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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

So, after reading these impassioned defenses of Keitaro (yay!) while still thinking of Takkiba of where it's at, here's how I think about where Keitaro and Yuuji figure into Takumi's emotional support system.

Yuuji is like your dad's new girlfriend who you see on the weekends. She's nice and fun and she's trying really hard to connect with you, but she's got her own life and you don't see her that often. She gets built up a little in your mind as meaning more than she really does because your time together is briefer, more fun.

Keitaro is the mom that you spend the rest of the week with. You maybe take her for granted, but she is there for you every minute of every day. She has to be stern sometimes, and you're both around each other when you're not at your best, but her dedication is unwavering.

Yuuji can fix Takumi when parts fall off, but Keitaro's the one who built Takumi.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

I think my favorite part of Kaixa's heroic arrival at the end of the episode is that he never even gets off of his bike. He's like a grumpy parent, driving on his lunch break to his kid's school because the kid left his science project in the car. No, Kyle, I am not coming in, you need to come out to the curb and get your posterboard on the lifecycle of an earthworm. You need to take more responsibility for your things!

So Keitarou is Takumi's mother, Kusaka is the father and Kiba is Kusaka's new wife? This family analogy keeps getting weirder!

It's a great analogy though. Keitarou put the Kamen Rider in Kamen Rider Faiz. The hero behind the hero.