[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

Not a ton to say about this one. Its main purpose is to be the exposition dump on Sakurai, which in turn sets up the introduction of Zeronos. There are some nice bits - Momo's apathetic fight, Kin asking Ryotaro to make a wish, Elly from Ultraman Max is still hanging around a bit - but it's not the most exciting or dynamic episode.

It's a pretty good gag, all of the Imagin trying to get Ryotaro to make a wish so that they can sacrifice themselves. Kin's whole Your Wish Is For Me To Wait A Minute thing was adorable, and Momo's sputtering rage at Kin stealing his idea to off himself was a great escalation.

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

The important thing is that, with Yuuto here, you're finally going to get to see the real MVP of Kamen Rider Den-O. I'm excited for him to be here as I am for you to meet him.

I'm psyched!

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

Yeah, I mostly remember this as “the one where the Gate was perfunctory, rather than vital”.

Like, I'm glad Sawada comes out of this one better than she started, but it's weird how little impact she has on the plot in Part 2. If she'd left for England after the first part, the only thing you'd be missing is the accidental tiny push to get Ryotaro to realize Airi needed to be told the truth. But even that's something that mostly happens in the story without Sawada being involved, since it's Momo who outright tells Ryotaro what he needs to do.

Just so weird to have a childhood friend come back and mostly have her be tangential to the resolution of the story.

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

Speaking of vague memories of your past threads, my thread will be covering an episode that not only aired around the same time as a Ryuki episode (I think) you called your favourite (it might’ve been the one after it. Either way, Fish Sandwich was dumbfounded) and has a similar plot (various males all end up inadvertently in romantic involvement with the same woman).

If it's the Ryuki episode where Kitaoka does a silent Henshin and dives into a river, yes, probably my favorite Ryuki story. Inoue Forever!