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Kamen Rider Die watches Kamen Rider Den-O
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04-18-2021, 06:10 PM
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You know, for how much it's seemed at points over these last few episodes that you're practically kicking yourself for kicking this series as much as you have, I kinda think that complex jumble of feelings you're carrying is as appropriate as you could get for Den-O.
But before I dive into that, I do need to tie a bow on my two go-to moves for this thread: first by pointing out that the title for episode 48, with Urataros' big sacrifice, is
Ura
hara na Wakare
in Japanese; and second, by just straight up
linking you to my whole post about the last three episodes and some of my thoughts on the series as a whole
. It's not exactly some thorough analysis, but I think it gets my genuine passion for the show across pretty well.
And of course, yeah, like I said in the post I quoted right at the start of the thread, this IS very much my favorite Rider show by Kobayashi. It's not even a close call, and that's insane to me when I step back and think about it, because I can be awful at picking favorites. There should be a voice in the back of my head whenever I type a statement like that second guessing the opinion. Telling me in this case that I owe some kind of loyalty to OOO, or reminding me of what an impact Ryuki left, or whatever else. Not like it's some zero-sum game, mind you, but still, it's unusually easy for me to commit to those words –
Den-O is my favorite
.
The way I put it in those posts, which you've just seen mentioned if you clicked that link, is that something about Den-O is just magic to me, and, over a year and a half removed from that post, I suppose I never have found a better explanation than that yet. It's a series that snuck its way into my heart before I even realized it, and was bound never to leave as soon as I did. My beautiful little fog bank, as it were.
That comparison you made is still something I keep coming back to, because it really does say it all when it comes to the differences in how we see this show. I can comprehend why someone would desire more clarity from it, but I can't
imagine
asking for that myself. Den-O to me, it's a show all about the impossibly fragile yet boundlessly resilient nature of memory. The things we want to hold dear, even when they slip through our fingers, the things we'd rather cast aside, even knowing they can't be undone, and how all of those past experiences can be equally important to create a hopeful future. The whole thing about Time Nonsense... I honestly do see it as a true positive for the show's narrative. Not even something to be merely forgiven or ignored. The amount of screentime dedicated to people desperately chasing after a life that's already gone, or to fruitlessly trying to fit together murky, confused, and incomplete information into something comprehensible... I think it's fair for me to say that's all very much on point, considered plotting for what the series is about, the same way it's fair for you to say it doesn't make for the most entertaining experience as a viewer. But man,
man
, as fair as that it is for you, I can't pretend there isn't a part of me that wants to come out and say that asking Den-O to do anything else would be actively diminishing its beauty.
And, hey, I guess I just did say that, huh? I'm pretty confident after so many of these threads that you'll understand my point there is less about you and more about simply how deep my fondness for this show is. As ever, you've done a great job expressing how you feel, and I don't want to make it sound like I think you did this show dirty or anything insane like that. Your honesty about what you got out of Den-O – whether it was regarding the parts you adored, or the ones you didn't – is very much appreciated.
Of course
I'm okay with you saying Den-O wasn't what you were hoping for. After all, that's part of what Den-O was all about, right? Things don't always go the way you hoped for, but that doesn't mean the journey was without value.
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