[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by FreshToku

Did you hear about that Delta? I heard he has an eight-pack and can blow up the planet with a single Rider Kick.

I remember Sawada and his silly gimmick of lighting a thing on fire before fighting. As long as he keeps his murdering limited to the other Ryusei alumni, I think you might end up rooting for him the most out of anyone at this rate!

I'm as addicted to making fun of Delta for being overhyped as those kids are to being Delta. Thank you for that fix!

Sawada is by far my favorite Ryusei School alumnus, since he wants to murder all of the Ryusei School alumni. It's the most direct heroism we've seen on this show yet!

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

Yeah, they get a bit sidelined in this arc because of all the focus on the Ryusei kids, the introduction of Delta, and bringing in some new villains in the forms of Sawada and Baby Ray Fujita (minor 28 spoilers). The bit with Keitaro and Kimura seeing Yuka at the crosswalk was fucking GOLD, even if it was her only contribution to this story.

That Yuka scene was pretty great! Her smile was... it was a choice!

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

Yeah, these guys are actually so obnoxious, even Kusaka is dunking on them!

Thanks for that translation elaboration! As much as I hated those two chuds, I grudgingly appreciated how disinterested they were in the judgment of their peers. They could not have been more rudely checked-out of that diner scene! Their friends are like Why Are You Breaking Our Hearts and they're just all Delta Or GTFO. It's sort-of funny!

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Originally Posted by AkibaSilver

This is your brain.
This is your brain on the SB-333 Delta Gear.
Any questions?

If Delta's user doesn't scream I LEARNED IT FROM WATCHING YOU at one of the other Riders later in this series, I might have to quit this whole franchise.

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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

Delta Gear is weird. Not even I can explain how it works. Chronologically, it's the first Gear developed by Smart Brain and an unfinished prototype since it's not supposed to be compatible with everybody. It's probably not supposed to turn people in to evil Cole MacGrath wannabe junkies either. These side effects don't even come up again after this arc. Delta Gear generates thrice as much Photon Blood as Faiz Gear, it's the most taxing to use and yet it not only doesn't kill humans but actually gives them residual powers. That's weird as hell! What's powering this thing?!

Kusaka was already aware of Delta from his road trip between Episode 18-21 and he seems surprised to see how his friends have suddenly became evil. You know how screwed up they are when Kusaka is repulsed by their behavior. Kusaka thinks Orphenoch and Smart Brain are the worst evil but these guys are way worse. They're worse than Devon when he was high on Fury Cells. However, despite being compatible with everybody, only those with strong will can negate Delta Gear's insanity. The two Ryusei School guys who abducted Mari weren't fit to be Riders.

Delta's Greek letter is, well.... delta. It's not a goroawase pun like the others. It's also a triangle which is symbolic for leadership and supremacy, referencing how it outclasses basic Faiz and Kaixa in raw power. It's like the alpha, except it's delta.

It was sort-of inevitable that the Ryusei School alumni, already so heavily influenced by the X-Men, would get mutant powers at some point. It doesn't keep them from getting instantly killed by Sawada, though! It's not my favorite part of the story. It's just one more Delta Is Awesome thing in an episode that definitely had too many Delta Is Awesome things in it.

The Delta name... is it too straight-forward? It's not as weird as the other two, but I feel like this show already established Weird as the way it generated names? I don't know. It's fine.