[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

Hey wait, wasn't Sawa saying that line to emphasize how she understands she had that slap coming, and holds dearly the fact that she has people in her life who care enough about her to call her out for her mistakes?

This kind of sounds like you're subconsciously admitting Cosmic States is an awesome final form, Die!

Okay.

Okay, first.

Okay, first, that was a transformative work, so I'm not beholden to whatever context the original scene existed in.

Second, how dare you try to use Sawa against me. How dare.

Finally, just because you're ganging up on me and trying to gaslight me into thinking Cosmic States is cool and popular, it's not going to work! IT'S A BUNCH OF SQUARES WITH NUMBERS IN THEM ON HIS DUMB STUPID CHEST AND THERE IS NOT A WORLD WHERE YOU'LL CONVINCE ME OTHERWISE THE END.

(cut to 2025's "Kamen Rider Die rewatches Kamen Rider Fourze": "I'm not sure why so many people don't like Cosmic States! It's a pretty great design!")

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Originally Posted by DreamSword

Eyyy, thanks for the shout out.

I do enjoy reading your threads, Die, it's just that I like, never have anything to say. Usually because everyone else covers basically everything I could think of. So, you won't be seeing much of me unless you want to just be all "Yeah what they said." constantly.

I'll be reading the thread from the shadows, and I anticipate the inevitable debate about Garren and... another character. Enjoy the show!

Thanks! I like what you're doing in your thread!

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Originally Posted by catwhowalks

Blade is the series that everyone but me seems to think is fantastic. I went half the show the first time and realised that I had no idea what was going on, couldn't remember anything that had happened and didn't care for the characters. It got better as it went, but I my impression from the first watching was a bored "meh."

And then I found out that the fandom loved this show and i could never figure out why. I also could never figure out why it didn't work for me. I think, Die, that you've finally managed to articulate some of the problems for me. Others, I'm still not sure about.

On my second watch I liked it better and found plenty of interesting plotlines and such even in the earliest part of the show. I only had the vaguest impressions of them from the first watch though. I still have no clue why. Maybe I was having a bad week that time. All I know is I like it a fair bit better now.

but the pilot. Yeah, I still am not a fan of the pilot.

I think some of it is just talking about it? That may seem unlikely, but I feel like I get more out of these shows by talking about them with other fans. Like, the more I think about and talk about the first episode, the more I'm appreciating it. Ghost! Ghost was a show I was having such a tough time with that I joined these boards to talk about it, and I really enjoyed some later elements.

I think this whole process, a bunch of fans talking about a show... I think it makes the show better?