[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

On with the Rouse Card Information Kiosk’s penultimate entry for this thread, here’s one I deliberately left out of the movie cards.

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Originally Posted by Sunred

Notice how each card resembles the movie rider. Glaive's Ace card has a yellow center head, Larc's is red, Lance's is green.

Neat! Thanks!

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

Since this is the kind of thing Die doesn't care about, I'll also point out that 46 is the one with that awesome sequence of all the Riders transforming together on their bikes when fighting Tennouji. I say Blade really embraces just being a classic superhero show sometimes, and that moment is peak uncomplicated good guys fighting the evil monster. It feels like a really earned moment seeing the Riders truly united after all the squabbling they've done throughout the show (everyone fought everyone at least once!), and is all the more reason them teaming up against Discount Monster Leangle comes off as comparatively weak, what with Mukki still being evil then. Adding in the bikes to this team-up was a great way to... I don't know, escalate it, I guess, so that it still feels above previous instances of everyone being together. One of my favorite scenes in the whole show.

I wouldn't say I don't care about it. I am of the people! I enjoy the simple pleasures of four young men becoming superheroes and riding their bikes in formation! It's a fun moment!

...But, since I apparently have a reputation now of refusing to engage with the franchise on its upbeat, heroic storytelling, I'll just mention that the pre-Henshin staging of all four Riders being fifty feet away in their bike helmets facing the opposite direction of Tennouji and whispering their responses to his shouted speech was cracking me up. Aesthetically, it's a very cool scene of all four Riders telling this dude that he's not going to win. Logistically... that's not how sound travels! The guy next to Hajime wouldn't be able to hear him whisper into his helmet. Tennouji wouldn't even know they were talking to him!