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Originally Posted by SPLIT LIP

That all sound remarkably apologetic. You've could've made all those points without hitting reset. The show did make all those points without resetting, only to obliterate any point whatsoever.

Well sure, my view may seem apologetic, but then yours looks to me slightly vitriolic. Something something opinions.

I can't think of any alternate, satisfying conclusions, is the thing. An ending in which everyone is dead and nobody gained anything is not what I would consider to be satisfying...or at least not in the context of this series. From my perspective the point Ryuki was trying to make towards the end there was that there was no point, to any of the conflict. It had great character arcs and plotting, but all those arcs and plots led to everyone being dead. So what was the point? And if the point is just "there is no point, here's a mountain of bodies, good night" it's not really a very good Rider show.

To be fair, I really don't like the ending itself. The actual sequence of Shinji running into all the characters and all that was pretty much completely unnecessary. But the actual reset itself I have no real problems with. It's a logical extension of the time fuckery that had already taken place in the show, and it follows from Yui's pleading with Shirou to stop the war. (which was, well, pretty much all Yui's character arc was. without the reset the Kanzakis have no reason to be in the show as characters)

And yeah, @MaskedRiderAsakura. That bothers me too. A universe in which Kamen Rider Ryuki exists makes no sense in any way.