[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by FreshToku

Episode 17 is probably the most memorable episode for me. The drama of Takumi's conflict and his great, big fight at the end to the tune of the theme song, it's just epic. It also has two of the most memorable translated lines courtesy of TV-Nihon. That "If fighting is a sin, then let me be damned" is indeed metal... Less metal is "who carries magazines while intentional going".

Yeah, gosh, that magazine line! A little surprised Fish didn't bring it up!

I'm sort-of struggling, not with the line, but with what Mari's even doing at the college. The show lampshades it with Takumi's whole Why Are You Just Carrying Around A Magazine complaint (which is how I interpret that "intentional going" line), but... why was she on the campus in the first place? Was she consulting a college professor on an article about getting someone to enjoy hot foods? It can't be that she was meeting Takumi, since she'd have no idea he went there, and if she called to meet him he'd've definitely told her to stay away. Like my complaint (well, "complaint") from Episode 18, it's a shortcut that the show's going to a little often lately.

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Originally Posted by FreshToku

Poor Keitaro getting dragged around by a little girl, but also I can't imagine any other fate for him.

It's true! I love this plot because it's completely how he acted in his first appearance. I like that he's still the same eager-to-please dreamer he was back then. And, just like in his second episode, he can't get Takumi or Mari to want to help him fight crime. (Mari: busy at work. Takumi: no excuse, just doesn't care.) He's still got his dumb dream that no one else appreciates! Everything here had a charm that was maybe not as apparent the last five or so episodes.