[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by cosmicrescend0

(Tsukasa is rather hard to gauge on the "actor with slightly different hair" gauge for obvious reasons, but I think I like this look of his?)

This was a good look for him! He comes off a bit more posh, which is probably the right level for Legend Anniversary Rider to be at. He's a pretty S-Tier Rider to bring back, canonically, so he should dress the part!

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Originally Posted by cosmicrescend0

Oh and Takeru's here too!!! I'm kinda happy this an arc where the Legend Rider tags along for the ride. Not only because I like him a lot, I just think him and Sougo are fun to pair up together. Geniunely don't remember him having cool monk-excorist powers or whatever on top of being a Rider, maybe he had time to do so in this revised timeline?

Takeru's story seems to be following in his dad's footsteps more explicitly, so I imagine he learned all the cool ghostbusting powers his pop had.

(And, honestly, I felt like it was Sougo who was tagging along for the ride here? Team Zi-O landed square in a Ghost story!)

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Originally Posted by cosmicrescend0

But seriously, I love how Geiz spends the opening scene going "I'm your enemy! Don't forget that!!!" but when Tsukuyomi says he's not breathing, he gets equally concerned.

Kaito is rolling his eyes so hard.

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Originally Posted by cosmicrescend0

Are there actors who barely couldn't make it?

I wanna say that Heisei Generations Forever almost had Philip from W, but the schedules couldn't work out. He was down for it, but he was tied up with a different project.

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Originally Posted by GrandComplete

Also love how the Ghost crew was almost going to untie Sougo .... until he talks about being king and they just decide nope!

It's for sure a fun gag to have Takeru -- the Heisei Rider who's all about connecting with people -- go This Dude Is Too Dangerous To Let Free. He's a sweet boy, but he's got limits!

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Originally Posted by GrandComplete

Also I disagree that the Ghost stuff didn't have thematic weight. By making Another Ghost a dead cop it ties into elements well the first one is obvious being dead and all but the guy was targeting people who would've been responsible for disasters in the future. And I love how they tied into his motiviation of wanting to defeat ZI-O because of how terrible his future self is.

There's superficial stuff, but I don't feel like it was a story that Sougo's really invested in, or speaks to his arc. There're consequences for his (potential) future actions, but I don't feel like it was a weight on Sougo's mind.

Most of the parts that could be claimed as thematic are just Time Jacker manipulations? They're spinning Another Ghost around this episode; it's more about them and Woz targeting Team Zi-O than it is Another Ghost having a demonstrable strategy.