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Kamen Rider Die · 04-29-2020, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by FreshToku

As someone who watched this show on TV dubbed as a kid, I can confirm it did wreck me with a score of 10000. I also decided to re-watch the episode a moment ago and guess what, I teared up! The context of it all came rushing back to me, combined with Shinji and Ren's performances just destroyed me on the spot in the best way.

Before I got to this point, I figured the only way the show would end is with Shinji and Ren beating Odin and stopping the Mirror World for good, which I still think would have been a perfectly satisfying conclusion. Now that that's out of the window, it feels like you go into the last episode with a sense of doom about everyone's fate.

Your words about it feeling like a funeral is really apt, because it's like all the remaining characters and the viewers can only walk resignedly into whatever final fate awaits them.

Yeah, if I had to name this color of storytelling, it'd be Grim Resignation. Everyone's just, like, plodding forward. There's no music, very little light... it's a dark episode, literally and figuratively.

Even Kitoka, whose storyline is that his death is imminent, somehow finds an even sadder fate, doing the most Kamen Rider thing he'll maybe ever do by blowing off his lunch date with Reiko to enter a final conflict with his nemesis. This episode is just packed, scene by scene, with depressing outcomes.

But, yeah, that death scene for Shinji. It's shot a little weird (the camera keeps floating up and down, sometimes missing some of the person who's talking), but I love that they just gave Shinji space to have a whole speech. They really draw it out, and of course they should do that. It's a real series highlight.

It got me thinking. Ryuki has maybe the most main character death scenes, or it's at least in the top 5, but are they also the best? Some real corkers in this series: Tezuka, Imperer, Toujou, Professor, Angry Man, Yui, goddamn Scissors... I don't even know if I got them all! There're a lot! And they're pretty great!

04-29-2020, 10:10 AM	#604
Kamen Rider Die Kamen Ride Or Die Join Date: Aug 2019 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 6,785	Quote: Originally Posted by FreshToku As someone who watched this show on TV dubbed as a kid, I can confirm it did wreck me with a score of 10000. I also decided to re-watch the episode a moment ago and guess what, I teared up! The context of it all came rushing back to me, combined with Shinji and Ren's performances just destroyed me on the spot in the best way. Before I got to this point, I figured the only way the show would end is with Shinji and Ren beating Odin and stopping the Mirror World for good, which I still think would have been a perfectly satisfying conclusion. Now that that's out of the window, it feels like you go into the last episode with a sense of doom about everyone's fate. Your words about it feeling like a funeral is really apt, because it's like all the remaining characters and the viewers can only walk resignedly into whatever final fate awaits them. Yeah, if I had to name this color of storytelling, it'd be Grim Resignation. Everyone's just, like, plodding forward. There's no music, very little light... it's a dark episode, literally and figuratively. Even Kitoka, whose storyline is that his death is imminent, somehow finds an even sadder fate, doing the most Kamen Rider thing he'll maybe ever do by blowing off his lunch date with Reiko to enter a final conflict with his nemesis. This episode is just packed, scene by scene, with depressing outcomes. But, yeah, that death scene for Shinji. It's shot a little weird (the camera keeps floating up and down, sometimes missing some of the person who's talking), but I love that they just gave Shinji space to have a whole speech. They really draw it out, and of course they should do that. It's a real series highlight. It got me thinking. Ryuki has maybe the most main character death scenes, or it's at least in the top 5, but are they also the best? Some real corkers in this series: Tezuka, Imperer, Toujou, Professor, Angry Man, Yui, goddamn Scissors... I don't even know if I got them all! There're a lot! And they're pretty great! __________________ Coming soon: Kamen Rider Fourze \| Other series available on the archive!