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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Do... do people get frustrated by Mihara wanting to quit?! That's the best part of the show!

Unfortunately yes. For all the Faiz hate, he got it the worst. It's frustrating to them about his cowardice, indecision, reluctance, that they think it's stupid for him to reject a chance for being strong and safe especially if Orphnochs are trying to kill. Also they think he doesn't deserve to be Delta because of how unskilled in a fight he is; that Delta's power should be used by someone more deserving.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Perfect episode? Maybe the perfect episode.

Everything (in-universe) is ruined in this episode because of the broken status quo. Total broken home.

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Nearly every scene had something in it that broke my heart.

For The Girl Can't Know The Truth, while others are at fault for this... what do you expect for Kusaka? I think for Kusaka employing this trope, it's in his character. This could be... just another one of unlikable qualities put in Kusaka! (he does treat her inappropriately after all) But unfortunately, while this trope isn't a fun one (not to me either), I feel like people are hoping for a subverting expectations that the said girl won't have reactions like here (no, and I feel like circumstances are ignored for this one), to prove that it's ok to feed any truth for the girl, don't underestimate them. But with her having reactions like this, just like what they feared, this would likely push the Girl Can't Know The Truth trope even more (with Kusaka being an in-universe example for this). Previously, I actually didn't know what's with Mari being totally scared for Takumi being an Orphnoch (like Keitaro pointed out, he protected her with it)... but this episode answered it with Takumi, not merely being an Orphnoch, but also the very Orphnoch that caused the doom in Ryusei reunion. For Takumi, with his fear is him being destructive to other people, I guess with the imagining in the park, he's finally proven himself wrong that he can be benefical to others like this?

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Shows like this, they can make acceptance seem easy. Believe in your friends. Support those you love. But, man, that shit can be hard. Human beings are messy, contradictory.

Keitaro only wants to forget about Takkun being an Orphnoch and not only Mari that wasn't told, but everyone else as well, but nah, Takumi's deal to Smart Brain was publicly revealing that he's an Orphnoch so it's for naught..... Keitaro is a victim of Can't Know The Truth as well then? He knows Takumi is an Orphnoch, but he doesn't know about his worse state about being publicly known that Takumi won't tell him. Also with you talking about acceptance like this, "believe in your friends", would this be related to Sawada part before? Where like Kusaka points out, there are being reckless in your sympathy. Keitaro claiming that Takumi transformed to save Mari could be attributed to the part where Sawada "saved" Mari as well.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Best goddamn endings on this show, you guys.

Yuji just tells his trio outright that Takumi is an Orphnoch... in contrast to his interactions with Takumi before. I guess Keitaro has restored Yuji's full faith to Takumi right? And now the one he's suspicious to was Kusaka. Yuji becoming Faiz cements his position as the deuteragonist of the show, even if the secondary Rider is Kusaka. Also now I wonder what's the deal with Takumi's past! It's informed that he gained Orphnoch from an accident, apparently that Takumi killed the Ryusei reunion, and he's aware all this time that he's an Orphnoch, that he tried to deny with becoming Faiz. Also with him apparently carrying Lucky Clover's mission (one of the things that make Sawada obviously evil was him joining Lucky Clover you said? see Takumi here).

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

A heavy, beautiful episode, this time. But not without the usual gutter charms of horrible people being horrible, aka Oh My God Kusaka.

Unfortunately, I feel like there are probably people who prefer everyone to act like Kusaka like this in face of traumatic events like this, with the argument being "it's already happened, suck it up", "being a crybaby wouldn't change what happened" or something, claiming it's strong to act like Kusaka in face like this. So to be strong is to be psychopathic? Smh.