[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

I really like this film. It's one of my favorites from this era of Rider. My favorite part is definitely the Takumi/Mari dynamic, which skews a lot more romantic here than it did on the show. My favorite part is always how Mari spends the first half hour of the film praising Takumi and wishing he'd come back, then within five minutes of his actual return they're back to the classic sniping at each other that we're so used to from the show. Never change, you two.

I love that when Takumi's amnesia went away, so did his ability to prioritize someone else's comfort. It's like he's got months and months of loudly complaining about people's expectations to get out of his system all at once!

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

I also love how Mari decides to hold a masquerade ball right after the shanty town was trashed by Riotroopers and Kusaka got murdered. That is some Mai from Gaim-level lack of situational awareness.

Not to defend Mari, but I'm going to defend Mari.

1) People definitely needed a party after getting mostly slaughtered by Riotroopers and Psyga.
2) The unsmothered flames lent a romantic air to the party.
3) It was only Kusaka who got murdered, not anyone people cared about. Why should that put a damper on things?
4) She spent so much money on flyers, and it's not like she can just change that date on Facebook. It'd be rude to just let all of those theoretical guests down!

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

This version of Kaido? This is probably my favorite. If you disagree with me then I'm leaving to join Smart Brain. You know, eventually. Just you watch.

Any minute now.

The Team Orphnoch stuff was so so so great in this. I know it's Mari's movie, and the Mari/Takumi bond is the heart of the film, but MAN did I miss these three hanging out. Terrific chemistry.

I think my favorite thing in this series, full-stop, is the way Yuuji says Kaido's name when Kaido is being irrepressible/obnoxious. It's like, "KAIDO". It's like a little hill he climbs, and chases Kaido down. Getting to hear that again, man, made my night.