[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

So it seems that either most of the training he has is not enough, or that both parties (Tachibana and Mutsuki) didn't expect the interfereence from Spider Undead inside Leangle even more. Those that are sympathetic to Mutsuki probably would not yell... but those who are harsh probably can chide him for being obstinate to become Rider and ignoring Kenzaki's warning. Tachibana really cares about Mutsuki and tries his best to help him and even defends him when others when they (rightfully) complain.

I think it's a combination of Tachibana not thinking the Category Ace would keep trying to control Mutsuki, and Mutsuki super not having any idea of what he was in for. Tachibana thought the worst was behind them, and Mutsuki never thought it would get this bad. Poor judgment from a bunch of people.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

To you, what differentiates between secrets of Shima and Hajime? Is that for Hajime it's not too much of secrets?

Shima just doesn't seem like a secretive character? The big thing about him, that he's an Undead, we find that out right away. With Hajime, they're still drip-feeding us details.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

I also want to ask here, what would you define as a balance between self-loathing and empathy? Probably because for me in various Kamen Rider series including here, I often find those 2 correlated; self-loath because of empathy to others.

In this instance, for me, it was how those two emotions were pushing them into one conflict. Shima's care for Mutsuki was up against Mutsuki surrendering to his negativity. It wasn't contained to one person, but more about how two opposite emotions can lead to one tragic outcome.