[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

The guy who played the theme park manager only appears in this episode, but he asked to come back every time he bumped into the producer. (How that happened often enough to be a regular thing, I don?t know)

Ha ha, that's great! I thought the Theme Park Manager did a really good job imbuing his character with humanity, despite, uh, firing the main character from his dream job. There's a sense that Aruto's being fired subjectively because he's not very funny (he oversells every punchline, even for theme park stand-up comedy), but objectively because the theme park guests are happier with a different performer. He's protecting his customer's happiness, which is exactly what Aruto wants. That all comes together really well, and it's partly through the Theme Park Manager's performance.

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

Contrarian opinion as ever, I know, but I really liked that kid right away. I'm obviously not ~totally~ serious about the "master of comedy" remark, but I genuinely do have pretty much Aruto's exact dumb sense of humor, which made him a pretty relatable protagonist out of the gate. Like, when I was a really little kid, I even harbored vague notions of becoming a stand-up comedian for a while?

Too bad the sense of duty that comes with translation policing got in the way. A dream deferred!

Also, real question: Was Aruto not a popular Rider on his debut? I found him instantly compelling, and way easier to understand than Sougo. Did people not like this goofball?

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

The way the camera moves throughout the scene where Aruto takes the Zero-One Driver, for example, it just looks real nice?

The camera moves were exceptionally fluid across the back half of the episode, with my favorite shot being when Zero-One runs at the monster right after the Henshin sequence. The cut comes in and Zero-One sprints towards his enemy, and the camera can barely keep up. Great direction!

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Originally Posted by cosmicrescend0

Drops quite a bit on your head, but only enough that you're not totally drowning in like, characters or worldbulding?

Pretty callous way to mention the tragedy of Daybreak Town!

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Originally Posted by cosmicrescend0

Aruto! He's kinda....a loser? Runs around in his high school jersey with the nametag fraying, chronically unfunny, and lost his job. My interest in Aruto at this episode(and the entire show, ngl?) is not "I like/sympatheize with this character and their motivations, and would like to see them uphold/defend those as a Rider". It's more of "How will being a Rider (and the president too, ig) change this guy's life?" Being a charasmtic protagonist that instantly wins you over from the beginning is one thing, but shoving some weird litle freak into the audience's hands and going "trust me on this one!", isn't that more exciting to see?

Ha ha, well, this answers my Did People Not Like Aruto question! I guess I don't think he's that weird? He's remarkably level-headed in his initial refusal to be Hiden's CEO (no training, no interest, the Board doesn't want him there: easy pass), but will commit to anything if it means protecting people (him taking the driver from Izu was so cool). He's got some growing up to do, but I never felt like he was weirder or more hopeless than most of the last ten years of Riders.

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Originally Posted by dreamcastegirl

You know, the thing I like most about Oogami is----

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Originally Posted by Kurona

... oooh I never noticed that before! That's really cool, thanks for pointing that out

You bet! These tiny mans come in handy.

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Originally Posted by Daikaijuman54

They really embraced the idea of making the Reiwa Era much more bombastic in terms of action, and the finisher screens are my favorite part about Zero-One.

Yeah, it's a thing I missed a lot when going through the Phase 1 Heisei stuff: how cacophonous the finishers could be. Again, Ex-Aid, so I really appreciated how bonkers and colorful and loud and all-encompassing Zero-One's first Rider Kick was. It was so powerful he almost hurt himself in the aftermath!

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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

It's sci-fi, minimalistic, draws attention to the legs, I like it! Not my favorite suit ever, I think the head jewel could've been a more contrasting color, but I think it succeeds in doing what it's meant to.

Sure, it's maybe not my favorite ever, but I think it's a really effective base suit. It looks like a hero's suit!

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Originally Posted by MrWilliamGraham

Finally Die! Zero-One is one of my favorite Rider shows, glad to see you catching up to it, and maybe catch up to some Figuarts? Unfortunately, 2 of the main 5 Riders are the most expensive figures of the line, but I think the rest should be much more manageable!

Yeah, Horobi and Valkyrie... those are going to hurt a little, but at least they're neither impossible to find nor Eternal Expensive. The bigger problem is that I've yet to see a Zero-One Figuart I wouldn't want to own, and Bandai produced about two dozen figures for the line. Gonna be an expensive fall!