[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by catwhowalks

Bringing Kuroto back as a king replacement candidate and Another Rider is just genius. Dude can chew up the scenery like no one else.

He's really something else. This version of Kuroto is way more in the front of my mind, so I remember being a little weirded out watching Helpful CEO Dan Kuroto in the Ex-Aid/Ghost movie. It's hard to believe he wasn't always a dude who threw his back and laughed maniacally during speeches?

(I also really appreciated that Another KurotOOO still thought Zombie motifs were super cool and totally regal.)

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

And this will be the first mix without the theme song from the show in there somewhere (because I don?t like it and I know you don?t either).

Man, don't put words in my mouth! You're gonna get me in trouble! Folks really love that song!

It's not my fave (I mean, ska), but I like it okay. It's very upbeat, very exciting. I probably like it more than half of the Phase 1 theme songs, at least.

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Originally Posted by Daikaijuman54

Now, I pondered how exactly I should put this, since I worry people might take me the wrong way here, but I've always interpreted Sougo's Nobunaga idolization moment as "People shouldn't be remembered only for the bad in their life." Now Sougo's image of Nobunaga is that, in a way, he brought together a war-torn country (or at least tried to), and that's the image he latches on to. I don't want to remain on this topic for too long, so I'll just leave a quote from Kamen Rider W to end this note: "Nobody's Perfect."

I think that's okay to point out? I'm pretty sure the show is saying History Is Messy, even if Sougo isn't saying that. Sougo's a very sweet boy who is certain that you can obtain rulership through power, but then only use that power for good reasons. Geiz, who's a bit of a history buff himself, is aware that being a warlord and taking control of a territory usually means people got killed. That's the conflict in this story, so far.

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Originally Posted by Daikaijuman54

However, this is an OOO tribute, so it's a little odd why they picked a character from Ex-Aid to represent the villain, when as far as I can remember, greed was not exactly a quality for Dan. Again, I'm all for some more Godly Gamer, but it's still interesting they went this route.

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Originally Posted by Daikaijuman54

As I'm writing this, I realize this is the perfect excuse for Kuroto to fit into the story if Ex-Aid didn't happen, so maybe I'm just chasing my own tail here.

That's how I took it: that Kuroto is free to change because Ex-Aid's already been erased.