[Enchilada645]

And so we end this two-parter with a lot of fun stuff... and a complaint on my end. A very, very minor complaint that kind of stretches far back in general but like...

I get Elemental Dragon is the new toy, stronger, etc, but like... I wish Touma went for aesthetics and went Dragonic Knight? Like, for one, it would've matched King Lion Perfectly and I don't recall Touma getting too fancy with his attacks in the final fight... and second... despite both forms complementing each other in terms of placement and gimmick, they literally do not appear on screen to fight together at all.

The closest we get is a Junction.

Speaking of Kamen Rider Junctions, I do enjoy them a lot. Especially cause we get some real fun interactions/shots in them. To the point where I wish there was just a collection of them without any of the text they have, they'd make good MV Fodder.

Rant uh... aside...

I think one of my favorite parts is where Touma and Rintaro just start powering up like super saiyans with their auras bursting out before going for their Rider Kicks. Really cool.

Also cool to find out that Zooous is seemingly an unstoppable madman who will not only parkour at any moments notice, but seemingly become even more of a hellhound after such a devastating defeat like that.

Speaking of Parkour dear lord that story! It had me grinning the entire time as you ripped Zooous and his silly ass flips apart.

As a storywriter myself, I realize that I must also make Zooous flip an insane amount of times, so I may end up grabbing from this viewpoint story at one point whenever I get around to the Neko Megid Arc in my story. Very inspiring!

No Desast Walk this time, we're at the point where they're now more sporadic.

[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Enchilada645

I get Elemental Dragon is the new toy, stronger, etc, but like... I wish Touma went for aesthetics and went Dragonic Knight? Like, for one, it would've matched King Lion Perfectly and I don't recall Touma getting too fancy with his attacks in the final fight... and second... despite both forms complementing each other in terms of placement and gimmick, they literally do not appear on screen to fight together at all.

God, that would've been great! TOUMA IS A TERRIBLE FRIEND.

No, I'm just teasing. I think Touma was too caught up in the battle to acknowledge the symbolism of two knights fighting side-by-side to save a princess. If only he'd had the assistance of a talented editor to catch this kind of mistake!

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Speaking of Parkour dear lord that story! It had me grinning the entire time as you ripped Zooous and his silly ass flips apart.

Ha ha, thanks. I sort of regret not having more sequences of Zooous flipping with a weird adverb ("He flipped inquisitively", "He laughed and flipped maniacally", "He flipped frustradedly"), but I only thought of it by the end of the short. I'm glad it could help you make Zooous look dumb in your own work!

[Switchblade]

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Ha ha, thanks. I sort of regret not having more sequences of Zooous flipping with a weird adverb ("He flipped inquisitively", "He laughed and flipped maniacally", "He flipped frustradedly"), but I only thought of it by the end of the short. I'm glad it could help you make Zooous look dumb in your own work!

Flipping intensifies.

[Androzani84]

That’s not a stunt double. Koji Sakawa was actually pulling those flips off on-set. I can only imagine being able to rotate your body so extremely was a way of intimidating victims back in whatever era the Megid, Yuri, Tassel and the OG Logos (who I’ll mention here is the grandfather of the current one) discovered the Wonder World.

Next time: a new writer, plus a little twist on my regular feature.

[AkibaSilver]

Oh yeah, I love Zoooooooooooooous, he really is my favourite Meggido general. I'm not even being that sarcastic, he's just got that dumb jock charisma, and has screen prescence from flipping everywhere. What a guy.

[Kurona]

Zoous' flips are the most hilarious thing in this whole show (... well, close second; the first is coming pretty soon). NO reason for him to do that, makes absolutely zero sense for the scene, he's just. Flipping. Love it

[Sh Ranger]

Zooous flips are OP!

[Mesnick]

Oh yeah, great ending to Rintaro's return/reconciliation arc. He, Toma, Mei all contributed. Now the fourth participant in their promise on the roof is in turn, with whom it is never easy.
But I do not agree with the statement about the secondary rider. The worst fate is still with the tertiary. I still believe that if Agito had lasted one episode longer, the puppy Gills found would have been hit by a truck in front of him. However, this may be a topic for future episodes. The secondary, on the other hand, tends to end the show happier than it did when it started, unless it turns out to be too much of an asshole.
Fanfiction is fun. And these somersaults are not even a feature of a character, but of an actor, because he shows it in other roles too.

