[Fish Sandwich]

Fish Sandwich also watched Kamen Rider Saber Episode 39

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

I mean, look at that image. Look at our pop-up book opening, reconfigured to not just include the returning Kento, but every other hero on the show. It's as thrilling a victory lap as I can imagine, seeing that troupe of warriors marching off for their next adventure.

I was really happy to see you decide to call special attention to this random shot in the opening, because it's honestly one of my favorite things in Saber period? And I mean, long list, I know, but the key here is that a quick visual like this is on the same level I put entire episodes and suit designs and characters and stuff. There's a lot I could say about the actual episode, because I love a lot about it, too, but as tempting as it is to talk about how Uchida writes an amazing Master Logos, the strong visual storytelling of him ending this one being demoted to Storious' house guest, or even just how sick as heck Xross Saber continues to be, I'll leave the details to past me here, because I'd much rather focus on just how much I love that shot in the opening.

It's just one of those quintessentially Saber things, you know? Even putting aside the literal storybook visual styling, the image of all these main characters in a line, happily walking in the same direction, I don't think it would fit any other Rider show at all? It fits Saber's very specific weirdly un-Rider vibe perfectly, because it makes way too much of a point of emphasizing everyone's individuality to just be a totally straightforward Sentai deal, and yet they're all far too unified in their overall goal for a franchise often about bickering anti-heroes refusing to get along. It's very different people all heading their own way towards the same destination. Like, that's the show! That's Saber! The one where you can have as many as 9 or 10 Riders in a shot together, and have them facing something that isn't just each other.