[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

He's a reckless hothead with his burning desire to kill all Worms. I'd want for a series to prove that the type of Kagami's morality isn't inherently an idiot though, like probably Yusuke.

One of the things this episode tries to do is disentangle Kagami's impetuousness/recklessness/stupidity from his kindness/empathy/generosity. Like, he's not an idiot because of his strong moral code, he's an idiot with a strong moral code. Part of what he realizes in this episode is that his quirks and idiosyncrasies aren't necessarily bad things.

And, I don't know that his burning desire is to kill all Worms? In this one, he's the one character who is trying to salvage some humanity from the Worms actions.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

I'd wonder if Kagami was actually too late where there's a real Makoto that is a genuine child, but he's killed by Worm that impersonates as Makoto, and was the one Kagami met at his 2nd attempt against him, or that Makoto is really the Worm from the beginning.

Huh! I'd read it as Makoto in both episodes being a Worm (I think he says in 22 that he was always trying to trick Kagami into holding off Shadow's attack, but once the Riders moved in there was no need for the ruse), but there's a chance that Makoto got switched out between episodes. Hadn't considered that!

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

So it's ok for the comedy part to be used on entirely the other part, and let the main plot be dark as ever to you?

I mean, I don't know if I want to make a rule about it or anything, but I think having a comedic subplot to cut away to (at least in the first half of 22) kept this thing from being too dark. As it is, the second half features Kagami being murdered by a boy he was trying to defend, so having some goofy-ass story about Tsurugi's birthday party was a pretty smart choice in the story. It still left room in the second-half of the episode to really drill into its themes and maintain a consistent atmosphere, so I'm good with it.