Yeah, but that's the whole point of this story, so it's not like he needs to act that way in the beginning. 48 and 49 are about getting Kenzaki in a place to form the right plan.

Maybe? It's a scene more about how Hajime is ready to die, but Kenzaki isn't ready to kill him.

I guess I just don't think she's so bad. She seems to (generally!) be a good helper at the restaurant. For Missing Ace, I think her change there had more to do with losing another father-figure under mysterious circumstances. Closure matters! When she got it at the end of the movie, she was a lot happier!

Houjou refuses to attend Team G3's pizza party, dismissing it as low-class, but you can see him looking on jealously through the window of the pizza parlor.

Gonna have to correct you there. It's Another Agito. "Another" is right there in the name! Hence, second.

I always thought Putotyrra was meant to be OOO's final form

Well for my last word on the thread, I’ll say that if you thought Hirose wasn’t that great of a female lead, then I’m sure our next one will be better.

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/...20200328010446

I don't know who that is, but I do know that Hirose was great. She treated this show better than this show treated her!

heck until Giam I don't think there was a rider series that had more than 2 riders who were consistently important to the plot of the show and we pretty much other than arguably Ghost (There are several streaks Specter/Necrom aren't important to the overall plot also note the guy who becomes Necrom debuts in episode 1 but he doesn't become Necrom until later on and Specter doesn't debut for a few episodes period) I define secondary rider as the second most prominent one

so I thought
Agito: G3
Ryuki: Knight
Faiz: Kaixa
Blade: Chalice (until daddy TOEI said it was Garren)
Hibki: Ibuki (TBF none of the riders not named Hibiki are too important to the show like they have their mini arcs but they don't span the whole show)
Kabuto: Gattack(Despite the fact he debuts much later than several other riders)
Den-O Zeronoes (kinda easy when there's only 2 riders)
Kiva: Ixa
Decade: Diend
W: Accel
OOO: Birth tbf the question is which Birth user cause Gotoh is much more plot relevant than Akira but Gotoh doesn't become Birth until MUCH Later in the story like right before the final arc
Fourze: Meteor
Wizard: Beast
Gaim: Baron
Drive: Mach
Ghost: Specter
Ex-Aid: Brave
Build: Cross-Z
Zi-O: Geiz
Zero-One: Vulcan

It’s a figurine of Hibiki’s female lead, from the Girls in Uniform line of figurines which was mostly Super Sentai, but still had two lines devoted to Kamen Rider.

Also I’ll say this now. As much as I rag on about Blade’s low toy sales, I’ve discovered that Hibiki actually has the WORST toy sales in Kamen Rider’s history. (I’m not sure how much, since I only have figures fro Heisei phase 2, where the worst sales belonged to Drive).

Saving the world in the cast's hand of course would mean to save every life existing there (though their own life isn't guaranteed)... so it's mutual. Though for darker character, there are those that save the world as, literally only saving the planet, but doesn't care about its inhabitants, especially if they're damaging it (like humans). Refusing easy solution of violence prevails here, but I'd like to see the tips of carrying non-violent solution, what's shown is Kenzaki successfully attempts this on Hajime, but Tachibana unsuccessfully attempted this on Trial B.

It's up to him, resisting Joker's control. Joker is meant to end the world, but it seems by plot mechanic, Hajime got a taste of what it feels to be human, via likely, the human Undead. When you only live for combat, it can seem empty after you win, when you have nothing left to do with no more adversary, lonely at the top. This probably should be used as a lesson, either in-universe to reason with someone that only thought about that (them being stubborn or not depends), or real life, those that crave for violence and thinks humans should/are supposed to embody that.

If Kenzaki's going to be sealed, then it defeats the point of saving Hajime's humanity and the world, it'd be the same, totally wasted effort/chance, in fact, Hajime still the last Undead standing. Kenzaki lets himself become Undead so that there's more than 1 Undead currently exist, preventing Hajime becoming winner. The solution to keep Hajime's humanity alive after it's too late to try either Mutsuki (unseal Shima, and probably Tiger) or Tachibana's (unseal Human Undead) plan.

