[Fish Sandwich]

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Originally Posted by Kurona

Fish, surely the first OP has some sort of significance in Ondul Culture, right? It's so bizarrely off the wall and mystifying that it's gotta have memes associated with it!

Not that I'm aware of, really? The song itself, like every song in Blade, has the occasional comical misinterpreted lyrics (none of these are even close to as notable as kara miso!), but the actual visuals of the opening? If that gets used as joke fodder, I haven't seen it.

To be quite frank, I don't actually think it's that off the wall? Like, the only major difference between it and the second one is that the characters all went outside to pointlessly pose around for Elements. Neither one is particularly elaborate or has much in the way of visuals that truly tell you something about the show's story, especially when put up against how stylish Faiz and Ryuki's openings were just before.

I will say though, I've always found the way Leangle is added to some of those shots to be hilarious. Just creepin' in the background behind Chalice and whatnot. Mukki really learned a lot from Tachibana!

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

God, it's fascinating to read all these takes on Blade's credits and theme songs. I appreciate the insight, mostly because I don't really have any feelings about either version of either thing?

I am particularly passionate about Round ZERO~BLADE BRAVE. I will gush about it given even the slightest provocation. It's one of my absolute favorite Rider themes pretty much since I got into the franchise. Elements is a bit more of a jam, and I think has that extra place in people's hearts due to being associated with the "good" stretch of Blade, but as much as I love it too, Blade Brave just takes the cake for me with its more mysterious melody and cryptic yet pertinent lyrics. Especially because of the lyrics.

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Originally Posted by Kurona

It's just nice when these characters can feel more like people than plot devices too.

Pfft... Supporting characters as more than plot devices? What do you think this is, Kuuga?

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

She's along the lines of Haruka or Amane or Karasuma, where we need maybe one or two quirks and that's it. (Amane is mean to Kotaro, Haruka thinks Amane being mean to Kotaro is funny, Karasuma has somewhere else he needs to be right now.)

Die, as your teacher, I am profoundly disappointed you haven't remembered your studies enough to know that Karasuma's main quirk is refusing to apologize for things that are his fault.