[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

1. The Bishop is played by Mitsu Murata, who was previously all of the male villains in Hibiki (plus the voice of some female villains) and later went on to play Legion in Wizard.

I figured that's who that was. Thanks for the confirmation!

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

2. From this point on, there’ll be less Fangire that have human identities. Not sure how much of a turning off point that is for you, it does make it slightly easier to swallow Wataru killing them instead of merely destroying their bodies and imprisoning their souls to feed to the Arms Monsters, like he did before.

I can't say it really bothers me if we're done with human identities for the Fangires. Once you do a story like Shinji/Ryoko, there's no point in going back to stories about evil chefs or whatever. The show's sort of outgrown those smaller stories, and it has more than enough tools to spend a couple dozen episodes drilling into its cast.

For the whole A Dragon Cathedral Eats The Souls Of Decorative Vampire Monsters thing, I don't know. Part of me sees it as an unfortunate escalation in Kiva's war, a disregard for penance that indicates Wataru's self-confidence may have some negative consequences. But then, like, the show never really did anything with the concept? So it's maybe just eight seconds of stock footage we don't have to watch every other episode?

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Originally Posted by dreamcastegirl

Gosh, for all of the floating away in rivers, I am struck anew by what a clever piece of television 555, a series that can be ham-fisted and absurd, and yet manages to pull off such moments.

There's definitely a bravery to Inoue's storytelling that can 100% miss the mark and become foolhardy. But, even when I greatly disagree with the end result, I never feel like he's not trying to tell a story that means something to him. He's, uh, maybe not always great at communicating his thoughts, but he's always trying to be understood. It's no surprise that Faiz is his best work, I guess!