[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Mmicb0b

I've never actually seen Zero-One something I HATE about Modern Sentai shows is the comedic leaning leads and seeing that this show would have a comedic based lead made me steer the hell away

Aruto's jokes are pretty cringe-y, for sure, but they're purposefully cringe-y, so I think it works out? Your mileage may vary!

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

Fuwa beleiving that he needs Yaiba to give him permission to unlock the key (which most of the fandom believe too) is actually his own stupidity showing. In actuality, the key can only be unlocked by placing it in the belt (basically, it can only be opened when made to say ?authorise?), meaning that him pulling it open makes authorising it pointless.

hahaha FUWA

Amazing.

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

I'm kind of surprised you're confused about this, because one of the things I found so great about these first two episodes is how easy it is to infer so much about why Aruto has the outlook on AI he does just based on the quick couple of flashbacks we get.

I just couldn't figure out what I'm supposed to take away from that flashback: Was Aruto's "dad" always a Humagear? Or was the Humagear a replacement for Aruto's actual dad? I don't really care right this minute if the Humagear that gets blown up in the flashback was a nanny or a daddy -- it's not super duper relevant to Aruto's emotional connection to Humagears, that specificity -- but I feel like it's not 100% clear? I get that Aruto has always viewed Humagears as worthy of the same treatment as humans, and that's sort of all I care about. But there're details in there that feel a little opaque!

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

I think the Rise Phones are a great bit of this show's world-building, honestly. You see everyone using them, and it lets you know how big of a company Hiden is in this universe. If they didn't look so distinctive, that would absolutely not come across nearly as well. A Hiden logo on a generic smartphone doesn't really pop on the camera the same way, you know? It's the same way Humagears all have really big headphones on. It's a much stronger visual.

Sure, but there's got to be a middle ground between Visually Distinct and Distractingly Toyetic, you know? The headphones for the Humagears are fine; putting them in gigantic mascot heads would maybe be a little distracting, even if it was easier to tell them apart. I'm just saying, maybe a slightly thinner case on those Rise Phones.

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Originally Posted by Frontier

It's pretty fun imagining/seeing what would happen if the Main and the Secondary Rider exchanged forms. It actually looks pretty cool here.

Very true! Thanks to Androzani84 for sharing those designs!

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Fuwa's quirk of ripping open Progrise Keys is both funny and displays his rage, also about how he kinda has abnormal human strength, filling 2 tasks at once, but it's clear that Fuwa's the over-the-top and theatrical character too. Though I'd say that I'm a bit surprised that you actually deem Fuwa as psychotic here, as those characters being funny and entertaining (oh, blatantly for Fuwa in his sense of humor) can make them being seen as something more lighthearted, and thus have their actual dark qualities being downplayed (including actual villains).

I mean: Nago. These types of characters start real one-note and violent, but then we get to see all of their interlocking traumas and fears and shames and resentments and regrets and then they're so broken and weird that you can't help finding them adorable in their inability to work like a normal human being.

That's one of the hidden joys of Fuwa, after only a couple episodes. He's arguably less of a functional human being than the human-shaped robots?

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Because her and other examples of females you mention all share a form of this, like Ozawa, and it seems that females are only deemed as competent and tough when their demeanor is like that, which no offense, seems to push the agenda that femininity is bad and inherently weak, and women should shed them completely to become 'strong'.

So, 1) Ozawa always hung out with her team, which is the opposite of aloofness, 2) these ladies all have to juggle incredibly unhelpful men, which is going to wear on anyone's nerves, and 3) I never once thought that characters like Ozawa were less feminine for their ability to navigate workplaces that were occasionally hostile to their frequently-established competency.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

If you appreciate Vulcan's suit, wait for something much later, a suit that I really appreciate. This is only a beginning (though I'm not super into Vulcan's suit).

Neat! Good to know!

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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

You'd be surprised how many times Isamu can strain to break open a Progrise Key without it ever getting old. There's something inherently cool and manly about watching him do that while shouting words of determination through the pain. It's completely impractical, since he could just insert the Key like Yua does, which I recall a few people complained about. But who cares, right? It looks bad*ss and it totally fits his anti-technology personality.

I genuinely thought his veins were going to burst straight out of his neck during that pre-Henshin sequence, but I feel like folks would've told me if Vulcan's actor died during the filming of the second episode. I know I said No Spoilers, but, like, you can tell me if they die in real life.