[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Zatyme

So welcome to Blade my favorite installment of the Phase 1 Heisei era. I guess if Fish is gojng to explain the actual fun parts I’ll do the explanations for the riders themeing.

I don't know if I would have called those the "fun parts", but, y'know, I'm very new to this fandom!

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Originally Posted by Zatyme

I feel the playing card theme is pretty obvious with the undead being sealed into cards and Blade and Garren having a spade and diamond theme respectively but the themeing also goes for their names and weapons (rousers). The spade is also known as the suit of swords and is where his name and weapon comes from, while the diamond is also known as the suit if coins with Garren being a “corruption” of Galleon a type of coin from Harry Potter* I don’t know how a gun fits into that but it’s the only real odd part out of all the riders.


*Harry Potter was really big at the time and was the souce of the magic themeing for Magiranger that aired a year later

Neat! The card suits are pretty clear on their, uh, suits. I liked how their masks incorporated Spade and Diamond motifs, subtly. Never having watched Blade, I kind-of always disliked Blade's mask. I just thought it looked dopey. Too thin, with a pinhead look to it. Now, I mean, I still think that, but I get what they're going for with it. It's got that rounded base that tapers to a point, like a spade. It's a solid design philosophy, even if I find it not fun to look at.

I'm less into the beetle and Whatever Insect Or Animal Garren Is motif, but I've watched too much Kamen Rider to start suddenly being irritated by bug motifs. It'd be like a Sentai fan getting upset at dinosaurs, you know? It's like, pick a new franchise, then.

Thanks for the additional info!