[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by DreamSword

Maybe it's just me, but your emphasizing over his place in the story over the last few posts, your disappointment at Reactor not being a high rank in the enemy organization, as well as a "confrontation with Bando in Shadow Futo" (which isn't even what's happening) gave off that impression.

When I say "Bando", I'm only ever using that as shorthand for "the Shadow Fuuto storyline", since that group doesn't have a canonical name in-show yet. It's easier to use his name, since he's the focal point of that storyline in the opening credits and elsewhere. I definitely don't think that we're going to see Bando defeated once and for all in Episode 12; we barely even know what his deal is!

My gripe (if you want to call it that -- I like this show! I liked the last episode! I feel like that's maybe being overlooked!) is that I feel like this show would've been better off either going all-in on the Shadow Fuuto storyline, or not trying to get to a season-ending confrontation with that group in the fourth storyline. It's one thing for an open-ended manga to pace its confrontation this early (although it sounds like this is earlier than the manga had it?), but it's a little soon for an anime with only four stories to tell.

As always, this is just how I'm taking the show! It's not a judgment, and it certainly isn't meant to invalidate someone else's experience with it! I feel like things are getting a little contentious in this thread, so please don't take this as some condemnation of the series! I am enjoying this show!