[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by FreshToku

Kamen Feel Go. Yeah, that's you watching the ending.

Battle Doing is a slightly better name than Battle Fight.

And Tachibana was cool on the inside all along...!

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Originally Posted by DreamSword

"Story Kenzaki More" sounds like something Die would headcanon.

Meanwhile "Undead Trenchcoat Mutsuki" isn't too far off from what actually went down, haha.

"Tiger Made Nice Hero" is a fitting tribute to one of my favorite arcs on the show, even if "hero" is pushing it.

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Originally Posted by Kurona

ONE EPISODE MUTSUKI is definitely something I yelled at one point!

Regardless, my laptop’s in for repairs till next week and typing on the phone is painful, so just briefly... yeah. Yeah Blade’s ending is phenomenal and there’s few Rider endings I prefer; and without it I’m really not sure how I’d feel about Blade. It’s absolutely one of those endings that really recontextualises everything you think and feel about these characters; and even knowing the twist going into it (for god’s sake, Blade’s ability on his legend rider progrise key is Joker!!!), it actually didn’t ruin anything. Oh, sure, the element of surprise is awesome; but how he got there was so much more important and really got me to tears. Kenzaki and Hajime... they’re always what I’ll take away from this show.

It’s hard to say much more because Blade was my last Heisei Rider; my 20th, so a lot of my feelings on it are lost and muddled up in it being the finale of that long ride for me. It’s difficult to even recall more than absolute highlights (good and bad), but ultimately... I still really, really liked what I got; and I’m glad to see you got something similar.

I think it's definitely a show that feels a little better in retrospect, which is due to that unbeatable ending. Talking about the series in its entirety afterwards, it was just like, I Only Want To Talk About The Ending. It's so good it actually got me more excited to watch Hibiki, since I'm feeling Big Emotions about the franchise right now and I just want to keep it rolling. Very good ending.

It's interesting to hear that Blade was your last Heisei Rider, since it seems like a random one to end on. Was it just a fluke? Or was it that you wanted to watch all the other ones first?

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

So this is the end. And it’s certainly been a ride.

I’ve enjoyed being able to do a regular feature for a change. And after doing it, I’ve decided that Garren’s cards are my favourites, due to how dumb some of the names are (Upper Frog? Rapid Pecker? Really?)

Anyway, I probably wouldn’t rank Blade as in my top series, but I still class it above my low points (Kuuga, Ryuki and OOO). As for the next show, I’m about to finish that this Sunday and I’m not sure how much of it I’ll remember by the time you get round to it, but for now, I do have some pretty strong opinions on the show. And while Switchblade won’t be giving you any reason to watch the second half, I’ll be providing you with two reason to watch it.

You did an amazing job breaking all of those cards down. The show mostly glossed over them (the same way it glossed over, uh, character names), so I very much appreciated getting all the details from you.

Glad to hear you've got thoughts on Hibiki! I'll try to be back with it before you've forgotten too much!