[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by barnstenchfartface

Without trying to say much about it, this is one reason I think watching the Rogue specials before this point would have been a good idea. They don't explain...all this, exactly, but they do give a little more insight into Gen's character overall.

Either way, I agree. It's not a shift you really see coming in any way, but I think the show and the character makes it work well. I was never really into Gentoku as a character much when he was a villain, but he meshes with the hero cast so well, much better than you would expect in the early show. The back and forth is just great. Even little bits like Sento going "I always thought he was a 'Gen-san,' but you know, he was trying to kill us and everything" is just fun, group and character-building stuff.

Yeah, you know, I had those Rogue specials lined up for after episode 20, which I think is where the Wiki puts them for continuity, but the main show was so good right then that I couldn't see trying to work in 90-whatever minutes of a side-story. I feel like I picked the lesser of two evils, but, there was definitely some loss.

I've liked, weirdly, pretty much every version of Gentoku? I liked him as a scheming soldier, I liked him as a manipulative leader, I liked him as single-minded weapon, I liked him as a tarnished killer, I liked him as a tentative teammate, and I like him as a ridiculous punchline. There's always some weird element he brings that elevates some bizarre shifts in status. Like, when he's Touto's Prime Minister, he has Build at his beck and call, but he's never a huge dick about it. He's just, like, do what I tell you and I don't care about the rest. His character is almost unnecessarily complex, given how minor he frequently is to the proceedings. Just another example of Build going for the A+ when a B+ would do.