[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

Once again, Die's way ahead of me here, but just like the last time this happened, that's only proof that we're dealing with some top tier meme material.

I wonder if fans were cosplaying as Taiyaki Master Ultimate Form back in the day? I have to assume they were. Unlike an actual Rider suit, you can't make Taiyaki Master look too homemade, you know? Probably a half-dozen Ryou's running around the next year's Comiket.

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

But yeah, as fun as they are, these episodes never really do lock in on something to be *about*, and that's maybe a bit of a shame when that extra little spark of focus and actual meaning could've propelled them to straight up best-of-the-series level. As it is, it very much feels like Inoue just holding down the fort for half a month while Aikawa gets ready to take over as writer, which is, uh, exactly what they probably are, so I mean, it's still mission accomplished! Hard to complain too much about this episode when it's still hilarious.

It definitely feels churlish to complain that a two-episode fill-in is only telling a funny, thrilling story about non-show characters, rather than something that affects the main cast and makes for a perfect pair of episodes, but here we are. The Ryou story, there's really nothing I'd change. It is flawless in its lunacy. It's just, man, the entire cast of the show can forget about this story, and that sucks!

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

Poor Leangle, stuck in that form forever because his newly meaty paws can't close his belt.

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Originally Posted by Kurona

And that, I believe, is the last of Inoue you'll see in Blade until the movie. I remember this in particular because, like, this was a special moment for me. Blade was my final Heisei series so when I got to these episodes I was like "... oh my god I'm finally done with Inoue". Slight difference in how we see the guy's writing!

I'm watching the movie on Friday, so, not that much of a break for me!

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Originally Posted by Kurona

Which, like, I guess I'm gonna go ahead and represent in Jack Form Feelings? Because I actually think the gold is by far the worst part of Blade's Jack Form; it's just way too gaudy and tacked on, but for Garren it fits with his colour scheme much more and feels a lot more subdued due to it. And while I don't have... too many complaints with Blade sticking a knife at the end of his sword, Garren upgrading to bayonet is just awesome.

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Originally Posted by Sunred

Yeah, Jack Form just doesn't cut it for me as well. I love the wings/cape but I don't know if the gold paint job was neccessary.

The gold works better for me on Blade because his palette, silver and very dark blue, comes off more neutral so the gold pops. The blue is so dark it's almost black which is a great contrast to the gold.

For Garren, it's that gold having to compete with a lot of red, and even some green. It's too many contrasting colors for me.