[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

I feel like you're underselling Chucky, the true hero of Gaim.

It's so weird how you misspelled "Peko"!

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

I liked the Keiko plot in this episode, mainly because it gave Takumi and Mari the chance to be the wet blankets to Keitaro's enthusiasm again. With all the Kusaka stuff in the last few episodes it's been awhile since we got some time with the original trio and I never get tired of Keitaro getting consecutive rejections.

It's honestly just so fun to hang out with these three characters again. And the problem is so specifically Keitaro (a child is mad at clean clothes) that I was immediately on board with this super low stakes story. I'm almost a little mad that there's an Orphnoch at the end?

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

Faiz absolutely pushes how much you can get away with everybody meeting each at exactly the right times, though. I don't mind it much either, since I see it as all being part of that soap opera style. It kills the drama if everyone has to wait around for each other and/or make phone calls constantly, which is why we never see Keitarou providing any details when informing people Orphenochs are attacking. Like a lot about this show, it's something you can either live with, or not.

Yeah, I feel like it's the sort of thing that Inoue just doesn't think is that important? Most of the time, I'm right there with him. I don't need two scenes of Yuuji deciding to go hit a few dingers, and then he runs into Takumi. Just, like, give me that sweet sweet Takumi/Yuuji goodness and I'll forgive your shortcut.

The problem is, when you're taking shortcuts to do things that are either a) totally nonsensical, or b) not that interesting, I'm going to wonder why you couldn't spend another minute closing that plothole.

Like, if the meal at a restaurant is delicious, I'm probably not going to be too long-term grumpy at poor service. But if the meal's just okay, I'm going to remember the inattentive server a lot more.