[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

It's funny and it's dramatic and it's smart and it's, well, it's most of what he likes in an Inoue episode, minus a Houjou.

Wait, why didn't they cast Houjou as the director for Reina's group?! F- EPISODE!

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

If I had to complain about one thing, it's definitely the continued absence of Clock Up making the fight scenes feel so much more generic. Like, it is deeply ironic that the insert song called "Lord of the Speed" debuted mere episodes before everybody stopped going fast, and it's hard not to be bummed out by that. To turn that back around into praise though, the show is still making sure to give the Masked Forms a surprisingly reasonable amount of screentime, all things considered. They're not exactly the focus of fight scenes anymore, but I'm happy to see the Riders throwing even a punch or two with them this late in the game. Plus, with Gatack still doing his weird wrestling moves, it's not like all the identity is gone from this show's action. It's funny to think how much his first few episodes tired to make his thing rapidly slicing monsters up when Kagami barely remembers he even has those swords now.

There was a part where Gatack does an actual hurricanrana on a Worm and I nearly popped out of my chair in delight. I do love when the directors let Gatack get weird.

But, yeah, Clock Up doesn't seem like a thing anymore! That's a bummer. I'd love to hear why they stopped using it, even though I'd assume the answer was just Too Expensive. Like, maybe cut some of your extraneous cast, rather than the series-defining special effect? (Although, shit, this show doesn't seem to have a dime to pay for Goro or Kagami Outrageous lately...)