[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

There are some truly excellent two-parters, but the overall plot never really gels. Part of that is having to deal with Yui Satonaka leaving for most of the last twenty episodes. But honestly, it really feels like neither the Worms nor the Natives have much character or present much of a coherent threat. Even ZECT, which is presented as a nebulously shady threat for much of the series, doesn't really have much of an agenda. It leaves the whole show feeling a bit aimless in the end.

I mean, yeah, this is pretty much the show's Con column in one paragraph. There are a ton of ways the show could've created a sense of escalating menace. They don't hurt for antagonists: ZECT, Worms, Dark Kabuto, Natives... and yet, no one really steps up? Every villain is content to be a brief threat, like they're too scared to really face off against the heroes. That leaves Goro, the most amoral dude on the show, to finally get sick enough of everyone's hesitancy to just be the final villain himself.

It's funny, remembering how much potential I thought the Worms had the beginning. And then, 40-odd episodes later, it's just, like, what were they even for?