[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Zatyme

And I think a storyline like this would be better with someone who wasn?t a boxer legitimately . Like an artist regaining the use of his dominant hand and taking up art. As the idea of people having passions that are a fundamental part of them and what it mean for them to deny other people this passion in order for themselves to experience it.

Yeah, I think the whole This Guy Already Has Brain Damage part of it kind of irrevocably taints any suggestion that Okamura should be allowed to pursue his dream at any cost. He's been retired for about twelve minutes, and he's like I WILL DO THIS UNTIL IT KILLS ME. Dude, maybe take a couple night classes! Try streaming! I don't know! You're like, 30 years old! You can have other dreams!

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

Like, I don't remember off the top of my head if there was any specific moral lesson this story was or was not teaching properly or improperly, so I can't argue that point right now, but I definitely recall Hina and Date's concern over Eiji's behavior, and I definitely recall that neither of those characters just forgets about that or sweeps it under the rug from here. For Date in particular, I think his unique perspective on Eiji is one of the most neat things about how he completes the show's dynamic, even.

Yeah, the Eiji stuff isn't nearly as big of a deal to me as far as muddled morals or whatever, but I'd've maybe liked it a little better if the episode had foregrounded Date and Gotou's concern over Eiji beyond a vague comedic frustration. The content is there -- Hina smartly asks if being OOO is maybe killing Eiji, leading to both Gotou and Date realizing that neither of them ever asked anyone at Kougami about it -- but I could've used a little pushback from Birth over the Yummy fight at the end.

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

One thing I forgot to mention is that this episode and the next couple were delayed by a week due to the 2011 Earthquake. I?m not sure what effect it had on the overall series progression, but it pays off with episode 28 for reasons I?ll discuss when we get there.

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