[DreadBringer]

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

KAMEN RIDER HIBIKI VOLUME 12 - “SECRETS REVEALED”

The big thing is the Makamou in this episode, which… look, I get budgets. I get the technology of the time. I get that not every monster in a series can be the best.

Sums up just well, Kamen Rider CGI in general. It's worse on giant creatures like this monster, and this is not a Hibiki exclusive trait. And well, no, I'm not the kind to defend this/give this free pass. My country's television quality is notoriously bad and one of the reasons is these kinds of CGI (even worse ones here).

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

It’s just, I don’t know that what I want out of a Hibiki/Asumu plot is Nearly The Exact Same Thing Happened To Hibiki When He Was A Kid. I find that sort of parallel cheap, and dull. It lacks the cleverness of the better comparisons, something this episode actually has for a different part of Asumu’s story!

Well yeah that's the way, it's still, the part that I talked about before of role model being outwardly perfect sets up too much expectations for the "protege", giving insecurities, the solution is to let them know that the role model isn't perfect as you made them out to be and approach them in a more realistic manner, which is well for here, used to have flaws similar to Asumu himself. I think that's the plausible way to solve Asumu's issues regarding Hibiki, but if this doesn't work for you, (well, again, want to know) what should be done as improvement as solving, or never solve (poor sanity)? And I guess I get it why "miscommunication" part is tolerated... because telling the info is seen as lazy? (but you also don't like if someone continually keeps something secret even if they know?).

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

I think my favorite things about this episode were the little details, and that’s worth more to me than some plots that had rough edges.

O̶n̶e̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶m̶y̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶m̶e̶r̶ ̶c̶l̶a̶s̶s̶m̶a̶t̶e̶s̶ ̶w̶e̶r̶e̶ ̶t̶r̶y̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶m̶a̶k̶e̶ ̶a̶ ̶K̶a̶m̶e̶n̶ ̶R̶i̶d̶e̶r̶ ̶s̶e̶r̶i̶e̶s̶ ̶a̶b̶o̶u̶t̶ ̶o̶r̶i̶g̶a̶m̶i̶,̶ ̶a̶s̶ ̶h̶e̶ ̶h̶a̶s̶ ̶a̶ ̶p̶a̶s̶s̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶o̶r̶i̶g̶a̶m̶i̶.̶.̶.̶.̶ ̶w̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶i̶f̶ ̶H̶i̶b̶i̶k̶i̶ ̶a̶l̶r̶e̶a̶d̶y̶ ̶w̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶p̶a̶t̶h̶?̶ But origami is made from paper! They're so fragile! They break easily, especially on the watery environment the Oni sometimes fight! And I wonder why the access to that room is made as traps, to hurt anyone that wants to expose something inside the room? The room's content... I wonder if the toy collectors arrange their toys like the one in the room, it looks something like it.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

I think it's more just the joke of this woman trying to make him feel better while making him feel so much worse. Cringe comedy is still comedy!

It hurts Asumu though unintentionally... and passing it off as comedy... it's the "disregard of the hurt's feelings that they don't matter for the comedic or entertainment value in those behaviours" mindset I fear.