[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

I was also looking forward to you getting to this episode in particular, because back in April, when it seemed like almost everyone who ever worked on Kamen Rider was coming together on Twitter to express their gratitude for being part of the franchise on the 50th anniversary, Megumi's actor made a post calling out a quote from it that sums up the moral. First of all, it's just kind of a nice statement ("Accepting your weakness leads to true strength"), but why I really wanted to bring it up is that, from what I could tell, the exact words she used weren't actually used anywhere in the episode, which I took as a sign of how much that was all coming from the heart, all these years later, and I just found that rather touching.

Yeah, that is really sweet. Say what you will about the intentions or results of this particular two-parter, but it led to some fascinating and brave work from both Aso ladies. Yuri's vulnerability was huge, and a very nice place for the series to go to, but Megumi's arc in this was... that actor put in so much work to get that plot to come across. Wataru's actor got the flashier material, but, as always, I bought everything Megumi was selling, and she always had an unexpected angle on her lines. I find it really hard to be down on an episode that's as much of an acting showcase for Yuri and Megumi as this one was.

But, yeah, it's nice to see that an episode she gave so much of herself to ended up being one she drew meaning from.