[Kamen Rider Die]

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That?s not a stunt double. Koji Sakawa was actually pulling those flips off on-set.

Yeah, uh, not surprised! There really wouldn't be a way to switch out actors that precisely, and I also can't imagine Zooous Flips All The Time So We Need More Stunt Doubles was an idea that would make it out of a production meeting.

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Oh yeah, I love Zoooooooooooooous, he really is my favourite Meggido general. I'm not even being that sarcastic, he's just got that dumb jock charisma, and has screen prescence from flipping everywhere. What a guy.

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Zoous' flips are the most hilarious thing in this whole show (... well, close second; the first is coming pretty soon). NO reason for him to do that, makes absolutely zero sense for the scene, he's just. Flipping. Love it

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Zooous flips are OP!

You're all sickos, and I applaud your dedication to Zooous's tonally-inappropriate flips.

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Oh yeah, great ending to Rintaro's return/reconciliation arc. He, Toma, Mei all contributed. Now the fourth participant in their promise on the roof is in turn, with whom it is never easy.

Ha ha, it's never easy with Kento! That's, like, his main attribute!

[Fish Sandwich]

Fish Sandwich also watched Kamen Rider Saber Episode 31

This is another one of those episodes that always sticks out really quick in my mind whenever I start thinking about what makes me adore Saber so much. There are a ton of things to love about it, so, in no particular order, and without even touching on every last thing, I love:

- The title, which is one of my favorites in the series. I adore Saber's shtick of always having a comma, and while I also love all the dramatic pauses, I'm quite fond of ones like this that make each side one part of a pair, working together for greater effect. Kinda fits the teamwork theme, even!

- How sweet Zooous' sick flips are, even if I do think Legeiel's piano playing skills were even cooler.

- How the story picks a way, way more interesting direction than just "Blades gets stronger and beats up the monster, maybe with a new power-up form". The story they did instead not only excellently reestablishes this show's main two Riders as a duo, but it forces Rintarou to grow past his current limits in a way that is altogether far more true to what Saber cares about than anything else could be.

- How much it also just reinforces how cool Touma is by now? I mention this in my old post about 30 as well, but the whole dilemma Rintarou has here is massively exacerbated by how inferior being around a post Q2 Touma makes him feel, which really gives you cause to think about the way he grew through that stretch of the show. Beyond obvious merch priorities, I think it's easy to spin that as a good thematic reason why Elemental Primitive is the only form Saber uses in the entire two-parter. It's the ultimate symbol of how Touma managed to climb back from the low point he hit at the end of the first arc, and come back all the stronger for it. But it's like, Rintarou wasn't there for that, so of course he doesn't realize Touma had to suffer through the pain to get to that point, exactly the way Rintarou needs to, right up until they have their duel, and he gets to feel everything Touma's carrying through the weight of his blade.

- How the episode makes it a point to emphasize what a crucial part of the dynamic Mei is. "She's our sun" is the kind of line that would be unbearably cheesy if A) it didn't sound *exactly* like something Rintarou would say about her, and B) if it wasn't so dang *correct*. Like, she's obviously great, and I especially don't need to tell Die that, because one of the great joys of this thread is how much Mei immediately became his favorite.

- How (spinning off that last bit) that quick flashback to Mei meeting Touma gives you quite a bit to read into with how much she means to him in particular. You can see he's basically totally disinterested in his new editor, an uncharacteristic lack of enthusiasm from the guy that suggests he's maybe not had the best experiences with editors for whatever reason (especially if he's not great with deadlines!), but Mei quickly wins him over, not because she matches his love of books or anything, but simply because her positive attitude is that infectious, and just like that, a fruitful partnership was born. Like, really fruitful! A lot of editors probably wouldn't dive headfirst into all this Rider stuff the way she does, you know!

- How awesome it was when Zooous did all those flips.

- The way Mei like, uppercuts her way out of the Cat Megid, and does this goofy comedy landing right after, immediately turning all that dour misery she's just been through right on its head as soon as she possibly can. That's the kind of thing I could imagine being written in the script simply as "Mei is seperated from the Megid", so I'm going to go ahead and chalk that up to Ishida's influence, because again, I think Mei was probably his favorite part of this show too.

- Rintarou at the end finally dropping the kun in Touma-kun after all this time, a perfect little way to underscore that he's no longer here as a coworker, but as part of the family.

- Also Zooous' flips were pretty rad.