[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Enchilada645

I also like how the show is actively showing that Aruto does not want anyone involved. He deals with the Shotrisers and Thousers in the most humane way possible, and when he ends up killing Jin you get to see how Aruto just has a face of instant despair and regret at what he's done because that was not the plan.

Yeah, the early fight scene against Team Zero-One wasn't as flashy as the episode climax fight, but I think I liked it better. It's more clever, in that Ark-One is taking apart his former friends so that they can't interfere with his vengeance, rather than demolishing them in a fight. The shot of Ark-One just turning and walking away from them as they know they can't stop him... pretty great!

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Originally Posted by TheRaizin

Anyway, well, Jin's dead, again. At this point he's really lost his charm to me as his own character.

Aww, I liked Jin's death scene. Jin's role as Secret ZAIA Agent is dumb, but I like his use as Horobi's would-be conscience, the Izu to Horobi's Aruto. Him sacrificing himself to (hopefully) give Horobi the opportunity to turn his life around is some nice symmetry for Jin.

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Originally Posted by Nokination

I honestly can't think of much to say on this episode, last episode (even with its flaws) was my favorite in the whole series, so this one doesn't really do much for me. It's still a fine episode though, with Jin dying for the second time, though as I just said, this is the second time and we know he can come back, so even if it is sad, it doesn't have too much impact on me when I have to specify that this is his second time dying. Still a fine episode, but kind of average for one of the final 3 episodes.

It's so funny to me that last episode I was super down on, and nearly everyone turned up to tell me how it moved them. Meanwhile, I liked this one, and folks seem sorta Meh about it. Fascinating fandom! I love it!