[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Deepsea

More good die content. I feel like someone like Tendou would infuriate me. Mostly cause he makes everything look easy, and from my readings of this thread doesn’t accept failure or appreciate effort. I as a person try very hard but can’t always succeed. I’m also very predictable. I don’t know why I’m writing this but it feels relevant here.

Have any of you all heard of “Main Character/Protagonist Syndrome?” I don’t think it’s an official psychosis or anything but I think it seems important here. Basically it’s the a form of narcissism where a person believes everything that happens happens for them, as an arc or obstacle. I feel like Yaguruma and Tendou suffer from it. Yagurumu isn’t able to back it up though, but Tendou is. This frustrates Yagurumu to no end.

Also Yagurumu surrounds himself with “supporting characters” he thinks they’re important, but only in what they offer him. This contrasts Tendou who isolates himself maybe even intentionally.

Kagami on the other hand is just like a dude and he knows that. In knowing that though that leads to him being the most heroic of the 3. Kagami sees people as his equal and doesn’t fight because he thinks it’s destiny or that he’s better, but because he believes that people’s lives have value.

Or something like that, I still need to watch the show tbh.

I mean, that's a pretty good read on the dynamics at play! You must be a very intuitive person, because I can't be explaining this show well enough for you to be getting all of that. (High-five, Hiyori.)

Yeah, a lot of what makes Kagami special is that he's not special. He's, y'know, pretty good at what he does, but he's not the smartest or the strongest or the richest or the fastest or the etc etc etc. (He's the most forgetful, but that's not been shown to be an advantage thus far.) He's just some guy, and he's trying his best. Like you said, he's not someone who thinks this story is about him, so he's more easily able to consider others. It's not about achieving his own victory, it's about ensuring others' survival. That gives him the motivation to be the bravest character, which is something that shines through in this episode.