[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Mmicb0b

see and this is why Blade is Lightyears ahead of Faiz/Agito/Hibiki(TBF you'll find out what happened with Hibiki soon enough) with it's characters Tachibana knows he's a screwup and decides he has to save the world anyways the only 2 Rider series I have above Blade are Ex-Aid and Gaim in that order funny thing is tbfh I know it's easy to say Gaim is just Ryuki 2000's edition but I'd say it takes more queues from Blade tbf first half of Gaim is very much Ryuki 2.0 before they COMPLETELY Twist most of the concepts of the henshin hero genere on it's head and then it becomes more like Blade also Kachidoki Arms is BY FAR THE most badass form debut in the franchise like IDK HOW YOU CAN TOP THAT S--T

I don't know if we're going to be in agreement about Blade being better than Faiz or Agito (Faiz does a phenomenal job building Takumi over the run of the series; Hikawa is Tachibana if all he thought about was other people instead of himself) but there's a lot of baggage to Tachibana that his final speech both acknowledges and overcomes, and that's one of the reasons it's so great. It feels like every lesson he's disregarded snaps into focus after watching Hajime lie to Amane, every single thing everyone's been trying to tell him gets that Oh Shit RIGHT moment of clarity. It's a super good scene.

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

Thank god that Kamen Rider Series generally don’t announce the title, or you’d have been given this episode’s plot twist early (for the record, the title is “Garren Eliminated”)

Yeah, that would've been a bummer. And thanks for the card info!

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Originally Posted by FreshToku

Throwing my hat in just to agree that Garren's big showdown at the end of this episode is absolutely epic. It beats out even his victory over the Peacock Undead as potential top 10 hypest moments of all time. His fatalistic speech then capped off with throwing himself and the Undead off that cliff, the drama of it all... It's art!

If the card won't go to the monster, then Garren will bring the monster to the card. It's a hell of a finish!

(I still love the Hajime/Garren scene more.)