[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Zatyme

I guess you could say regarding the Main trio that the show has managed to string you along.

I feel like this is a reference I'm not getting, but: yes! You could say that!

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

...That guy is also Takaiwa by the way! Been meaning to mention that at some point! I don't think I'd get a lot of pushback for suggesting Den-O is some of his most impressive work, and Momo is but one of many reasons why.

I sort of figured, but thanks for the confirmation! It's such an integral suit role that I assumed he was performing as both Momotaros and Sword Form (since they can't ever be in the same scenes together), or he was just performing the Momotaros role. Momotaros needs the best actor to make him work, and every smart choice Takaiwa makes elevates the material. Clearly they wanted to start the Imagin suit actors with a climax!

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

I really love this two-parter, by the way. I recall rewatching it on a whim maybe like a year or so after finishing the series the first time, and ever since then, I've considered it something of a definitive Den-O arc. It's so straightforward in what it's doing, but so perfect in its execution. It's a huge reason I love Plat Form as much as I do, which is to say, it's a huge reason I love Ryoutarou as much as I do.

It's a good story. It's just about Momotaros befriending Ryotaro, and Ryotaro showing where he'll draw the line, and it works because (save an Airi scene or two) that's all it's trying to do. Even the Yamagoshi stuff is kept to a couple lines of dialogue, because his arc is not the important one for this story.

And it's... it's kind of putting the lie to Owner's Nothing Changes line, because while Ryotaro's efforts didn't change Yamagoshi, they did change Momotaros. Trying to help people has a larger effect than whether or not that one person improved from the effort. I like that way the Momotaros story undercuts the existential futility of Owner's wrap-up.