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And all Kouta wanted to do was to understand what it meant to be an adult. Now he has Kaito turning his back on humanity and him, not to mention Mai. He has Micchy, though he doesn't yet, basically saying that he'd betray even Kouta to achieve his goals. And the only person it seems he can trust is the man who nearly killed him when they first met, killed Hase, and was seemingly the series' big bad.

I love this show!

Never saw Takatora becoming, for all intents and purposes, a good guy. Yes, he does horrible things. But he has to because if he doesn't then Zawame City and the rest of the world will become Helheim. And Kouta becoming allies with him might explain how he gains access to everyone else's Energy Lockseed too.

I don't see it happening like you do Kick. I see him getting the Kachidoki Arms, beating the Energy Riders, sans Zangetsu, and Baron and then saying "No. You're going to watch me, Kaito. You're going to watch me save the world, you're going to watch me make sure no one else dies, no one else ends up like Yuuya or Hase-Chan! I'm going to save everyone from Helheim!" Along those lines. I just see Kouta swearing, vowing, that no one else dies. No more Hase's, no more Yuuya's. (Quoting The Doctor to Rose Tyler) "Just this once, Everybody Lives!"