[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Enchilada645

Meanwhile buckle up because we're entering a part of the show where even the crew wasn't sure how many episodes they'd have and had various interesting restrictions that kind of enhanced certain parts.

I'm actually very excited to see how they try to cram fifteen episodes worth of plot into ten episodes. Sometimes you get real clever modifications, or weaker material gets jettisoned for expediency. Could be a positive!

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Originally Posted by Nokination

I like this episode (though that might just be because of the reprieve from the recap specials), and I'm glad that we're getting back to actual plot relevant episodes.

35.5 is absolutely trying to set up a new status quo, and that's what elevates it above the Shooting Special or whatever.

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

Obviously, it was a completely unavoidable situation, but the hiatus really killed the show's momentum for me when I was watching it weekly.

Yeah, I feel like I got a microdose of that this week, where it's almost difficult to remember how it is to watch a regular Zero-One adventure. After five days of recaps and redubs, is it going to be weird to watch an all-new episode? I guess I'll find out tonight!

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Originally Posted by cosmicrescend0

It's actually really interesting in general that none of the things that triggered their Singularity aren't necessarily evil/malicious, wonder what's the point of even delivering that data to Ark....? (In any case, the data retrieval also seemed to override everyone to "renew" their dedication to Ark, so good on Jin for lying !)

This is one of my flaws as a viewer, maybe, where I don't have any theories about what the Ark needs from its soldiers via the Malice Learning (!!!) key. I mostly don't care about vague plot pieces like that, where it's all part of some epic strategy designed to etc etc. Like, tell me or don't, you know? I don't have a ton of patience to theorize when there's so little to go on.

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

Also, due to COVID shooting the shows merch release/debut episode synchronisation out of whack, we got an action figure of Kamen Rider Ark-Zero a month before the former debuted and two months before the latter debuted.

Oof. I feel bad for the production team!

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Originally Posted by Frontier

Jin continues to be best boi.

He really does! The Azu stuff was more immediately my speed/interest/crush, but Jin's by far the most fascinating MetsubouJinrai member right now. (I mean, Ikazuchi and Naki are great, too! Just not as great.) The actor keeps finding a weird mixture of melancholy and focus to build out Jin's internal conflicts, and how he's trying to navigate the larger battle for the future of Humagear civilization.