[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Kurona

Inoue Kill also fairly leaps out.

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

I was planning to use this exact line for a screencap, but from a frame with Hiyori's face in it. Really sums up the difference between our approaches to Kabuto, huh?

Anyway, Tendou once said "Those who travel the same path are no more than mere allies. Those who are able to travel together on separate paths are..." Well, they're something. Maybe ask Kagami how the rest of that quote goes.

I did really love that line though. It was such a perfect thing for the finale to have Tendou write his own wise saying for the first time, and the sentiment itself is genuinely quite beautiful.

That very first post I made in this thread wasn't me being coy or anything, for the record. I honestly had no intent to rewatch the entirety of Kabuto alongside Die up until after I finished the first episode and realized I might have some things to say. I don't know how many of those things ended up being of interest to anyone, but I'm glad I took the time out to do this.

I already mentioned how much of a newfound appreciation I gained for Kabuto, but, even beyond that, I've become yet more impressed by Die's ability to do all *this* on such a regular basis. Episode after episode. Paragraph after paragraph. I think I always say something like this at the end of these threads, but after making like a Worm and copying his entire shtick for two months, I'm also feeling it this time. I can't imagine only needing a couple weeks to recharge for another one of these.

So thank you, Die, for your inexhaustible passion, and thanks for going along with my sudden decision to arrogantly appoint myself co-writer for one of these things. Rewatching this show wouldn't have been half as fun if I wasn't doing it with you.

As always, I'm eagerly anticipating the next one. Maybe more than usual this time, even, for reasons anyone who knows my taste in toku writers can guess.

I had another post I made as a response, but apparently it was so glowing and emotional that it broke TokuNation. That sucks! I love TokuNation!

In the hopes of sparing my fellow fans any further service interruptions, let me go a slightly different way from the earlier post (of which I remember only a few key phrases: "passionate intelligence", "hyper-competence and success", and "friend") and mention how bizarre it is to see you praising my work.

For someone whose work is always so readable, so clever, so emotionally honest... whenever you say nice things about my work, it's like I'm trying to decode some foreign language. The words are ones I recognize (the roots of them, anyway) but the way they're all configured is impenetrable to me. I can't understand how or why you're saying these things in conjunction with what I'm doing here. So much of what I do on these on boards is stuff I feel like I should apologize for. Having smarter fans than me find value in what I do is confusing, deeply.

But if you say there's value there, I'll believe you. That's just how convincing of a writer you are! I can't risk being as effusive as I was before, so as to keep these boards functional, so trust me when I say that your contributions to this thread are thanks enough, and anything beyond that feels unnecessary.