[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Shiro's a Woobie Destroyer Of Worlds type (and no, examples of this character type doesn't need to be sympathetic to the audience). I'm into his scientist flashbacks too (or anything involving Shiro's scientific colleagues), but speaking about the show end... looking at the other side, would the tragedy actually a deserving one to him where the finale hinted that things won't go the way he planned them, that his wish will always be out of his reach, despite all the power and invincibility he has and eventually he's not better than any of his victims (he's no exception of the cycle of suffering the Rider War causes)?

Sure? Maybe? A lot of this stuff is incredibly subjective, and can only be answered by individual viewers. Like, "is one ending better than another" is something I can only answer for myself, and try and explain why. I feel like I've already gone way further down the track of trying to fix Ryuki than I'd ever really want to. It's not my thing, you know? It's a fun thought experiment, but these are all just little feelings I have about what might've been interesting to see play out. They probably wouldn't work as a season-long story with a finite number of episodes and a tight budget!