[Fish Sandwich]

Fish Sandwich also watched Kamen Rider Saber Episode 10



And, complete with their very own "one for all, all for one", this show's Three Musketeers are officially formed! (Mei would be d'Artagnan, of course.) I think about this scene a ton. If there were ever a single scene that sort of represented the entire show, this is... well, one of them, anyway -- I'm not great at picking favorites. Rest assured, it's way up there, though. The chivalrous camaraderie of it, the gentle emotional support, even the lighthearted way they have Mei add that levity right at the end, it's all classic Saber. A really fantastic moment from an episode that's pretty dang great all around.

But uh, while I hate to break the whole spirit of unity and brotherhood and all that...

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

I'm sorry it was poorly phrased!

As well as you should be! If you remembered my lessons, Die, you would know that Kenzaki's iconic quote was actually phrased as a question, rather than an accusation!

(I genuinely was only 50/50 on whether that was a deliberate Blade reference until you confirmed it though.)

In all seriousness, however, I think you're going WAAAAY too hard on the episode's ending in that post, even beyond that particular line. You're talking about Touma there the way everyone I knew talked about Faiz before I met you. It's like the show used a storytelling tool you aren't personally fond of, and everything related to it warped -- even if ever so slightly -- to fit that preconceived perception. And like, that's just how opinions work, and I don't want to totally dismiss what you're saying there as baseless, but just... dang, I guess I needed to vent a little too? I can understand why you'd be frustrated by Narratively Convenient Amnesia, so I only hope you can in turn understand if it's sort of upsetting to hear a plot thread in a show I love this much described as "bad", "groan-worthy", "stupid", "cliche", "lazy", and "cheap", all in the space of a single paragraph.

I thought your story this time was pretty cute, by the way! Sorry I haven't been commenting about those at all! Feels like you're sort of starting to get in a good groove with them lately.