[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

I don't even think the puzzle piece line is easy to take at face value because tokusatsu as much as its because the one saying it is, well... Dadi.

I'm honestly really proud of Die for calling that "a great scene in context." That whole interaction is one of those things that tends to get filed away under "goofy early Blade s***" (and by the way, it's not Ondul, but the quote does come up in memes), perhaps in part because people do apparently take it at face value, but the whole interaction, I agree it's doing a really great job at fleshing out Tachibana's character. The guy has a lot going on, and I've always found the way the story keeps peeling back layers while also adding new ones fascinating. In just these four episodes, he's flirted between Is A Traitor and Is Not A Traitor several times in either direction, and, you know, maybe a bit much for some people, but that raw energy is what makes early Blade special, for better and for worse. I'd argue it's just for the better, but of course I would.

Thanks for the kind words!

I think it's a really nicely done scene for laying out how catastrophically broken Tachibana is at this point in the story. It's easy to read his previous actions as cold, calculating, part of some larger scheme. This scene (and the one he has later with Hirose) says, actually, he is having the worst day of his life, which is what he also thought yesterday. He's betrayed everyone, kidnapped his boss, and is sleeping rough in the office of the only friend he has left. He doesn't know what he's even doing anymore, hoping that the man he inadvertently (?) rendered comatose will wake up and tell him what all of this means. He is afraid that a puzzle symbolizes his death. This dude is broken in sad, scary ways. He isn't someone to be afraid of, or furious with. He's to be pitied, and maybe shamed.

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Originally Posted by DreamSword

Contrary opinion, but I actually like early Blade better than late Blade. fite me.

I'm looking forward to finding out why the later stuff isn't as good to you as the early stuff!