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Kamen Rider Die watches Kamen Rider Den-O
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04-19-2021, 07:04 PM
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Kamen Rider Die
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KAMEN RIDER DIE WATCHES KAMEN RIDER DEN-O - THREAD "WRAP-UP"
Before I forget, a quick thank you to the producers of Den-O for shouting me out in the finale. I didn't know they were reading this thread, and I appreciate that they wanted to support it in some small way, even if I was critical of their work. Class acts, the lot of them.
--
And that's it for Kamen Rider Die watches Kamen Rider Den-O! ... for now.
Yeah, there is an entire folder on my hard drive labelled Post Den-O, and it is full of video files. I'd originally thought I'd do some before I got to Kiva, but that's not happening. I really need a break from Den-O for a minute, and I'd like to start Kiva in not too long. So what I think the plan is going to be is to do some Den-O stuff after I watch Kiva (the various animes, the Final Countdown film), and then do the rest (Cho Den-O, etc) after I watch Decade. I gotta take it in chunks. There's just
too much Den-O
, if such a thing isn't blasphemous.
Usually I?€˜d be all See You Around and let this thread simmer on the backboards, but instead I'll be resurrecting it after the Summer Of Inoue, and then again after the Winter Of Our Decade Content. While I'll be jumping off for a couple weeks of resetting my brain, this thread is, and always has been, yours to enjoy. The Climax never ends!
--
Hey, since I finished Den-O, I can open the Sword Form/Gun Form Seihou I bought months ago! Let's see how it is!
Uh,
not great!
His arms lack the ability to do the really extreme (i.e. Popular and Famous) Sword Form poses, so he's not as dynamic looking as I'd like. The form change gimmick causes his thigh pieces to pop off every other goddamn minute, which is what I want out of a premium action figure. Haven't messed around with Gun Form yet, since it's late at night when I'm typing this. In a few days, probably.
Multiple criticisms aside, he's a
pretty
figure? Sword Form's my fave, with Ax a close second, and this figure really does that suit justice. (There's a little bit of excess white paint on one of his forearms, so it looks like QC is as foreign to Momo as subterfuge.) Typical for me and Den-O, it's not everything I'd built it up to be in my head, but it's still good.
(Incidentally, me moving on from watching Den-O is really just me transitioning into Den-O Merch Form. I've got this figure to keep messing around with, the Figure-Rise kit to try and put together this weekend, and then the first wave of SO-DO Chronicle figures to sticker up. The Climax Goes On...
my shelves!
)
--
One hundred and one pages of me writing about Den-O gives us this lovely imagery:
The Word Art site I use didn't have a train as a template shape, so I decided to go the opposite route and use a key piece of Den-O's plot that doesn't even get mentioned until the final few episodes. It's all words drawn from my Google Doc, and it shows how limited and sparse my vocabulary really is. If you notice any fun groupings of words, shout 'em out. "OKAY ANYTHING DENEB" is something I think I've randomly blurted out in the comfort of my home, so that seems pertinent.
--
I don't know how this thread did. Reflective of Den-O's cheery exterior giving way to melancholy and hardship, this thread... man, the last week or so has been sort of rough. I had a not real great time with some of these episodes, definitely lost a little bit of sleep over it, and we had a board casualty of sorts in someone checking out from posting due to this thread.
That last one
. That one stings? I'm of the Ryotaro mindset, where anything that hurts people isn't worth doing, so I'm not feeling totally all-the-time good about myself doing these threads, knowing it made someone want to stop posting. There're these moments where it's like... I don't know. It's like this thread has
blood on its hands
now, and I never wanted that. I don't like feeling responsible (in whatever non-zero percentage) for someone having a worse time on these boards. That's a pill I never wanted to swallow. I've only ever wanted to be additive to the experience of being a toku fan, since this board has been that for me.
And, additionally, dunno if this was my best work. Couldn't tell if anyone was having fun? The write-ups... it's another Ryuki thing, where I don't feel like I was getting ahold of it all. (Kobayashi! I don't know how to talk about your creations!) There're a few I can look back on and feel a little pride in. 7 and 8, the split-couple story with Shimada in it. 41 and 42, the Shouko story. That whole ToQger Is Actually Den-O bit was an entertaining writing exercise. (Thanks to AkibaSilver for the suggestion!) Really liked getting to geek out over Kai and Deneb. The rest of it, eh. Felt
facile
to me? Didn't really feel like I was doing more than describing an episode. I don't know. It was fun for me to do, but I don't know that it was a Best Thread or anything. I hope people had a good time with it?
As always, please don't take my criticisms (or guilt?) as indications I'm giving up this ridiculous hobby. Excited to start watching Kiva in a few weeks. (INOUE FOREVER!) Not sure precisely when that's going to be, but May 6th seems pretty likely. Hopefully that'll be fun for everyone to chime in on, should they have thoughts on Kiva.
Until then, thank you to everyone who participated in this thread. I literally only do this to get a chance to talk with you about the shows I'm watching, so thanks for making it worthwhile. There's a lot I could say to show my gratitude, but I'm sure I couldn't say it better than Airi:
Thanks for reading! See you in May for Kiva, and back here for more Den-O in a few months!
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