[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Man yeah, that's the difference between the audience, who already knows character's traits, and the people inside who interacted with them. Dramatic irony or internal reveal is a stuff in stories, but as someone who'd have evasiveness like Kento, I'd think if only I got audience-like knowledge of the people, I'd know to accept or avoid support - in this case, I'd immediately confide to Touma as I'd know he's a goody two shoes thus he'd do best to support me, and also Rintaro as he's nice though he got problems in socializing.

I'm really enjoying how much of a recurring sub-plot Handling Kento is. That dude came into this show brooding and ashamed, and the characters keep having to find some way to navigate his moodiness and bolster his self-esteem. I really love it? It's actually a nicely sensitive portrayal of depression, even if its root cause is My Dad Is An Evil Swordsman, rather than Brain Chemicals.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

About this being old information to the audience, I wonder if they actually know that the boy in the flashback was Kento, or this is actually a confirmation to them. Or that Kento being introduced as Touma's childhood friend already indirectly explained this to them (I knew this from basic Saber information... also got spoiled a bit).

The latter, I'd think. That same flashback scene shows up in the opening credits, and Kento's debut established that he and Touma and an unnamed girl were childhood friends. I don't think the frequent cuts to it left any mystery as to who's who in that flashback.

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

Well, it?s nice to see you enjoyed this movie. I certainly had a better time with it than Zero-One?s movies. And it allows me to introduce my new feature, in which I take a look at either some alternative jingles for one-book Swords, and share the multiple jingles that the larger books all have (in addition to the standby and transformations being part of the book, rather than part of the sword).

Thanks so much for sharing this!

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Originally Posted by Nokination

I guess I didn't like how Touma was the only one there actually fighting the main bad guy, I know this is to be expected of Kamen Rider, but the other Rider literally just fighting a giant army of fodder for the entire movie's runtime leaves a bad taste in my mouth, though I'd probably be a bit more mad if it weren't for the fact that this movie was clearly just made for the sole purpose of making kids want to watch the show by showing them 20 minutes of cool fighting.

I mean, like it or not, this is pretty much the climax of every Rider movie? The other Riders (show Secondaries, Legend Riders, Sentai guest-stars) handle the mass combat at the quarry, while the title Rider handles the lead villain elsewhere. It's very much the formula for these types of battles.

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Originally Posted by Deepsea

It's a pun? Like on ghost or something?

No, it's a dumber pun than that. "Kamen Ride Or Die".