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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

AND A NEW RIDER:
Probably the new guy!

It?s a solid debut for what I remember being one of my favorite characters in Kamen Rider. Birth gets the standard Secondary introduction of absolutely demolishing an enemy with the sort of pyrotechnic display and overwhelming firepower that we will never, ever see again as he struggles to hold off Pseudo-Yummies or that corgi who barked at Ankh or whatever. This is his birthday, so he gets to be the special boy.

Everything about Birth is so smart, aesthetically. We?re in the Coin-Operated show, so naturally the new Rider is a goddamn Gashapon machine. (That little POP! I love it.) Where OOO runs on Core Medals, Birth churns out his form changes through Cell Medals. Where OOO is about the power of desire as a cornerstone of civilization, Birth is the raw avarice that undergirds the system. OOO is the spirit, Birth is the body. And so on, and so forth.

He?s great, in just this little bit we see from the end of this episode. (He carries around his instruction manual! I love it.) Very excited to get to talk more about this guy soon!

Oh man, this is the moment I've been waiting for. No disrespect to Ankh, Eiji, and everyone else, but this is where the show really begins.