[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Why didn't Kitaoka let Megumi know, what if Kitaoka lets her know? And even if Kitaoka's silent, wouldn't there be sound effects for the belt forming and Zolda armor appearing? Or the splash when he jumps to the water?

I mean, I don't want to take apart the joke, because that ruins it. This whole thing is like a cartoon, where any of the normal rules are thrown out the window.

But, to play along, I'll say:

-Kitaoka can't let Megumi know because something something too dangerous to know the truth. I hate this policy, but it's definitely one the show has clung to relentlessly.

-The chirping of crickets and lapping of waves, super coincidentally, is of an opposing frequency of the belt forming and the Zolda armor appearing, rendering that part of the transformation utterly silent. What a lucky break for Kitaoka!

-He doesn't jump into the water, he jumps into the reflection on the water. It doesn't make any sound, because he's not interacting with the water. It's also the reason why he's not wet when he gets back in the boat.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

This is the episode I talked about when I talked about how Goro can stand up to Kitaoka for certain reason (shouting SENSEI! to make Kitaoka agree with Shinji & Ren), but agreed to do something more morally questionable in ep. 14. Shinji should've just take back the donut, better than wasting food.

I don't think Shinji would take back a gift, even if the recipient would throw it away. And I definitely don't think Kitaoka would let him take it back, if only to make sure it goes to waste.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

OK sorry for this one but Megumi is the type of character I can't stand (I should always separate characters and looks). The type I meant is a character that is totally dumb and out of reality, yet won't pipe down (nor learn) and keeps ruining everything around them. Having no malicious intent by that can either make it better or worse (that they don't know what wrong they caused and keep doing that anyway). The type seen much in children cartoons such as Patrick Star (especially in post-movie episodes), Masha, Dog in CatDog, etc. Probably yeah Kitaoka suffering (you okay with this?) is karmically warranted, but would be grating for the other undeserving people.

Megumi knows the most about Kitaoka... surprassing Goro?! Were Megumi and Kitaoka closer than even Goro the very early time Kitaoka recruited her? And Megumi is merficul towards the thugs because she took off her slippers. Kicking them in the face with slippers on would be more painful AND that the bottom of footwears are dirty, giving more discomfort. Megumi's clumsiness actually saved her once against the monster with the hot spaghetti, though I wonder how can she hold up against Mirror Monsters with her fighting skills.

Admittedly, Megumi's not going to be for everyone! I can see her being frustrating for her cartoonishness. She's not a realistic, comprehensible person by any stretch. She's in this episode to be insane and torture Kitaoka. (I am always okay with torturing Kitaoka, because he both deserves it and seems to thrive on it. That dude likes to have something to overcome!) If you find her to be too much of a caricature, I wouldn't argue against it.

I liked how her obsession (?) with Kitaoka has made her a super-fan, though. I like that she does get Kitaoka on a deeper level than even Goro. If she'd just been ruining Kitaoka's life and making him crazy, I don't think a lot of the later comedy would've landed. Making her someone who does legitimately care for and understand him, it's a little touch that improved the episode for me.

Your mileage may vary, though!

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

The mid-series comedy break is something that happened a few times in the early Heisei era. I don’t remember if Faiz has one, but Blade and Kabuto memorably went back to this well at around the same point (Hibiki didn’t get the chance, of course, what with it being cancelled at episode 29).

Structurally, it's a really good time for it. The halfway point is a nice place to put, like, an intermission. There'd been some deep, heavy stuff going on, and the introduction of Kamen Rider Boss and his Turn Back(hand) Time Vent is a good place to pause the action.