[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Enchilada645

I think the funniest part is the word Diend is in our discussion once and that's more about a cliffhanger than it is about Diend. Because man, I seriously wondered what Diend was even doing here.

It's so weird to see Diend have this rather solid debut, and then just kind of peter off for these next two arcs. Cause like, I didn't really care about his stake in the G3-X stuff, he was just here in the Den-O Episodes. And I'm wondering "Did I only ever like Diend because of his post series appearances?"

And I think back to Super Hero Taisen (my favorite of his appearances) and realizing what happened there with him and like... okay yeah that would paint my bias of what I want Diend to be a bit because he was great in that.

To play the devil's advocate here for a hot second, I do find it sort of charming that Diend genuinely can't fathom why Momo wouldn't want to be a part of Diend's collection of Rider ephemera. Diend's pitch - BE A TRAIN FOR ME ALREADY - seems so self-evidently appealing to Diend that, when Momo's like I Am In The Middle Of An Existential Crisis And Your Offer Is Weird, Diend feels like he's got to haul out the tough love to make Momo see reason. It is insane.

But yeah, the past couple stories have been rough on Diend's coolness factor.