[DreadBringer]

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

I don't know if I'd describe Jin as having a dark side, though? I think the joke is how Jin is misinterpreting Hajime's declarations. Like, Hajime says, "I want to destroy everything I see," and Jin's response is, "Yeah! We should tear down systems that don't work, and people should be allowed to follow their dreams with no interference!" Jin thinks Hajime is speaking figuratively, when he he is actually speaking very very literally.

Jin's story right now is that he wants independence from his dad, not from all of society. He wants to perform for people, sing his songs, entertain. Jin is a good guy!

Perform for people, sing his songs, entertain... that's.... like what his father wants Jin to be, and he angrily lashes out that he doesn't want to be that. As for the rest, I'm gonna cover it in my reply to episode 12.

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Aside from saying Tachibana-San about eight billion times this episode (low estimate), there’s, like, one fun thing to mention about Kenzaki from this one. After sitting down with Hirose to figure out what Tachibana’s up to, namely nabbing an Ace so Trenchcoat Mastermind can build a new Rider, Kenzaki congratulates her for her helpful analysis. In doing so, to show respect, he calls her his Senior. (I know, it’s Sempai, but it’s easier for me if I do it in English.) She’s offended, because she’s younger than him. It’s a cute little gag that gets a call back when she calls herself his Senior. Just some fun interplay between the only two remaining members of Team Blade.

Like, when even Kotaro bails on your plot for Hajime’s, you got real problems. This show’s got no interest right now in doing anything more than a token check-in with Kenzaki as far as dialogue scenes go. It’s a total, thorough bummer.

Total bummer for Kenzaki even if you appreciate the scene between him and Hirose that is considered cute? And the spelling is "Senpai", but in Japanese, "n" is pronounced "m" if it comes before a "p".

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The Chalice stuff is my favorite plot on the show right now. It’s all messy contradictions and people lashing out. It’s got Hajime as someone searching for happiness in a world where, as Kotaro pointed out, people got plenty of their own baggage to deal with.

Well, as what've been displayed previously, Jin has inner (well, probably darkness isn't the right word) dysfunctional part of him. He's a misanthrope, and he has no one to depend to, except Hajime, which is also, someone whose relationship with humans are also like water and oil. His misanthropy is what drives him to be independent, and he also was taking Hajime's declaration literally, in which his way to express that is to get away from mankind by sailing to the sea. And at the end of the episode, Hajime inadvertently shattered his dream by ruining his boat, forcing him to return to his father, likely this being the reason that made him lash out at Hajime. Though he's shown previously that he can be courteous to those that likely doesn't bother him, though it can also be a society pressure to act like that, having no place to express his feelings. I even sometimes feel that way, and wonder if other people that acts normally is actually normal or nice, or they're expected to behave that way by society, but secretly, they have much inner problem, and cope by example like, vent their anger and frustration on internet. Other than that, well, probably now I got to see the consequence of fantasy truth on this series, where usually, it's assured to be fine to tell any crazy things that happen to others, where here, Hajime faces rejection and terror for being a Kamen Rider, from a civilian he saved for example.

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Garren’s plot is a lot more of what I was glad last episode skipped over, namely Garren as power-obsessed lackey to Trenchcoat Mastermind.

Yeah, as I said before, this is far from being a good choice for Tachibana, or even the story itself, YMMV. He's told multiple times, by anyone (friends, girlfriend, mentor) that his problems are psychological, and it can be solved by conquering his fear. Then he decides he should probably just call it quits as a Rider, but he still can't stick to that. And like shown here, he still can't find his courage. Though if I may speculate, at least for Undead part, his fear probably comes from being unable to deal with Undeads, with it actually turns into a self-fulfilling prophecy where he actually gets his ass kicked by them. And with the new, stronger Category Ace, even after his accomplishments to regular Undeads, he probably will be unable to deal with the stronger ones this time, and thus his fear returns.

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Fight scenes are great this time, though!

As the Spider Undead gains upper hand by taking away the card that they're going to slide, what happened to the taken card (esp. if they're damaged by Spider's attafck)? Would they be taken away by the Riders after the fight ends? Would they move into the Deck if the Riders take them again? Would the Deck forms other card, creating 2 of those? Also for the Chalice fight... they're fighting on the water tip right... as they can fight and walk comfortably there.