[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Mesnick

Yes, the battle of 4 was the most memorable for me. Also, Sophia and Dezast returned in this episode, it was nice to see them again. But still, in general, even though this is the end of the story with Shingo, the episode is mostly intermediate.

It was very nice to see Desast again, anyway! Sophia... I never really had any particular feelings about her, and the loss of stability that her absence provided has helped make the sure a lot more dramatically interesting. I'm not that anxious for her return?

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

It comes off less like outright malevolence to me, and more just like someone who has complete and utter contempt for these barely subordinate subordinates who won't just get with the program already.

Which I'd be okay with, if the show didn't seem to juice every scene where she's just a terrible boss with an unspoken OR IS SHE SOMETHING WORSE, and I'm like... I sort of don't care anymore. There was a window where I was excited about the possibility of Reika being evil, but it closed. There was another window where I was interested in the possibility of Reika being just a cruel supervisor, but that window closed, too. Now I'm just frustrated by Reika's blank expressions and inability to be even slightly convincing about her possibly-legitimate altruistic motivations. She's just Rintaro's whole I'm Not Suspicious introductory joke, but played for about forty times as long. Things can wear out their welcome!