[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

Well here we are, at part two. I?ll start with more etymology.

Neat! Thanks!

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Originally Posted by Mesnick

In general, playing on the similarity of these two as older brothers, despite the fact that they are completely different in character, is very interesting.

Yeah, it's... I don't know if the episode did as much with this as I'd've liked? It basically just uses one overlapping character trait to move Zox from Completely Selfish to Ugh Fine I'll Help. Like, Zox didn't need the Wonder Ride Book for anything, so him giving it back to Ryoga is the most minor assistance he can provide. (Taking on the monster was a little more assistance, but that one's purely him trying to protect his sister.) The idea of the two of them wanting to protect their sisters is a linking element in the episode, but it never felt like a big deal to me.

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

This only just occurred to me, but I feel like it says a lot about Zenkaiger that you described that episode that way instead of as "the one with Don Momotaro", which I assume is why you were watching it in the first place? I think you might already be a fan of this show without knowing it, Die!

Ha ha, I completely forgot that that episode is the cameo from Don Momotaro! My memory is the worst. To wit:

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

Though I can say his memory is faulty, since he was there when I had episode 29 as part of a ?sports? event (alongside Gaim 37. He noted the irony that the solo hero franchise had an epsidoe about a teamwork sport, but the teamwork franchise had an episode about a solo sport).

I very dimly recall this episode, now that you've described it. It's the tennis one? Right?

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

I thought this'd be unusual for a perhaps major Sentai to be like this, but, well, he's not the main character so it makes more sense that he can be less heroic than characters like red Sentai.

People keep telling me that Zox has a slightly more heroic attitude in the main Zenkaiger show, so it might just be how he comes off as a guest-star written by a different writer.

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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

None of that would've been possible without Juran's spontaneous moment of selfless heroism and that's why he's always at the front of my mind when I think about Zenkaiger.

Thanks for sharing that! I don't know that I got a lot out of Juran in this episode -- it's VERY overstuffed -- but I liked hearing how much he meant to you. I like when these shows connect with people!