[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

It's humorous how Kagami's defining trait is that she mostly talks about training to get stronger, like that's something universal to Kenzan users.

It's like the pilot episode for Sword of Logos: The Old Generation, where all of these new swordsmen get one (1) defining character trait, and it's simpler if they can be proto versions of our usual cast. It's hard enough to remember which new face is which, so Espada is absolutely going to wear gold, and Kenzan is absolutely going to talk about getting stronger.

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

They didn't leave enough of an impact to be some super memorable thing which I can eagerly bust out some elaborate counter-opinion on (and you know I'd love to do that!), but I thought they were cute enough for what they were.

I'm glad they didn't make you as angry as they made me!

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Originally Posted by r4bbitdragon

To be fair, I don't think you're meant to watch these specials back to back- you're supposed to watch the episodes in the first bluray set, see Desast kill two dudes 15 years ago (lol, go ahead bud,) then watch the episodes with the second bluray set, then see a cute ramen battle. There was probably a gap in their writing/filming too, so it just goes to show again how the show evolved and decided how it wanted to portray it's characters over time!

Maybe! I think there's something to be said for narrative coherency, though --even if we're thinking of these as two separate specials, the wacky Ren/Desast/Shindai stuff doesn't exactly sit well alongside Kento's emotional annihilation. There doesn't really seem to be an overall story being told with the scenes and characters they chose to spotlight, which makes the unevenness of the two halves stand out to me.