[Fish Sandwich]

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

KAMEN RIDER SABER: SHORT STORY MANGA ANTHOLOGY

- The genuine tidbits about the choreography were easily my favorite part of the first short, at the risk of downplaying how great the humor is. It was super neat finding out at least some of those movements are actually conveying something.

- Eigo de Megido should've just been a real show. Just those three actors, flexing their overseas roots while staying mostly in-character, week after week as some quasi-educational YouTube side project airing alongside the show. Would've *easily* made this trio into genuinely popular characters. Or maybe I just think that because I actually do like all these guys and thus thoroughly enjoyed this short. (It's also the only reason I remember Legeiel playing the piano.)

- Seeing so many of Saber's characters acting this unlike Saber characters was also a treat.

- I maybe have less to say about these two though. They're still great! I fondly recall trying to solve all those brain-teasers alongside the cast!

- As is quite common when Die is less enthusiastic than usual about a thing, I'm actually more enthusiastic about the fifth short than I am most of the others. The style of humor is totally my speed, and I like how it captures how awkward it must be trying to be friends with a guy as aloof as Yuri. I like to think every casual conversation with him goes this way.

- The sixth one is a nice little bonus, I guess. It was nice of them to get Reika and Ryouga in these shorts somewhere!

Anyway, yeah, to echo what others have said, these shorts are a Reiwa Rider tradition I'm glad to have around. Here's hoping it keeps up for Geats. (and also that I actually find Revice's somewhere before that...)

[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Mesnick

Funny cartoons. It was nice and interesting. Also, the last two not so successful episodes were most likely made by a different team, because I recall that they appeared much later. Although, maybe it's just the translation was a little delayed.

Interesting! I don't know when these were produced, but the first four feel very Q1, while the last two feel very Q2/Q3. 5 and 6 are post-Kento's encursening, at the very least.

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Originally Posted by Kurona

These anime shorts are always the best thing. I don't even like 01 or Saber and I had a blast with them! Can recommend them without hesitation. It's a shame Revice's still aren't subbed...

This definitely had my favorite version of Sophia, as a smiling tyrant who maybe hates everyone but Espada, and it's a huge improvement over most of her scenes in Saber.

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Originally Posted by Enchilada645

I only ever watched the first four when they came out.

I think the last two came out later so I never did? Though it doesn't seem like I'm missing much tbh.

I don't know that it's worth going out of your way to get, but I think 5 and 6 still had some fun gags to them.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

I often see you showing disappointment for KR's villains, and it seems that Saber won't (likely except for Isaac, or the Shindai siblings at the beginning), I wonder if you now, or long ago, has accepted the fact that KR is bound to have underwhelming villains, like the Book Club for Saber's cast.

I don't know if I feel it's "bound to", no. Like you said -- Isaac! He's a great villain, and he's in a whole bunch of this show. I liked the Storious stuff thematically, even if Storious himself was never that exciting to me. I think these shows always manage a few interesting villains and bosses through their runs, or I probably wouldn't watch them?

The parts I usually disconnect with are either repetitive villain schemes with not much to key into (the Book Club plots) or mysteries that I don't have the info to solve/energy to puzzle out (Calibur). When a show loops the early villain plots into compelling guest stars (Wizard) or makes the mystery of a villain less of a thing to focus on (Ex-Aid), I'm fairly happy. Or, you can go the Geats route and make everything just drama that springs out of character conflicts -- which is the thematic core of the entire series -- and I'm thrilled.

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

Eigo de Megido should've just been a real show. Just those three actors, flexing their overseas roots while staying mostly in-character, week after week as some quasi-educational YouTube side project airing alongside the show. Would've *easily* made this trio into genuinely popular characters. Or maybe I just think that because I actually do like all these guys and thus thoroughly enjoyed this short. (It's also the only reason I remember Legeiel playing the piano.)

If only Net-Movies were still a thing! We definitely would've gotten ten more of these informative (?) shorts, and the world would love these three knuckleheads.

[Kamen Rider Die]

TTFC DIRECT THEATER: KAMEN RIDER SABER, ACT 3 - “SABER VS SHADOW MOON, AND…”



Wow, best one of these, for sure. And not even because of either guest star!

It’s all because of Kirigirisu, who returns yet again to ineffectively menace Saber and basically come off like a hammy creep. Which, y’know, is the perfect vibe for a pseudo-stage show! You want hammy villains that work the crowd for boos, and also make small talk with strong-armed hostages. The bit where Kirigirisu not only knows a fact about this audience member’s hometown, but does a whole Thanks For Coming So Far To Join Us thing… it’s the best. It’s exactly the right tone for something that’s trying to charm an outdoor festival crowd.

And then to follow it up with the glorified clown show of Shocker Training? So fun! So much dumb fun! I honestly checked out once the superheroes showed up, I was so into Kirigirisu as a dude who transformed a civilian into a Shocker grunt and then got mildly irritated that the stunt show wasn’t going to plan. But Saber was heroic, and Shadow Moon was villainous, and Ichigou was Classic Ichigou, and that’s all at least fine. The beginning half, though! That was perfect!

Man, I feel like this one shouldn’t be missed? If you haven’t watched any of these TTFC specials, definitely check out this one.

[Mesnick]

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

TTFC DIRECT THEATER: KAMEN RIDER SABER, ACT 3 - ?SABER VS SHADOW MOON, AND??

Yes, a cool and funny final episode of this show. Cult guest stars, good audience work, and Kigirisu is really adored in these three episodes. Maybe not much can be said about TTFC Direct Theater, but it gives a lot of fun and positive emotions.