[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

You know who's not annoying, though? Ogami. This was a character that I was really wrong about at the outset of the show. I assumed that he was going to be one of two things: either a minor, passing through Kamen Rider that would only be in a few episodes (a la Danki or Sabaki) or that the show was setting up him and his kid because he was going to tragically die during these two episodes. This wasn't too long after I made the call that Azu would only be in a couple of clipshows for Zero-One and wasn't a real character. I was not good at making predictions in 2020 (I hope that's not giving away too much about Ogami by referencing things he doesn't end up doing in this two-parter). In any case, he's a fun character, I like his relationship with his son, and his weapon is very obviously and hilariously made of lightweight, bendy foam in most shots.

Yeah, much like Rintaro, it's nice to see how uncomplicated Ogami is in his debut. He's a dad! He cares about his kid! It's nice to have some stuff that's... I don't know, comfortable? I like having relationships that are clearly-defined sometimes.

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Originally Posted by Kiwami

The absolute safe route would be reading it all after you finish watching the show I guess. But please do read it.

I will definitely read it after the show's over! Thank you so much for the recommendation!

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Dunno what are your expectations here, but probably this is meant to 'subvert' expectations again? In case you'd think Kento has minor role. Probably this is sorta a 'filler'/out of place introduction, but no need overthinking in this case for Kento coming to the place and checking in, I mean as this episode establishes, Kento is Touma's childhood friend, why can't he check in to reunite with his friend?

I mean, because the construction of the episode and its pacing are insane? Kento's introduced, the show goes to the opening credits, and the next scene is Rintaro and Touma going to fight a book monster before Buster debuts. It's really weird storytelling to not have Kento's introduction continue into the main story, and/or have any relevance on the next scene with Touma.

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Originally Posted by dreamcastegirl

I. AM. HERE.

You have distilled everything I love about Oogami in this line. I actually want to cry because I am very emotional about how wonderful he is as a character; for me, he is the most important Heirei Rider since Hibiki - which, ah, is me really laying my cards on the table in regards to my specific emotional damage, I guess.

tl;dr he's amazing. Hands down the best character to appear in this franchise in a long time.

also: your story was beautiful. <3

Thanks! Writing is fun!

And, yeah, I'm excited to learn more about Buster. Shit, I'm excited to learn more about all of these weirdo sword mans. Beyond being interesting representations of how stories create mental frameworks for how we interact with the world, they're just such a nicely disparate group of personalities. It's a fun cast!

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Originally Posted by Layton13

As for the structure of the Swords of Logos. Yeah, Saber loves just dropping some info and then letting it simmer for a good amount of episodes before going into detail. Some dislike that style; I personally love it. There is a lot of seemingly unimportant information in early Saber that gets brought up again later and kinda recontextualises other stuff. And that made watching week to week feel very rewarding since when you looked back, you could draw out a clear path for things to develop.

That's nice to know! I'm looking forward to getting a deeper understanding of this book-obsessed warrior cult.