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Kamen Rider Die watches Kamen Rider Zero-One (and builds SO-DO)
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KAMEN RIDER ZERO-ONE EPISODE 13 - “BEING THE PRESIDENT’S SECRETARY IS MY JOB”
I always thought this was a pretty great, very straightforward first proper upgrade form story. It's
very
traditional in its execution, in a way where I'd imagine someone with zero context about how the whole Rider merchandise thing works would still "get it", so to speak? Because you know, there can be times where it's like "why does this guy need a new costume again...?", and this story avoids that by making
why
Shining Hopper is needed, and
how
Aruto gets it such major focuses of the plot. Shibasaki's cool direction for its fights also makes it super clear just how much more powerful it is. Basically, I think this one made a lot of smart choices for the first show of a new era and all that. (Also: Ansatsu-chan will be missed! I really enjoyed his gradual evolution from random mook of the week to semi-major mini-boss.) And just as a Zero-One story, making a big powerup for Aruto all about his bond with Humagears is always a choice I'm going to be fond of.
...I've always wanted to be more fond of Lightning Hornet than I am, on the other hand? I remember thinking it was the coolest just before it debuted, and then that feeling just sort of left me, and I only kind of know why. I think I just don't like it in action all that much? It's that thing I know Switchblade likes to say about modern Rider shows, where it's all people throwing CG at each other? The whole powerset of shooting swarms of insects around while standing still means it takes a lot more
work
on the show's part to make Lightning Hornet look as dynamic as Rushing Cheetah does. Which, to be fair, having rewatched the show lately, they're usually doing the work! I guess it really is just a "me" problem! Maybe I just like Rushing Cheetah way too much.
Strictly as a suit, while I'm not overly fond of those little booties either, I definitely like it overall. I think making the colors a deep blue and gold especially was a brilliant choice to keep the hornet motif from stepping on Zero-One's territory while still being recognizable as a hornet, since dark blue often represents black, and gold is basically just a metallic yellow, with metallic colors already being the AIMS suits' whole thing to begin with.
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