[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

One thing I remember distinctly from your original review was you nitpicking how evil versions of Ghost and Specter that predate the regular ones, even though Dark Ghost is never referred to as such (his Eyecon announcement is ?Dark Rider?) while Zero Specter? if that?s not immediately obvious, then the novel clarifies that the regular Specter Eyecon is a fragment of Daigo Fukami?s soul, which is in the Zero Specter Eyecon (other things it clarifies include Chou Movie Wars Genesis takes place in a parallel timeline that exists due to a time warp and that after coming back to life, Takeru ends up dying for good of natural causes 15 years later)

You're right to call it nitpicking (like most movies that aired during a series, they don't really "matter" to the continuity of the show), but Argos's Eyecon literally says Dark Ghost on the top of it.

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Originally Posted by gashatfreak

A lot of people use this moment to justify Ghost as a bad show, but for all seriousness I agree with Takeru here. Being a non-corporeal being and not being able to eat anything as humanity's culinary culture progresses and evolves? Not being able to partake in the joys of lasagna and other pastry dishes ever again? Nah, forget that. I'd go insane.

Yeah, I feel a lot better about this plot-point nowadays. It's purposefully goofy, where the honesty and simplicity of Takeru's desire for normalcy - so that he can better spend time with his friends - still gets him laughed at by all of his rapidly-disintegrating friends. It's dopey, but that's sort of the point? I didn't mind it so much this time.

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Originally Posted by DreamSword

Isn't this also the movie where it's revealed Takeru's' body is also in a pod?

Regardless, I to be honest was never even sure what the difference was, considering functionally, Ganma work and act the exact same way that Takeru does in terms of abilities and physiology. The only real thing I can remember being the whole time limit until they fade thing, but even then the way they eventually fully die and the way Takeru does is only minor in the grand scheme of things.

There are a BUNCH of weird reveals and restrictions in this movie. Argos just having Takeru's dead body feels like a thing you'd have to explain, and yet no one does. Also, we're informed by Yurusen that destroying Takeru's body would also destroy his Ghost form, something that feels poorly-to-not established prior to the climax of this film.

(I don't know if the show spent any time on Securing Takeru's Carcass? Here, it's key to both the villain's plot and Takeru's survival. What?!)