Obviously, heroism is about your personality, being strong/powerful only makes them superhero. Moreover, not only Sealing Stone being eternal, Undeads are also the same, both Hajime and Kenzaki will eternally live as an Undead. You mean Kenzaki's heroism here is giving up himself for the sake of the world (usual noble sacrificing), he doesn't mind to turn into Undead if it means to save both Hajime and the world (he can save the world just by sealing Hajime, but he gives up himself, his humanity), and his happiness overall to be separated from others (but others have to be in grief for losing Kenzaki).

More than just friends, it probably enters the... uhh... shipping territory, especially with the content of their song. All the hard way the cast went through, especially for the last episodes, came from Kenzaki's emotional ties with Hajime, trying hard to keep him alive (or live as Hajime) while saving the world.

It's not a happy ending for sure. It's bittersweet. Hajime is allowed to live on as a human, but the Sealing Stone still exists which means Kenzaki must keep as far away from Hajime as possible. It probably even can qualify as a bad ending, for the cast's circle.

Yeah generally a good helper at the restaurant, but that can be said for the likes of Ren in Ryuki too (and not talking about his waiter skills only). And what I'm saying previously also was how brattiness as a child it might not seem that bad, but it can escalate growing up and manifest in a various way. And for losing another father-figure, like topic before it's an explanation for the change, but doesn't excuse the bad behaviors. There's many characters went outright villainous, coming from the loss of a beloved.

I think the key was, as always, Hajime wanted to be saved. I'm not sure he'd express it in those terms, as him wanting something, but Kenzaki knew that he wanted that peaceful life with Amane and Haruka. U.N.D.A.D., he was doing what he was programmed to do. I don't think he was something that could be saved, you know? Not programmed to value his own feelings or desires.

Sure! A lot of Hajime's story is about finding more in life than just fighting. As for why he's in that mindset, I don't know if I'd call it "plot mechanic". That makes it sound forced, or sudden, and it never really felt that way to me? There's a very deliberate process, like erosion, that gets Hajime from a killing machine in the snowy flashbacks to the person whose happiness Kenzaki would sacrifice his own for. It took them 49 episodes to make that decision work.

Yeah. It... I love how the conclusion of the show is Kenzaki seeing the weight of what Hajime has to deal with, the burden of it, and he decides to help carry that weight for him. Just as they can never see each other again, they're bound together in a way literally no one else on Earth will experience. It's an ending that's all about how sharing experiences is valuable, and I like that a lot.

Maybe for some fans, but for me? Nah. There's nothing romantic in Hajime and Kenzaki's chemistry. Some other shows, yeah, absolutely. (Takumi and Yuuji from Faiz!) Here, they're just close friends. Maybe even soulmates, but not in a romantic context.

Agito: G3 YES
Ryuki: Knight YES
Faiz: Kaixa YES
Blade: Chalice (until daddy TOEI said it was Garren) GARREN, cause if it's smack dab on Geiz Majesty Ride Watch, then so be it for now I guess
Hibki: Ibuki (TBF none of the riders not named Hibiki are too important to the show like they have their mini arcs but they don't span the whole show)YES
Kabuto: Gattack(Despite the fact he debuts much later than several other riders)YES because he was the second rider with a belt
Den-O Zeronoes (kinda easy when there's only 2 riders)YES
Kiva: IxaYES
Decade: DiendYES
W: AccelYES
OOO: Birth I'd say It's a 2-for-1 deal
Fourze: MeteorYES
Wizard: BeastYES
Gaim: BaronYES
Drive: MachYES
Ghost: SpecterYES
Ex-Aid: BraveYES
Build: Cross-ZYES
Zi-O: GeizYES
Zero-One: VulcanYES