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Kamen Rider Die watches Kamen Rider Zero-One (and builds SO-DO)
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Originally Posted by
Androzani84
Sparking Giraffe
Oh right, Sparking Giraffe was in that shot! That was another neat little oddity in the toyline. See, the whole gimmick was that it was exclusive to Toys R Us (hence the motif), with a whole campaign where it was sold at a lower than usual price, but you also had to be wearing to your DX Hiden Zero-One Driver to buy it. Toys R Us exclusive collection items are apparently a Reiwa staple too, as Saber had its own giraffe-themed book, and Revice got an exclusive stamp as well, which
wasn't
based on a giraffe (presumably because that would've required new tooling), but what they came up with instead was a bit of wordplay that would make Aruto proud.
But uh, I continue to be weirdly hung up on anecdotes about merchandise lately, so let me just say that again, I think this two-parter is pretty excellent. There's a sort of deliberate contrast to it in a broad way that I think is neat, for one -- the scope of it
appears
small and personal with all the film drama, almost as though this will just be an unimportant story about Aruto hanging around a set, but exactly like it's established,
this is actually *really* important PR work for Hiden Intelligence
, and they can't afford any more public blunders, so when things go wrong by the end, they go wrong
hard
, and that makes for a heck of a time for Gai to really start stepping out of the shadows after so many teases. (Right down to the show consciously deciding to have his dialogue make use of gradually escalating percentages, until he finally reaches his favorite number here.) Throw in the fun human drama and slightly complicated emotions of the Oowada/Ansatsu-chan stuff, and you've got yourself another really solid outing from Kakehi... because I don't think I mentioned we were back to Kakehi writing for these episodes. Again, that's about how much difference it makes. Takahashi was off writing the movie, but you know, they're holding down the fort just fine without him.
(Also, it's a minor thing, but there's that bit with Vulcan and the Dodo Magia transforming here that's always stuck with me for how they're both in these separate cramped stairwells. It's a really visually distinct way to spice up the start to that fight, and I think the fact that I do remember it speaks to how much good use of location can help a scene leave an impact.)
Biting Shark is pretty great, by the way. It makes use of a very distinctive and unusual color, and the Rising Hopper armor as fins is brilliant. Plus, and perhaps most importantly of all, the silly drawn-on mouth is
~adorable~
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Is he not dead?! I thought Assassin-chan murdered him!
You were told, but not shown!
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