[DreadBringer]

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Yeah! It's pretty heroic to be able to take of others, and that can easily take the form of a home-cooked meal.

Oh well, what I meant is that, Kenzaki's cooking getting love is that, it's getting properly eaten and enjoyed, instead of being ignored or worse, ruined (like Shinji's gyoza to Ren, or Yuka's bread to Kaido).

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

We always talk about Tachibana first, it feels like, so let’s save him for last this time. I really want to start off with the Hajime story, and what it means for him, Kenzaki, and Kotaro.

Glad to see, what viewers like me think regarding this situation about other species, is addressed here, that like Kenzaki said, when you leave those you love for being attacked, you aren't making the situation better, that you won't be there to actually protect them. I sometimes feel Hajime's way is like how they guide someone like Tachibana that "everyone has fear" (yeah you leave them because they're attacked.... but.... who can protect them if that happens?), though not as bad as it, though probably, as already seen from Jin and Kotaro's reaction to him, Hajime leaving Haruka and Amane is probably more justified than the other times in other series.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

The Hajime homecoming not only works for Hajime and Kenzaki, but it gets a little moment for Kotaro that I loved.

Kotaro covers the suffering of a normal person in this genre, them not having the power (Riders) or intelligence (scientists) to do the job, or contribute nearly as much. I wonder if his Rider writing can help if he continues, like as a public alert, seems that others know what are called Kamen Rider (though probably Kenzaki, his "subject", still won't help, as what evidenced by his reaction of Kotaro telling Haruka and Amane about Hajime being an Undead). Though why for here, you tolerate Kenzaki preventing Kotaro from telling the truth unlike in other times? (yes Amane is a little child, but Haruka too).

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

And, hey, Tachibana! Great episode for that dude.

Tachibana has worn that since his date with Sayoko long ago! I wonder if Kotaro thinks with the suit, Tachibana has married Sayoko.... So I was mistaken for Isaka being a boss level, he's more like a sub-boss (I know he's not the main antagonist of the series btw, that's actually spoiler-y). As you said Tachibana is functional human here, and that is the thing that made him beat Isaka, as pointed out, he has no fear (no pain!) left on him, so far. So the lesson is that, the edgy way of behaving the dark characters have doesn't always work all the time. Tachibana follows the secondary Rider cliche of losing their girlfriend, like Ren, Banjou, Hiiro, and 1 other. Also Tachibana's shouting of Dr Ladyfriend's name (SAYOKO!!!) is also a part of his meme.