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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Huh! I've only heard it the one time, and I can't say it bothered me. I will be sure to pay more attention in the next episode!

(Also, I don't know that I consider the Fourze Driver's voice "cool"? It's adorkable, maybe. I love that whole RoCkEt oN thing, but it's mostly for how goofy it is. It always felt very... DIY, befitting the afterschool project-nature of the KRC. Not cool, but, like, charming.)

I guess cool was the wrong word. Charming is more apt. I think the other important difference for me is that Fourze Driver has range. It keeps the emphasis but can go high and low, making each Switch sound different. IXA Knuckle always sounds the same no matter what it says and I think that's grinding to listen to.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

KAMEN RIDER KIVA EPISODE 10 - “SABRE DANCE: GLASSY MELODY”

He can also connect with Oomura as an artist, and it’s here that the episode made me a believer again in Otoya. The last few episodes have been all Creep Otoya, and no Sensitive Otoya. Here, outside the harassment of Yuri and the rivalry with Zanki, Otoya’s free to talk about art with another artist, and you can see how that humanizes him. He’s contemplative, quiet. When he goes to smash the Black Star, to end Oomura’s rampage for good, he can’t do it. The violin is innocent, and it deserves to exist. It’s Otoya finding the heart of a thing, seeing past its reputation for its actions, and finding something to cherish. His son would make the same decision 22 years later, and that thread is what this show does best. Getting to see the ways Wataru’s positive qualities were handed down from his father, that the connection Wataru is always reaching for was already in his grasp… it’s like Oomura’s lesson about Wataru’s violin-making. When this show tells this kind of story, one only it can tell, it’s outstanding. It is sublime, it is smart, it is moving.

This adds new context to Oomura's line to Wataru encouraging him to make his own violin, since Otoya's reason for declining possession of Black Star taught him that masterpieces should be celebrated for their uniqueness. Otoya was destined to create his own violin, the Bloody Rose. His inspiration gave Oomura a desire to change to stop being a monster, which allows him to sympathize with Wataru who wants to change to become a stronger person. Even though he dies tragically and wasn't able to keep his promise to Otoya, his legacy passes on that inspiration to Wataru across 22 years, to do what he couldn't.