[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

I guess it gives off the vibe of like, a perfect marksman tracking down a target or something? Again, I'm not good at describing why, but like, yeah, that's a good theme for Bassha Form. Cool suit as usual, by the way! You can maybe start to see why I leapt to that Kuuga comparison now that Kiva has a green form with a gun?

Yep! Makes sense to me now.

I'm a fan of the restrained physicality of Bassha Form. It's a pretty standard Rider With A Gun thing, the cool and efficient hunter, but something about it coming up after Kiva's base form (wide arms evoking wings, tiny quick steps) and Garulu Form (loping strides, low base) makes it feel just as inhuman as the other forms. More great suit acting by Takaiwa, and some clever storyline placement by Inoue!

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

This episode is all about parallels yeah, everything about 1986 and 2008 happens in complete... coincidence (... like some of the writer appeal here before as something that can be Faiz' statement or complaint?).

There's for sure some contrivance (a lot of the mechanics of how the Sheep and Spider coordinate things are left to the viewer's imagination; I guess that theme park has been completely abandoned for 22 years, not counting Den-O's exposition scene?), but I'm probably not going to be down on Kiva as a series for any Coincidental plots, since the entire design of it is to rhyme the two timelines. Things echoing one another, two instruments playing the same tune... that's, like, the approach of the show. If things get a little inelegant in order to eventually deliver a hell of an emotional scene, I'm not going to feel overly put out.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

And your last point about appreciating people who helped him instead of strangers, this is a nuanced view.... but I hope this won't be a petition for characters like Wataru to...stop giving a fuck about anyone unrelated to them, only care and save the ones who you love, others be damned, basically killing what KR means.

Yeah, I don't think you have to worry about Wataru, who is an incredibly sweet boy, losing his empathy for others. It's not a zero-sum thing. He can find a deeper connection with Megumi and find a deeper connection to humanity. (Or, at the very least, find a way of putting into words something he's felt for a while.) It's kind of a main thing in this story!

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

You may have preference to dialogues in fighting scene, but don't label those who doesn't suit to someone's preference as bad like no talking in fighting scene. For other media that got praise for no talking in fighting, it's said because sometimes the talking can just distract the fight's raw choreography, one upping, and brutality... though I think KR choreograph are rarely top notch for that...

I don't think I labeled them as bad? Pretty sure I just voiced my preference. Folks are free to enjoy different kinds of fight scenes! We all process art differently!