[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Deepsea

I remember way earlier in this thread, I think around ep 16 you said something like "This show doesn't create a story/mythos then put characters in it, it takes characters and then builds a story/mythos around them" and I think that's true of the Orphanoc King, he was a plot device to frame the final arc of each character.

I said that? Dang! Good point, Die!

But, yeah, he's finished off in a way that makes him more of an obstacle than a character. It works pretty well for the ending.

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Originally Posted by catwhowalks

I believe that the official word is still that he died shortly after the series ending. His later appearances are either non-canon, or the result of time-altering shenaniguns from later movies, depending on how you want to interpret them.

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Originally Posted by BagJo

I hate to double post, but I just wanted to point out that Faiz wouldn't appear in another movie until Decade, and appearances in movies should largely be considered Alternate Universe versions of the Riders. They don't always take into consideration the shows canon, or change it around in some way to suit the story of the particular movie.

My main memory of Faiz pre-watching this show is the movie he's in with Kamen Rider X. (It's a Gaim one, I think? I'm pretty sure it's the one where Shotaro and Kaito chase a corgi, which is the most important detail in the film.) I dimly recall there being a thing on the wiki where they mention that Takumi's memory from the movie, a flashback to someone's death, was changed from how it happened on the show. So, I figured that post-series canon is... fluid.

Still, it didn't really detract from the show, thinking Takumi was alive. I sort-of always assume the title hero survives on a kids' superhero show? I mean, Ghost died about twenty times on his show and still was alive at the end!