[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Koh

I feel that this is the last show that really has that J-Drama feel. Shows after it feel as though they remembered "Oh crap we're supposed to be appealing to kids not just their moms and/or dads" not that there's anything wrong with that in fact I generally prefer Rider shows post Kabuto. Den-O through Decade is basically like a transitional period between Heisei Phase 1 to Phase 2.

I think I'm okay with that? There's an energy to the Phase 2 stuff that... I don't want to say I miss it, that would make it sound like I don't appreciate what the Phase 1 stuff is trying to do. But I definitely respond better to that tone than I do some of what Phase 1 is trying for.

Or, man, maybe I don't? I keep thinking I want the sugar-rush storytelling of Phase 2, but the more emotional, slowed-down and spaced-out stories are the ones I can't stop thinking about. Hmm.

Either way, I'm excited to see how the next three shows manage that transition!

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

The villain here Negishi (Mishima is just pure evil) thinks that the solution of creating world peace is turning everyone into Natives, the same species as him, because he thinks peace between humans and Natives can't coexist, the villains don't understand about the theme that Inoue brought up about self-acceptance and stop judging yourself, which means about that your species don't matter, your self does ("X is X"), Negishi thinks that peace is determined by what species your are, and thinks that human won't create conflict with Natives if they turned into that too, lacking the understanding that it's your personality that decides how they act, not their species; even humans can kill other humans for their criminal needs!

Sure, but I think of that all as more of an Inoue theme than a Kabuto theme. A lot of what's happening at the end of Kabuto feels like it'd've been a better fit for the end of Faiz, and that's not an indicator of great writing?