[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by FreshToku

It's the eeeeeend, of both the world and this show. There's not too much to say here since this episode is almost just entirely set-up for the next, but it definitely feels as finale-like as it gets. Reminds me of the penultimate episode of Ryuki, where everyone's just trudging forward despite the lack of any hope.

This episode could kinda be counted as Leangle's last moment to 'shine', but like, it's just him getting stomped on again for the umpteenth time. He got effortlessly downed by Garren in the previous episode and here Hajime doesn't even consider him a threat before trashing him. Poor Mutsuki! I know he obviously couldn't win either fight for story reasons, but it's not been a great showing for our strongest rider!

I still think he's better than Delta though, if only because I never had any expectations for Mihara in the first place.

Yeah, this episode doesn't really do anything for Mutsuki on the level of last episode's Tachibana stuff. I really like the scene in the beginning with and Nozomi, but, I don't know, I just like all of their scenes together?

(The thing she did that I loved is, as he's about to leave and go fight monsters, she blurts out "Don't Go!", and then she immediately puts her hand up to cover her mouth, like she can keep from saying the thing she just said. It's this nod towards her not being some typical scolding lady in a male-centric superhero story, refusing to let the man go be heroic because he might get hurt. She knows he needs to go, knows it'd be wrong to ask him to stop, but he just looks so beaten, so exhausted, that her concern gets the better of her. It's never treated as anything more than her being concerned, and I love the smallness of that.)

For Mutsuki, though, there's really nothing else he needs to prove or do? Tachibana needed the final moment of disregarding pragmatism in favor of hope, but Mutsuki? I mean, there isn't really a huge arc for him in this story. He's really just here to sell the stakes and force Kenzaki's hand. That's great for Kenzaki's story, but not so great for Mutsuki's.