[DreadBringer]

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

I don't want to nitpick, but the movie hit theaters one day before Episode 27, so 28 is the second episode to air after the movie.

That said, I claimed it was a fortnight since the movie, when it was actually only eight days. I was thinking about it in terms of a week between the movie and 27, but that wasn't the case. Sorry for the only error this thread will have in it!

No, nitpick all you want if it's to correct (and not conveyed in condescending way too), because it's a nice new info and trivia to have. So it's about the release date... I was thinking about the movie setting (being set between ep. 27 and 28, 27.5).

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Don't know what "tsundere" means (know it's an anime term; not an anime guy), but I think this is just Momo covering for the confusion of his own sadness. He never thought he cared about the other three Imagin, but now that they're dying he sees how he needs them around. He can't say that, so he acts tough and pretends like he won't miss them.

It's not necessarily anime term, and I feel like people mistake it for that (furthermore, thinking that tsundere only can apply for females, or it's all about screaming "baka!"). Tsundere is having affection for someone, but covers it up with rough treatment of said affection object. And I refer to Momo acting tough and claiming he wants the other three Taros to be gone, but he actually secretly cares about them. Some other KR characters are tsunderes too like Ankh to Eiji, or some secondary Riders like Ren to Shinji (not to Yui or Eri).

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

I'm okay with Ryotaro and Hana being powerless to save their friends because this is explicitly a story about only really understanding how much people mean when they're gone, so you should try to value them when they're around. If it's a story where Hana or Ryotaro are running around trying to prevent things, it's a different story entirely. Plus, it's all about how Momo is dealing with this, so two other characters saving the day changes the goals of the story.

I always feel that Ryotaro already cherishes the Imagins around him, that Ryotaro already values them before this moment and didn't need to understand about that. Hana did show affection for certain Imagins like Deneb (!), I still wonder what's in Deneb that softens Hana without any rought treatment, only for him (not Kintaros in his debut scene where she reminds Imagins' malicious nature), but Hana probably got a case of tsundere too regarding Imagins; normally she makes it very clear how much she hates Imagin and routinely beats up the four Taros for how they treat Ryotaro, but she does care about them deep down, like crying when Ura, Kin, and Ryu seemingly vanished.