[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Also even if it doesn't really get you, how the f*** would you equalize Keitaro's suffering with Yuka's?

I definitely wouldn't! The comma was there to separate "the hilarious suffering of Yuka" and "Keitaro, the world's most impossibly dedicated dry cleaner". Sorry if that was unclear!

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

For Keitaro, there's already side characters, not leads, that's given The Kamen Rider Theme before, like Minori in Kuuga. T̶e̶c̶h̶n̶i̶c̶a̶l̶l̶y̶ ̶h̶e̶ ̶c̶a̶n̶ ̶m̶a̶k̶e̶ ̶h̶i̶m̶s̶e̶l̶f̶ ̶f̶u̶l̶l̶y̶ ̶K̶a̶m̶e̶n̶ ̶R̶i̶d̶e̶r̶ ̶o̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶n̶ ̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶i̶d̶e̶a̶l̶s̶,̶ ̶j̶u̶s̶t̶ ̶g̶e̶t̶ ̶a̶ ̶b̶i̶k̶e̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶c̶o̶v̶e̶r̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶r̶s̶e̶l̶f̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶a̶ ̶m̶a̶s̶k̶. His suffering is nowhere near as close to get his van damaged, one of his clothes getting squashed by a car, and getting into fight with Takumi (that tears his cloth), it's probably just a bad day compared to above.

What's interesting to me is that so far Keitaro is the only one who has that Rider sensibility. On other shows, yeah, the supporting cast frequently follows the example of the primary Rider and fights for justice, protects smiles, saves innocents, etc. Here, it's just Keitaro. And the other two hero characters look at him like he's tragically confused. It's so fun!

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Takumi now just fights by himself and instantly mastered Faiz Gear.... and the second finisher, Grand Impact appears. Unfortunately it's nowhere near close as cool as his Crimson Smash to me, where it's just usual powered punch. Oh I also forget to mention this before (all the finishers have this), I think the part where Faiz' symbol appears in the defeated monster before it explodes, I also like it despite it being simple, because it's so fitting that, as the monster no longer exists, it's crossed out (Faiz' phi symbol is like a crossed sign).

Yeah, that punch isn't as cool as the kick, for sure. And the killed monster being Zeroed Out is a very cool effect.