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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

I don't know if I thought it was brought down by anything? I didn't love the stuff leading up to it, but I really enjoyed that scene in the episode. I liked how nuanced and difficult to read Akaishi was, where you can't tell if he's having a genuine emotional reaction, or just formulating a new strategy. And Weekend Dad! He gets this heartfelt speech that clarifies how much he loved the fake family he put together, without ever directly saying that he loved the fake family he put together. Some of the best writing in this episode was in that scene.

Fair enough, I simply draw a lot of my enjoyment in these shows from both the bigger picture and the small picture working together. If one falls short, a scene, no matter how good in isolation, loses a lot of its appeal for me. (We'll get to something where I can get a bit more in detail about this rather soon)

Here, Akaishi just lacks a lot of build-up, focus, and meat to his narrative bones to invoke anything beyond "Man, this was surprisingly good. Wish it was connected to something, though."

I adore when the macros scale of storytelling invokes the macros scale and vice versa. It's this fun mix that just gets me excited. If I didn't care about that, I could just watch an anthology. Obviously, that last part is a bit of a hyperbole.

But I can totally see why you have no problem with it, it really comes down to what I enjoy in these shows.