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Kamen Rider Die rewatches Kamen Rider W (and watches Fuuto P.I.)
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DreamSword
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Rewatched episode 1, and boy, I had almost forgotten how much I used to dislike Akiko.
It's not just the way I found alot of her behavior obnoxious, but it's that alot of her internal logic really confounds me.
The part that really got super under my skin, even now, half a decade later, was when, after Shotaro saves her life from the Magma Dopant, her response is... to put even more effort into evicting him. Scumbag move.
And this is after already using it as leverage to follow him around on the case. Was she just doing that for kicks? Was the fact that detectives get paid not even once on her mind? And how is she so clueless about her father's' own business office when she's the landlord? It's frustrating.
Akiko was and still is what made is hard to really sink my teeth into act one of W. It's alot easier nowadays thanks to the power of hindsight, but yeah, when I first watched it all those years ago, the early parts of the show felt pretty rough to me, so we'll see how much that impression holds up assuming I get to continue rewatching the show.
But again, hindsight helps, because even here in the first episode there are alot of elements that would help W to stand out in the long run. One of the things nearly everyone praises about the show is its world building, and yeah, even here in the premiere there's alot of effort put towards that. From the set design, to the various bits of iconic imagery such as the Gaia Bookshelves. And such aspects would only be built upon as the show continued.
The quirks of Shotaro and Philip are of course always fun, and we even get my favorite form of W right upfront with LunaJoker. They knew just how good that form was! They also knew just how good the switch-in attack for W was. That cyclone hits so hard! I played Memory of Heroez; I would know!
The short of it is: It's a fun premiere, if a bit of a drag at points because of one character who really rubs me the wrong way in the early days.
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