[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Enchilada645

Oh here's the funny thing, I was pretty meh on it in terms of reaction tbh. I just remember people really complaining about it. But yeah there's just something fun about like... our Riders working together, like just immediately and bouncing off each other. Also just like, again, Touma and Rintaro make a nice field team duo and it's a refreshing change of pace from like the usual Primary and Secondary Dynamic we usually get.

It feels a little nitpicky to me, but I can see people reacting that way. I think... I mean, this show is making some bizarre choices, and if you can't quite pin down what it's doing that isn't clicking with you There's Too Many Form Changes is sort of the lowest hanging fruit. It's like saying Geats Is Just Kabuto -- the show's taking some chances, and it's easier to pigeonhole it unfairly than it is to try and understand it.

(I get real mad about the Keiwa Is Kagami 2.0 people! They are very different! They have very different places in their respective narratives!!!)

Anyway, yeah, I like how easy the teamwork is for our Riders. This isn't Zero-One or Ex-Aid (or Geats), where part of the thematic framework is in trying to examine terms like Friendship or Cooperation. It's a show about how we process storytelling: how it gives us strength or locks us into roles. It doesn't benefit from Blades and Saber being assholes to each other.