[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

When I first watched Blade I was a little disappointed that the show was going back to the "Belt is killing the Rider" well just a few weeks after Kusaka got dusted. This show does its own spin on it, though, which will play out over this first major arc.

It's not really the content of the information I found problematic, it's the volume and the velocity and the vector.

Like, CHAIRMAN made some shitty belts in a hurry that are maybe killing them? I'm not convinced, but okay, sure! Definitely something that's worth exploring over the course of this series.

But, it's a data point in an episode that (again!) feels overstuffed with data points. It's also the second episode (out of three) that has a Tachibana-related climax where Everything You Knew About _______ Is Wrong. And the individual exposition scenes don't really do anything interesting with conveying the information. It's just there.

(Minor props to Hajime's snowy flashback, and the way it transitions back to his dungeon. It's a good idea that falters slightly with the effects work. It's cool until it's sort-of funny.)

So, yeah, not mad at the ticking clock, mad (well, unimpressed) at the execution.

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

This may or may not cheer you up Die, but...

i like the snow in these episodes

that was a fun visual