[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by FreshToku

I completely forgot that Hirose's dad turned out to be a robot! In a show where trading card monsters are fighting to be the dominant species on Earth, that plot point feels like an extra step up in absurdity.

It's honest-to-god one of the dumbest things I've seen on this show, and maybe in this franchise. I hate it so much, and I'm "excited" to, I guess, get a chance to talk more about it later today.

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Originally Posted by FreshToku

Clearly it was overshadowed in my mind by the awesome moment with Chalice here. Between backhanding Leangle and then talking down Blade without flinching, it's just such a wonderful full-circle moment after everything Kenzaki had done for Hajime. These two have built up a strange but rock-solid trust in each other, and it's great to see things just work out nicely for them after so many episodes with either or both of them spent in turmoil.

I really do love how Kenzaki's method of talking down Hajime is getting Hajime to feel his humanity (calming tones, a human face pleading with him to come back), while Hajime's method of talking down Kenzaki is about defeating the monster inside him (shit-talking, an implacable Rider helmet staring back at him). It's very fun, very clever.

It almost makes me forgive how worthless the Amane Gets Kidnapped plot turned out to be!

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Originally Posted by Sunred

So the big boss guy from the flashback who tells Tachibana to get Karasuma for him? That is Koji Moritsugu, THE one and only Ultraseven/Dan Moroboshi. FYI Susumu Kurobe who was Ultraman/Shin Hayata had a guest appearance way back in the late 1980s in Kamen Rider BLACK.

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

Kohji Moritsugu (森次 晃嗣 Moritsugu Kōji) is a Japanese actor and voice actor. He is best known worldwide for his role as Dan Moroboshi in Ultraseven and the voice actor for Ultraseven. He is widely regarded as the best actor in the Ultraman Series by fans along with Susumu Kurobe and Jiro Dan.

Thanks! I assumed he was someone notable (his acting style was... distinct enough to make me think he had a history with the genre) but I don't know non-Rider toku franchises.

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Originally Posted by AkibaSilver

Tachibana: "Well Kenzaki, I'm sure you must have done something evil in your life! Like-"
Kenzaki: "No."
Tachibana: "Wait, not even once?"
Kenzaki: "Don't think so."

There's a chance that Fish comes in with a more accurate translation of what Tachibana is saying to Kenzaki here, when he tells him they shouldn't/can't judge U.N.D.A.D. for his crimes. Either they mean literally, because they aren't the actual justice system; or they mean figuratively, because they haven't been in his position; or they mean personally, because of their own misdeeds.

Which, working backwards:

"their own misdeeds": Yep, pretty much just Tachibana! Which, again, super funny if he doesn't understand why anything he's done in the show to date is a problem.

"haven't been in his position": I'm sure the guy ("guy") is having trouble processing his grief (maybe literally, now!), but many many people have died at the hands/claws/tentacles/etc. of the Undead. There's a point when your own needs become destructive to others, and U.N.D.A.D. has totally blown past that point. Treating his actions as A Bit Of An Oopsie is, frankly, insulting to the many people who are dead. Even if he feels sorry for it, why put so much trust in someone who won't publicly atone for their failures? Why let this guy set the terms of his redemption?

"aren't the actual justice system": Citizen's arrest! There's probably something comparable in Japan! Heroes don't just stand by because it's not their responsibility! I mean, there's a pretty famous superhero who became one once he understood that he had a responsibility to use his power! Or something!

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Originally Posted by AkibaSilver

I leave this here for self-explanatory reasons

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

One of the things that I love about the Ultra franchise is how much the actors still show a fondness for their roles. Sentai and Rider both have actors that distance themselves or whose agencies will try to pretend that they never did the show, but Ultra actors all seem proud of that work and the brand. There was an Ultraman movie about 15 years ago that brought back the main actors and actresses from eight different Ultra shows from the 60s, 70s, and 90s; you couldn’t pull that off with any other tokusatsu brand.

That is really nice to hear. I wonder why that franchise is so different?