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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

The dilapidated Tokyo Tower could also be a metaphor for a wilting flower, starved of water due to a world with no oceans

Ooh, I like that interpretation! Definitely seems like the kind of symbolism this movie would go for. I mean, it does start snowing after Tendou saves the day.

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Ketaros' death scene is easily the most humorous moment in the movie for me, especially with how it happens immediately after Neo-ZECT Girl says to Hercus "We still have Yamato!" I mean, talk about irony!

You've really gotta take the laughs in God Speed Love wherever you can find them (Die certainly picked an interesting place!), and I definitely think the dark humor of having the movie-exclusive Riders themed after Olympic medal colors in order of how long they survive is pretty dang amusing. Although if we're talking about how memorable their deaths were, then Ketaros absolutely gets the gold medal.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

I was dying watching it, just like Hiyori.

Well at least she's still the most relatable character then!

I'm honestly not even sure why I feel as generous towards this movie as I do, when it's doing so many things I don't really like as ideas any more than you do. I guess the way I'd put it is that I just found it interesting as I was watching it? Like, "fun" isn't quite the right word, but I also wasn't bored, or mad, or anything like that. It goes all in on the weird choices it makes in a way I find a little fascinating.

Plus, Hiyori did get to say "nande boku ga...", so maybe that's enough to keep me happy. Or maybe it just really is *that* stylish visually, who knows?

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Originally Posted by Kurona

Something I like about a summer movie most is when it's able to basically just be the series in a nice hour/hour-and-a-half package; something you can just watch and all the feelings and vibes from it come rushing to you and is exactly what the season was about

This is definitely what I like to see too! I don't know if you could say that about God Speed Love outside of it being really weird, which Kabuto is in spades, but the ones I'd consider truly great all meet these criteria. Which is actually a whole lot of them, now that I think about it. Like, I was going to name some examples, but nearly half of them that even exist instantly leapt to mind. Huh.