[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

I've heard Rider directors say before that being the guy who does the episodes right after the pilot is, in its own way, almost harder than being the guy who does the pilot, because you have to start working before you have a completed pilot to clearly demonstrate what the show is actually supposed to be. I don't usually feel it that much, honestly? But I do wonder if that's got something to do with what's going on here for you, Die.

Some of it's definitely that -- a show that's trying to figure out its balance and rhythms without enough past work to reference -- but some of it is also the incredibly subjective thing of me not particularly enjoying JK and Ohsugi even when they're at their best, and then this episode amplifying the things I most dislike about them, while also finding them at their most embryonic and unlikable. I was primed to not have a great time with this one, and the show did not make it easy for me to change my mind. Hopefully next time!