[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Sylarking

Kai Its one of the worst villains I have ever seen.

Kai is maybe my favorite Kamen Rider villain of all time. Sorry he didn't work for you!

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Originally Posted by AkibaSilver

I took me a good few years to watch Den-O. I started out back when TokuNation did Let's Watch Wednesdays, but as I often do, I lost track around the teens and left it. Every so often, I came back it watch another 5 or so episodes over a couple of days, then left it again. I've no idea how I ended up in that situation, I guess after a while it was just the done thing. Even with all that going against it, Den-O's finale still hit the mark. The timey wimey nonsense, yeah, it's frustrating how all the emotional stuff is built on something that fundamentally makes no sense... but the emotional stuff is so good, it's worth it. Yuto sobbing as he scarfs down the soup, the gang pranking Ryotaro, him cycling away as he goes to live his life until the next crossover needs him, all great images.

I love these weirdos so much. Gruff peach monsters and sleazy turtle monsters and soft-spoken boys and sociopathic dragon monsters and steadfast bear monsters and mushroom-hating forgotten warriors and kindhearted sisters and overinvested servants and close-up-magic train owners and vinyl-clad timepiece-enthusiasts forever.

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Originally Posted by AkibaSilver

Also, I've just realised, Build pulls the exact same trick with its finale! Even down to the timey-wimey stuff making no sense!

Ha ha, yeah, I guess! Den-O swings it all a lot further, with the fakeout. Build lets Sento feel okay in his sacrifice, before a (typically, eternally, adorably) confused Banjou shows up to lessen the sting. Den-O is, like, All Of Your Monster Friends Are Dead And You Couldn't Say Goodbye for like, a couple minutes before they spring the gag on you. This one hit way harder!

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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

Fair enough, although as an exception, I would recommend watching Chou Den-O & Decade between Decade Episode 15 and 16.

I will try to remember that! There's a bunch of logistical stuff to the Decade thread that may prevent that, but I'll try to do it right!