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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Speaking of energy, the directing in this one was… some ups, some downs. Overall, I thought it was really impressive for the ways it was regularly finding fun ways to shoot scenes. There’s that Henshin Vision shot, where we start from Mutsuki’s POV and then run through the Henshin into Leangle punching an Undead. That shot… amazing. So clever. There’s a dialogue scene from near the beginning of the episode that had a swell sideways dolly that starts a beat before Hirose gets up and walks to the computer, like she’s following the camera. There’s that shot through the U.N.D.E.A.D. chamber window on Hirose’s dad, then a pan to Tachibana through the other window, literally and figuratively boxed-in. But then there’s a half-dozen shaky camera shots, or extreme close ups, or swinging camera moves. It’s like, not every shot needs to be a bravura one! It can be too much! Just look at the old opening credits!

This is another episode by Satoshi Morota, and, yeah, even just briefly skimming through the episode, it's apparent how overly creative this one maybe gets in spots!

I definitely remember finding this one a weird change of gears after King Form's debut, but since I'd just be repeating FreshToku, I'll instead point out to everyone that this is the episode where Leangle declares "This is how the Strongest Rider fights" like the ultimate cool guy after using Chalice's cards to do a Spinning Dance, blissfully unaware that just makes it sound like Chalice is the strongest Rider. 高校生のくせに見事な中二病だね。

They also don't actually show him scanning the cards, which is apparently a nod to the DX Leangle Rouzer's inability to actually make those sounds. It's pretty hilarious to think the show's desire to keep consistent with the merch it was shilling led to yet more embarrassment for Mukki, as he awkwardly has to announce his finishing move by himself here.