[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Enchilada645

Ah, doing the whole release order thing. Honestly that's fair! And that ensures minor spoilers won't crop up. For Project Thouser though yeah I'd recommend at least doing Part 1 somewhere close to when it released rather than what continuity stuff says on the Wik, I think it was around April? For part 2 I'd probably put that closer to the end of the series since it came out post series and probably has a few end of series nuggets. Been a while since I watched them tbh.

Hmm. I've currently got both Project Thouser episodes set for after Episode 16, since (according to the Wiki) it's the first 16 episodes that those specials sort of cover. (It sounds a lot like the Alain and Rogue specials?) Is that not a good place to watch them? Should they be held off for later? I am open to suggestions!

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Of course, Fuwa's someone who views Yua as genuine friend and partner, so perhaps he's seeing the good in her here regardless of her working against the public good, like how she helped him before. This part is probably played up as the difficulty to maintain friendship, while you're on opposing sides, especially for Fuwa who is the one lacking knowledge of her shadiness, but knows some good on her including to him.

I think that's my problem, though. Fuwa's treating it like his friend lied to him, instead of his coworker having ulterior motives that might affect their effectiveness in the field. Like, if I've got a coworker who said they were going to pick up food for me when they were out getting lunch and they didn't, that's sort of shitty, but these things aren't a huge deal in the long run. But if I've got a coworker who is sabotaging our business for another person, I'm probably not going to be as forgiving or understanding.

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

These past few episodes mark an interesting little era for the show in that sense, because there's really not any other chunk of Zero-One that seems to care that much about getting every little thing being sold in there, and given just how minor a lot of these recent showcases have been, I think you can sort of tell the people making the show really wanted to just be making their show as much as they could.

I wanted to say that I'm glad they're going to stop prioritizing toy demonstrations instead of storytelling, since that's putting the cart in front of the horse... but I guess that's the other way around? The toy demonstrations are what pay for the storytelling, so the toy demonstrations are actually the horse? Weird to consider.

Either way, yeah, I enjoy the early eras of weekly form changes and bucketloads of flashy weaponry, but it's always better when these shows can make those things feel more organic. A new collectible showing up because it represents some journey the characters have taken is worth more to me than some tossed-off Here's A Thing You'll Use One Time To Defeat This Singular Enemy. Not sure if that's a controversial statement?