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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

KAMEN RIDER SABER EPISODE 36 - ?WIDE OPEN, THE OMNISCIENT POWER?

Even Kento?s finally getting some solid advice from similarly big-picture characters like Yuri and Sophia (eventually), instead of the emotional pleas from Touma to which he?s grown impervious. It?s an episode very much about trying to get all of these disparate swordsmen to figure out a way to coexist, and a giant floating madman telling everyone to kill each other for his enjoyment is a pretty good start.

It's sweet that Sophia's still looking out for Kento despite him no longer being affiliated with SOL and trying to remind him that his life actually matters to people and that Hayato wouldn't want him to sacrifice himself for his mission. Even though he's Calibur now, Sophia still calls him Espada, since she can see that deep down, he's still the same Kento under all that despair, who wants the same thing that everybody else does.

We also get the full confession from Yuri, that he was totally prepared to sacrifice Touma from the start, but now he believes wholeheartedly that Touma will decide the ending of that story. A future not yet written that's invisible to Kurayami, but illuminated by hope.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

The Solomon suit and sword, though? not my fave? The suit looks real kitbashed, but I?m not conversant enough in this show?s costumes to pick out where all the pieces might?ve originated. That sword, however! Dude is just swinging around a repainted King of Arthur sword, which does not exactly scream Important New Villain. There?s a real cut-rate approach to the Solomon suit and weaponry that feels a little disappointing, even if it?s (maybe?) not the final form for this goofball.

I hate Solomon for the same reason I hate Yuuki. Seriously, they decapitated my bad*ss Jaou Dragon to make this? Kind of makes me want to see Solomon get destroyed just for the sake of it. I would've preferred it if Isaac became a Megid or pseudo-Rider instead.

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Originally Posted by Enchilada645

There's something so absurd about Isaac just saying "Yo, wage war for me you peasants" and expecting everyone to actually do it. Because if I recall, there's never any cutaways to anyone actually doing it. Which implies everyone is like "Whoa, weird talking head dude" and just went about their days. Or they went about it more creatively... like Junki here!

Weird talking head dudes declaring their evil intentions to humanity is a pretty common Tokusatsu trope, so I imagine a lot of civilians are probably used to it happening every few years at this point.

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

One thing the subs did get wrong though was the name of his second finisher. Toy scans revealed it was actually ?Solomon Stlash? (your guess is as good as mine as to what the heck that means). Though to be fair, I?m sure even someone Toei hired to subtitle this for a TTFC upload would use Strash.

This isn't even the first time the word Strash has appeared in KR. The briefcase weapons and Progrise Hopper Blade in Zero One said it as well. I believe it's supposed to be a pun on strike and slash, but probably sounded a lot less eyeroll-inducing in Toei's head.

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

I think that one of the causes of Solomon is that when you get to this part of a Rider series, Toei is already starting to shift development budget into the next show. Full new suits are expensive and it?s too late in the product cycle to wheel out brand new roleplay toys, which means that it?s time to start recycling. This is how we end up with Necrom getting a repaint of Specter?s shitty plastic stick or {Insert Multiple Revice Spoilers Here}. I don?t mind it when it?s done well, especially if it involves costumes or props that didn?t get much use in the first place.

You didn't even mention Grease using two Twin Breakers, that's got to be the laziest one. Personally, I thought the GanGun Catcher was pretty cool! Sometimes, a new weapon can be just as intimidating as a new form, a good example being the Perfect Zecter.