.) The second episode is just a relentless joke machine though, and it's better for it in some ways.

There's a freedom in the second episode to Just Be Funny, so much so that the pre-credit scene is the last 40 seconds of the monster fight from the previous episode, and then the post-credit scene is Shinji giving Kitaoka an apology gift. (That Kitaoka tells him he's going to throw away when Shiji leaves! And Goro takes one of the treats out and puts it in his pocket while Kitaoka isn't watching! Literally the first scene of new material is laugh-out-loud funny!) They aren't even trying to make it seem like this one isn't stand-alone. (I don't expect we'll see Megumi regularly, since most of this story doesn't seem built for continuity, but I'd be okay if she hung around.) With no need to serve the season-long arc and no goal besides Make Kitaoka Suffer Hilariously, there's a clarity of purpose that keeps anything from muddying the water. I seriously respect that the show carved out space to give this lunacy its moment.