[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

So this is the time where, a dead topic usually ORE only follows is actually popular, with all the other journalists there. It's not that often for Shinji to ask for an Atori crew to help his ORE job... And also, does this remind you to the "Ren amnesia" 2-parter where everyone on a public transportation disappears except for one person (and the time you complained about how Mirror Monster works by that, yet it's maybe similar too here)?

Y'know, I didn't even remember that episode during this one, so, good connection to make!

I think it's a little different, though. One, in that previous episode a Mirror Mmonster was able to grab the entire contents of train car in a fraction of a second and in total silence. Here, it takes three monsters to pick off a few people in a room, and it usually takes them long enough for folks to scream and the heroes to race to get there.

Plus, having not seen the first boat attack, I'd just assume that the monsters took their time in grabbing humans.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Asakura should've probably just feed his monster upon humans considering his morality, especially when he's extremely close to dying, but I guess that he likes it hard way (or rather, fun way in form of fighting as Rider, as seen where he gives his Rider opponents a chance outside Rider fight)? This is one thing even Asakura doesn't (but perfectly can as seen with Akira) do as habit unlike another evil Rider (Scissors).

I wonder if Asakura's monsters are like Kitaoka: they'll eat anything, as long as it's high-class. People are probably like junk food to Contract Monsters, good for a quick rush but with no essential nutrition. They need the vitamins of other monsters to sustain themselves. Picky eaters, you know? It's better to just give them what they want than force them to eat.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Obviously this is an Asakura episode. Shinji and Ren are just his judges (and again a bet between them if Shinji's ways are sensible or not). Battle-wise, Ryuki and Knight scans his Final Vent card but it somehow gets negated after the Buzzstingers escapes (while Ouja prepares Unite Vent, they're more scared of that?!)... Also previously, can we talk about how something (Buzzstingers) manages to survive Final Vent unharmed, knocking Ouja back?!

So, there's three of them that spin together to form a protective shell, and there's three Riders that are opposed to working together in order to defeat the monsters, so I just assumed that the conclusion of this story was going to have to see all three Riders doing their Final Vents to different thirds of the monster rotation to defeat them. Just where my head was at on this one.

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How about Yui with long hair instead?

Less into it, honestly? There's a thing she does in this one, where she uses some (I don't know anything about hair products for women) hairpins or something to bring the sides of her hair in, so it's not this dome of hair. I'll have to find a picture later. I thought it was pretty stylish and framed her face better.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

What was Okubo thinking? Looking for insane people to hire and prioritizes situations over performance. No wonder ORE is failing.. apart from keep following dead trends (Mirror stuff). Besides here Megumi got what she wanted in ORE, not that she's any better there and will torture ORE like she did to Kitaoka. Megumi is like the emotion pair to Shimada's intellect. And you have to remember that ORE gives the monster plot in this episode, so what were you saying again about this series workplaces?

I thought I was pretty clear that adding Megumi makes me excited about Ore Journal plots! It doesn't change how I felt before, but it's a positive change for that branch of the show.

I'm going to defend Okubo's hiring policies. I like that this dude took in the abrasive reporters and neophyte photojournalists and socially-awkward IT managers and clumsy office workers and made them all a workplace family. I don't know if any of these people could stay employed under anyone else. (Reiko's a great reporter, but she's terrible at following instructions and mostly disrespectful to her boss, and that ain't gonna fly at a lot of companies.) I think it's cool that Okubo takes the dregs and says I Can Make This Work, I Can Make Them Great, They Also Probably Aren't Aware How Much I'm Under-Paying Them.