[DreadBringer]

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

I don't know about "ignoring" it, but I'm necessarily going to spend my free time tracking down poorly-received work by someone, especially if that work is going to upset me personally. If he made something gross, that sucks, and I wish he hadn't, but I'm not going to go experience it for myself. I don't have that kind of time?

Well yeah, not ignoring it isn't only about go experiencing those for ourselves, but just acknowledging that the side exists within them, and for this one, actually this side of Inoue is not a minor part of him, but instead major. That side of him (or anyone) can’t and shouldn't be wished away, cherry-picked, or swept under the rug to give free passes.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Like, there’s that funny gag with Kotaro and Hirose.

Yeah, their occupation made them sidekicks in this story, with Hirose's help of fighting Undead putting her position in and Kotaro being not a fighter or scientist, where his scope is somewhat limited by delivering pep talks or be extra hands or legs for someone (usually Hirose). I forgot to say this but now Kotaro shoudn't be that shallow to think that how can someone be that beautiful be an Undead (or villainous); appearences doesn't decide behavior!

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Mutsuki is a little more looped in on this story, since at first it seems like he’s going to play a major role. It’s his date with Nozomi that gets interrupted by a monster attack, getting the Riders involved in the story.

And their chemistry will play an important role story-wise later. But Tachibana's quote about after their cards is also golden, that Mutsuki doesn't seem to take his job seriously to him. Forgot to talk about how Tachibana compares Blade's Rider system, to collectible card game (which he instructs Mutsuki not to treat it as such). Tachibana's accusations were right though (wdym petty?). Mutsuki has a problem with needing to prove his strength to himself and by extension everyone around so he naturally doesn't always think with people's best interests or strategically at all. With A Power Comes Great Responsibility is applied on Mutsuki. So now it's seen why their card throws are always perfect, the sealing card seems to move on its own where it boomerangs back to Mutsuki. The werewolves were of course, doesn't have any belt for the card to seal them with..

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

A lot of this one is how Tachibana works with others, and Kenzaki specifically. He thinks a lot of Kenzaki, as he said last episode, but they have very different styles of being a Rider.

They tested the bikes in Suzuka Circuit (full layout)! Gimme the lap times, Kenzaki said the Blade bike barely kept up, but dunno why it's not convincing as iirc he started the bike behind Black Fang, which would seem to me, they're on par instead. With Kenzaki being a natural follower, would you think it's expected for him to be quite... relegated in Tachibana's arc (up to episode 15)? It's his character type. For Tachibana, dunno if I would got him here as being terrible at working with anyone, that he distrusts organizations in general, as the Undead Hunter was just a fluke. To be fair he was acting that way even when Kenzaki only talked to him about Shinmei.... but it was also because he thinks the Undead sealing job being too dangerous for humans? (obviously, humans can't stand against monsters).

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Should make for a fun second part, especially now that an Undead has stolen Black Fang, dozens of Undead Hunters have been mauled, and Shinmei is missing!

...because I'm also fishy on watching the Undead Hunter, in how they behave. Shinmei was trying to be amicable of explaining about Black Fang, but he's sort of creepy doing that to me. Though probably the other Undead Hunters are genuine in that mission with them being in danger and reporting Shinmei's situation? (which can serve as a double meaning; it's either Shinmei being in danger due to Undead or Shinmei turned out to be an Undead; which Kenzaki thought it's the former). And for Shinmei's plan to just slow down the other Undead while the Riders are the one to seal them.... it means that Rider system is still the only one that can stop Undeads if they're still the ones to finish the job. Also, and from previous one too regarding cards, how's for the plot explanation in story? (where here, it's the Black Fang and BOARD's equipments).

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

The other big storyline from this episode introduces another new Undead.

The wolf masks won't override the victim's clothes, unlike the high level Undeads or just other monster transformations from other series. I actually wish to see the Wolf Undead's henchmen hulking up and tearing up their human clothes, though dunno if their body is also changed or only their heads, it should be as they're bulletproof now. The scariness part, to me, is probably diminished as those victims are already dead, and Wolf Undead just reanimated them. If he can do that to living victims, that's the real deal.... would Riders mistakenly kill an Undead that is actually from human, or finding ways to save that victim while stopping the Undead part? And for the newest Undead, I wouldn't really relate him to the type of monster in your avatar like Cubi as like you said, he's not avoidant of fighting out of goodness. Also it seems only high leveled ones have this trait with varied wants, as the other Undeads are the usual non-sentient monsters.