[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

One thing I forgot to mention, Another Fourze is modelled after Radar Button, a monster from Uchuu Tetsujin Kyodain, the 70s Toku show from which the villains of Fourze?s movie were inspired.

Oh, neat! Thanks!

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Originally Posted by catwhowalks

But he got an actual music band to perform this one and it's the only one to sound anything like the original, so I'll give the lyric issues a pass for this one.

Yeah, I think they really nailed the sound of the original? I'd've probably made it a lyric video, if I were them, but that was still pretty fun! Thanks!

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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

For sure, I like Ohsugi and those neo-humans and all, but they can't compare to real important guys like Takumi and Kusaka. Some of the returning cast for these shows can be a little unexciting or even unwelcome, sadly.

I goofed on them a little, but I was actually really excited to see 2/3rds of the movie mutants and Ohsugi here. Anything from Fourze's going to get my enthusiasm, much like a lot of the eventual tribute episodes. I like seeing these folks again! Any of them! All of them! (...All of them except Jean!)

I think the problem I had with them in the last episode is just that the show devoted as much time to them as it did to the Build characters or the Ex-Aid characters, and I think that's a mistake. Maybe calibrate your Legend Time towards the level of guest star? Like, Takumi and Kusaka? I don't care if you gotta bump Team Zi-O for a week, you give them two all of the time you possibly can. But if our Gaim tribute is just DJ Sagara and Peko, I think we can do a quick cameo and move on.

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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

You mean like trying to talk to people IRL about Tokusatsu? I think I've been in Sougo's position many times!

OH NO! Much like Sougo's discussion of his kingly ambitions plays a little better amongst people who are inclined to take him seriously (the Time Orphans, who take him incredibly seriously), it is probably better to keep your enthusiasms to a place like TokuNation.

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

Another thing I also dig looking back is that, yeah, this one makes it a point how lonely Sougo is without Geiz and Tsukuyomi, and I appreciate the groundwork the show was continuing to lay down. I was still warming up to Sougo when I first watched this one, but like a lot of things in the early episodes, I kinda realize know just how important this stuff ended up being to why I enjoy these characters so much.

As I mentioned in this week's DonBros thread, I am all about characters having weird emotional problems that predate and supercede the events of the show. A little runner about how Sougo is so incredibly weird (he really is!) that he's got basically no one in his life to hang out with -- so he is very excited to spend some quality time with his potential executioners -- is absolutely a story I'm going to enjoy watching.

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Originally Posted by DreamSword

Tomoko Nozama, or as I like to call her, Spooky Chick!

We don't overlap a lot in our interests (I think we both love Tsukasa from Decade, that's it), but I'm glad to see we're in agreement on our appreciation for Tomoko. One of my absolute faves from Fourze. Her and Ryusei are one of the few Kamen Rider (on-purpose) romantic pairings I bought? They had chemistry, for sure.

Also, your favorite character from Ex-Aid is Kiriya and your favorite character from Build is Gentoku.