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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

any season that wants to build a bug motif more prominently into its helmet is going to lose points with me.

Sometimes I forget there's a pretty glaring generation gap between us as Rider fans, and then you say something like this, and it suddenly hits me that "oh, s***, that's right, Ex-Aid."

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

I don't know if that's how you want to build up to an ending?

I guess this my problem, because I'm talking about this series looking back at "BOARD gets destroyed" as the inciting incident? As the starting point for the story after a brief prologue, and I can do that because I know where everything leads and feel confident in saying it set everything up where it needed to be.

Treated as the ending to the singular unit that is an episode... You know, maybe I just can't help myself, because the very first thing I told you that wasn't about internet culture was that it's normal to not like Blade's premiere, and yet here I am being all like "hey, take it easy on that Blade premiere, come on man", when I also fundamentally agree with most of what you're saying. It can be a rough episode to get into! Hopefully you'll find the decisions it made at least pay off in the long-run, though.

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Originally Posted by Sunred

So random question and this is for everyone who wants to give their two cents so feel free, what were your first impressions of the Blade and Garren suits, theme song, and gimmicks such as the belts, rouse cards and the rousers?

All of the above have always been way up there as favorites. I instantly liked them. The suits have stellar theming. Blade Brave is super catchy and has really evocative lyrics that also fit the story well. The Rouzers are just awesome with the whole fan of trading cards shtick, and the belts are a perfect balance, being flashy, yet simple and practical. Is liking "Turn Up!" more than any of the Faiz Driver's lines one of my contrarian opinions? That's gotta be an unpopular statement, right?

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Originally Posted by Kurona

That said, uh, reactions here... surprise me! Because I adored this first episode!

That just means you have better taste than Die. It's Cosmic States all over again.

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Originally Posted by AkibaSilver

(*0w0) ﾅｽﾞｪﾐﾃﾙﾝﾃﾞｨｽ!!

I'm sorry, I just have to do this any time I see this image. I know, I'm shameless.