[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

Now this one, I do remember better. Admittedly, it?s because Hina?s fashion design goals become more prominent in OOO?s post show appearances (most subtly in Zi-O, where KurotOh commissions her to create a set of zombie themed robots, doesn?t let her react as he glitches out and then throws her in the dungeon), probably because both this episode and said later appearances were written by Mouri.

I appreciate that the show tells us what Hina's going to college for, you know? Too many other shows might just leave it at She's A Student, locked in time and destined to never be clarified, but OOO does the extra work of giving her a goal beyond ONII-CHAN, and saying ONII-CHAN.

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Originally Posted by GodSpeedLove

I just wish they didn't drop the competition aspect of Date/Eiji so soon. I thought it was really interesting for a show about currency/desire for two characters fighting the same monsters for different reasons (and disagreeing on who gets the spoils).

Yeah, their dynamic in the early portion is almost a comedically flipped version of Eiji/Ankh -- a flamboyantly selfish Kamen Rider and his down-to-earth selfless assistant/rival. Having the two of them running an inverted version of the show's narrative engine would be a fun concept... but that's not where things ended up. Instead, we've got a more straightforward secondary hero, and his, like, butler? Gotou definitely moved from Potential Rival And/Or Replacement to just backing up Date without anyone really commenting on it or making it a major story beat. I guess Gotou fell into the gravity of Date's charisma? I can't blame him!

(Also, to be fair, Gotou Just Lands Someplace is probably his most defining trait to this point in the series, so maybe the show didn't feel the need to comment on it.)

EDIT: Oh, ha ha, you said Eiji/Date, not Gotou/Date. Whoops! Yeah, there's still a little bit of a rivalry/friction between Date and Eiji -- most notably over Eiji's reckless disregard for his own safety, versus a doctor who is dying of a brain bullet -- but the show really doesn't care about Ankh getting Cell Medals anymore. Bigger fish to fry!