[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Daikaijuman54

From what I remember upon my first viewing, Faiz and his bike-mech looked really cool, and the monsters, the Orphanoc, while slightly dull on their color palette, made up for it with their designs, which pretty much outweighs their colors, at least to me.

Auto Vajin showing up and being helpful, rather than trying to murder Faiz, was maybe the most DID YOU EVEN WATCH FAIZ moment of the story for me. Just a top-shelf failure.

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Originally Posted by Daikaijuman54

DiEnd, as mentioned, isn't too different from the Treasure Hunter trope(?)(but even I'd take that over a list of other tropes I dislike), but as a newcomer, I thought he was pretty neat. His design was a crazier look from the Decade aesthetic, he had a cool gun, and his theme song is good (of course, I kind of like Ride The Wind a little better). I don't entirely get Tsukasa's beef with him, even after the show, and the sea cucumber line still loses me, probably not high on my list of Secondary Riders, but I don't think he's the worst. But at least his Final Form Rides are a little more interesting (at least not as weird as Decade messing with the other Riders).

I can't speak to the whole arc of their story, but I can hazard a guess as to why Decade and Diend don't get along: they're both monumental assholes. Kaitou couches his selfishness in a more pleasant exterior, but he's equally dismissive of others as Tsukasa is. They're both unable to work with people because they have too high of a regard for their own abilities, and they've each made their goals far too personal. They very similar... and also manipulative pricks. Like, I'm not sure there's a lot to unpack in this rivalry.