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Kamen Rider Die watches Kamen Rider Kiva
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05-07-2021, 08:25 PM
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Switchblade
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Complicating matters slightly for Wataru’s search for identity is that his dad is Grease, and Grease is WEIRD. Even in different phases of Heisei, this guy is
down bad
. Otoya is… he is a lot. There’s a slight comedic skeeziness to his horny obliviousness, but it’s mostly just aggravating. We’re completely on Yuri’s side in this episode, even as it’s apparent that there’s a greater depth to Otoya. He’s just tacky, and crass. That turtleneck, that chain, they say it all. He fancies himself a classy individual, a showy man of taste, but he’s just an oily creep. He’s someone Yuri is frustrated by, and he’s a distraction from her serious mission.
But then there’s the scene where he confronts the Octopus Fangire, and it’s pretty fantastic.
I mean, the fencing display Otoya puts on is very dynamic; all sparks and moonlight. But it’s the line he comes into the scene with that I’m most enamored of. He asks the Octopus Fangire, “What do you think music is?” It’s confrontational, and it’s almost
wounded
. The idea of her taking something beautiful and using it to harm, he’s offended by it. That type of character, who is protecting… not humanity as a
species
, but humanity as an
attribute
, I really dig that. Otoya respects art, respects what it means to people, and he can’t suffer the Octopus Fangire to live.
Otoya is a really complicated character. He is, as you'll see in upcoming days, probably the single most fun character on the show. He can be really campy and goofy in ways that are really enjoyable. Everything about his attitude towards Yuri, though, is just... it's really, really bad. He's a creep at best and a stalker at worst. This wasn't great in 1986, it wasn't great in 2008, and it's really bad to look back on in 2021. It's really difficult to reconcile the parts of the character that are fun and admirable with the parts of him that are just a complete sleazebag.
That said, I did enjoy Wataru more this time. It feels a little abrupt for him to be more actively engaging with people, cafe scene aside, but it's much more enjoyable than the mask, gloves, and notepad. Definitely feel the disconnect between Wataru and Kiva, though. It reminds me a lot of Agito and the similar disconnect between Shouichi and Agito. I have some thoughts on why it's happening here, but it probably involves spoilers so I'll save it for later.
One thing I do want to comment on now, though, is my love for the Fangires. The Fangires are one of my favorite monster groups from this era. I love the stained glass motif for the monster suits and the accompanying partial transformation face paint. The glass effect on their victims is also a really cool twist on Faiz's dust corpses.
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More like a hiki
koumori
, am I right?
I do not even slightly get that.
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