[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

I really forgot how funny Faiz can be. The double date with each participant having not only their own locked expression but accompanying theme music was just delightful, as were Takumi and Yuuji squirming to stay out of all this ridiculousness.

This episode!

I realized, thinking more about it later, why this type of comedy landed for me. There's a thing I think a lot of people do, when they're watching a show, where they think Wouldn't It Be Hilarious If X Happened Next. And you know the show isn't going to do X next, because it's stupid and funny but it could break the reality of the show. But then the producers do it anyway, and they do it in a way that the reality of the show supports. Moreover, the reality of the show enhances the joke, leveling it up into something hilarious and poignant. That shit, where a show can validate an absurd premise, rendering it both funny and insightful... I'm not sure there's anything in storytelling that I like better.

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

I'm really glad I decided to watch the show again with you because it's really making me re-evaluate my stance on it. Faiz has lived on in my memory for so long by its worst elements that I'd completely buried all the good. Truth be told, back when I was first watching the show I really loved it up to a point. It wasn't until someone pointed out the tendency towards poor communication that I started seeing it all over the place and my opinion of the entire series soured (not completely, mind you, there's one moment near the very end that I loved and still want to see get its own spin-off series - it involves a frying pan and it is fantastic). That's basically what Faiz has been for me in all the time since then: just a memory of its worst elements and a mental block on all the good. I'm not sure if my revised opinion will hold - I know some of the stuff that's coming up and there's definitely some moments in there - but for now I'm really happy to be seeing this show in a new light.

Awesome! I'm glad Faiz is working for you. Twenty episodes in, I think it's got a ton of positives.

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Originally Posted by FreshToku

You see Faiz's main motif was actually a pizza all along, his helmet featuring the image of one sliced in two.

Bob's Burgers AU Where It's The Six Main Characters From Faiz Running A Pizza Place:

Takumi = Bob
Yuuji = Linda
Kaido = Louise
Mari = Gene
Yuka = Tina
Keitaro = Teddy