[DreadBringer]

A heads-up.... there probably will be a Kamen Rider that I won't watch while you're watching, like Decade or Zi-O. Besides, well, one of my favorite opening songs of Kamen Rider "Justifaiz" comes here (and has memorized the lyrics too)

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Kamen Rider Aubrey Plaza not being able to Henshin... I'll let it go, because there's probably going to be a good in-universe reason why the belt worked for Faiz and not her, but it's still a bit of a bummer.

W̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶i̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶r̶e̶a̶s̶o̶n̶ ̶K̶i̶r̶i̶k̶o̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶b̶e̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶a̶b̶l̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶h̶e̶n̶s̶h̶i̶n̶ ̶w̶a̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶s̶h̶e̶'̶s̶ ̶t̶o̶o̶ ̶O̶P̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶D̶r̶i̶v̶e̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶w̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶r̶e̶s̶o̶l̶v̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶s̶e̶r̶i̶e̶s̶ ̶e̶a̶s̶i̶l̶y̶?̶ Assuming that the Riders' enhanced strength adds up to your physical strength of course.

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Hey, guess who got the bad subs after all?

Yeah, they even get Mari's full name wrong! It's Mari Sonoda, not Somada.

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All of the Takumi/Mari stuff was fantastic.

Even if above was about Takumi not becoming an awful person, Mari is also no slouch herself as portrayed here. (Oh, I also forget to mention this before, her "Don't touch the bag" part, that's.... the traits of girls I've met irl, the reason why I and them are like water and oil. Good number of them are spoiled bratty teenagers who are moody and entitled, and from there they usually prohibit to touch like even their objects out of disgust, it doesn't help that they're easily disgusted by those they consider uncool) "Responsibility"? Eh, it's just her being entitled to have a stranger she just met to be her bodyguard just because he can. Takumi didn't do anything to owe Mari one (or she thinks her belongings like her belt is the one saved Takumi there). Selfish people will do anything to gain upper hand, and with both parties are like that, it would create a long-term arguments like this. And like Ryuki episode 34, a trick to win yourself in object keeping argument.... throw it far away! Even better here that Takumi has the bike to get away. Though that sends them to this following problem. I do like the idea that they ran into problem to get their belt back and has to solve it, but was it too quick for them to solve it the way they do in this episode? (a wacky business plan to open a barber in an uncomfortable place, a middle of park, with a beggar-like promotion)

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Sure, but there's an element of reality to Yuuji's story with Chie and his family that keeps it from just piling on him.

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Yuuji’s still on his own this episode, dealing with his Horsepowered vengeance.

Were you pointing the part where he jumps off building in Faiz this time (as a kid-inappropriate trait) because it's actually done and the shocking impact of hitting the floor is directly seen on screen? Other series also has trigger impacts like Ryuki with abuse and same suicide, OOO with child death and gambling addict, or Build with horrors of war like on-screen torture, death, Sento's PTSD, politics, propaganda, and dehumanization of people. Besides, oh obviously Yuji won't die.... from what I've seen on Kuuga, Yusuke and Grongis constantly gets thrown off the top of skyscrapers. Also talking about previous topic, I forget that Chie actually shows her true nature here, and yeah that's what I meant too for the people around you being awful in an Inoue's series, the point is the awful one is them, not the likes of Yuji. And as already mentioned above, yeah Smart Lady is Shimada (it's already mentioned when talking about ep. 16 in Ryuki watch).

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The fight he has at the end is great, too, with Mari an integral part of Faiz being able to defeat Elephant Orphnoch. (My favorite touch is the excited noise the Orphnoch makes as he causes damage. It’s very human sounding, which is hilarious. Dude is having a pretty great afternoon at the docks!) I really like the idea of Mari being, like, a coach to Faiz.

Oh right, the finisher appears here. The Crimson Smash, is my favorite base Rider kick, along with Drive's SpeeDrop. As I've said here, my favorite finishers are those that aren't simple finishers, but spectacular ones with significant difference that makes a finisher attack different from ordinary attack, either in attack or effect (and no, styles won't do like Wizard's or something, and sorry Die, your answer there of Specter's kick doesn't apply to me there). For Faiz here, instead of regular kick, the Rider creates a gigantic drill to do the job! Other than that... the name's really Elephant Orphnoch lol!

And about the Ryuki comparison, yeah not because (oh well sorry for bringing this up... also I won't move on from any other Rider series) Ren's guide isn't about the big picture or level-head, but about moral. Both Yui and Ren got as much of the big picture (and Ren is far from "poorly-motivated"), but there has to be a moral balance for Ren, to prevent him being unnecessarily violent or outright evil before he softens later. The one who doesn't get the big picture at the beginning (and poorly-motivated, as Ren attested) was actually Shinji.