[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Mmicb0b

as I've said I've not seen Kiva but which version of Inoue is this the cool version of him we've seen in Jetman (and even then I watched that when I was 14(currently 20) so that seemed like the best thing on planet Earth at the time I'd probably cringe at a few scenes nowadays), the one that felt like being edgy because fuck you in Faiz, or whatever the hell he was doing in Agito

As someone who has maybe enjoyed a Faiz episode or two in the past (was that the train one?), I'd say what Inoue is doing here is a better version of his endgame on Faiz. The various themes and metaphors aren't as strong, and he is juggling his cast badly (I don't think I mentioned 1986 at all in that last episode post because they mostly don't matter right now), but the cause-and-effect is better, and the series plotting is way more sensible and exciting. It doesn't feel like it's lurching as much as other shows did in their final batch of episodes, you know? There's a fluidity to how everything is falling apart around Wataru that has me hooked as a viewer.