[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Mesnick

Also, this is the episode where the Reika actress likes her acting.

There's a lot more humanity to it, which is nice. I'll probably talk more about this in the Series Wrap-Up post (a week from... Friday?), but I think a lot of the unlikable aspects of Reika's character, the bits that rang phony, were all decisions to play her villainous role as a Sly Schemer, instead of a deluded true believer. So much of Reika's early stuff seemed like the actor trying to add a bit of mystery, but then the eventual reveal of her role as an unquestioning follower means that a) we pivot too quickly into her not really having any authority or initiative; and b) it misses out on what could've been a more compelling story about the pressures of command, or how to rally people around the idealized values of a faceless company. Instead, she's just a suspicious weirdo until she's a fawning sidekick. Not my fave!

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Originally Posted by Mesnick

Would you like to watch Sword of Logos Saga before the end of the show?

I see your point, but I'd rather keep the momentum going on these final episodes. Sword of Logos is going to be right after the Series Wrap-Up post, and -- following Kurona's request/advice -- I'll just tack on Trio of Deep Sin and the Sabela/Durandal flick to the end of the thread, rather than do them after Revice.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

And this episode had Kento validating his father's actions.... to portray his extremist methods as him being self-sacrificing and noble. It's true that both Hayato and Kamijo are much better people than Isaac, but this is another kind of vindicating parents or the lesser evil (to Isaac), unlike Zi-O's quiz arc.

I mean, no one's tossing Kamijo's name in here, so there's at least some awareness amongst our heroes that Kamijo took things way too far. Hayato was legit deceived by Master Logos, his actual boss, so there's a bit more cover to his motivations and morality.

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

Yeah, I mean, if I thought it was *that* huge a deal, I would've made a stink about where you were watching the crossover special, but at the same time, I don't think any suit is ever just a suit in one of these shows.

Oh, I just meant that seeing the suit again was not that big a deal to me -- Kento being Espada full time again is a pretty big deal! I don't, uh, I don't know that the show made a big deal about it onscreen -- there's more weight to him rejoining the guild than there is to his first Espada Henshin back, if I recall -- but it's for sure nice to see him fighting alongside his friends in that classy suit.