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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

KAMEN RIDER DEN-O EPISODE 46 - “NOW TO REVEAL LOVE AND TRUTH”

Airi, though.

This is the part where the yamato nadeshiko part of Airi shines through, other than, like you said, finds grace and dignity in the most absurd situations; aka being unflappable (I also gotta say this, unflappable in media, afaik, is usually used for tough hardasses or fearless villains, but here.. a cheery and smiley character got that, and the unflappable is the smiles). the wisdom part, though still won't say it here, sooner... Though I wonder for here, is it a changed opinion of Airi now to claim you care about her or acknowledge a strength, or that's already your opinion from the beginning despite all the seemingly badmouths, like something around her such as Airimirers or Milk Dipper, or her "chemistry" with Yuuto, or her having the part of keeping the truth plot, etc. (I mean, you immediately declare you like/care about Hana or Yuuto while talking about that part of the story)

I know Airi is an established character in the show, but the reason of involving Sakurai here is, because, Ryotaro and Yuuto isn't the only one that has important ties to Sakurai; the former being his best friend and the latter being his future self, Sakurai has even more important ties to Airi, and of course won't spoil, but I know this isn't the most appealing part, but the Fujishiro two parter should give enough clues regarding Sakurai to Airi, with what Yuuto did there. Also... you sure... that Airi can't articulate how it matters, or defining the good? It can be that, she's only faking it, taking into the account that she knew all along about everything Rider-ish that happens based on here. And you're ok about this being someone who worries about a main character fighting?

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Ryotaro, though.

You finally indirectly acknowledge that Airi is Ryotaro's... outright mother figure by saying she raised him right. Well of course, like i said before, evil can't comprehend good as a glaring flaw; finding concepts such as friendship or love laughable and/or distractions, and believe in self-preservation and individualism above all things. Plus, while the villain may be surrounded by countless lackeys whom he keeps them in line via threats or outright violence, which Kai clearly does to other Imagins, and can lead into infightings that can put them into disadvantage, the hero has numerous companions who are willing to help them even in dire situations and enable them to defeat the baddies.

Ryotaro shows about him having friendship and cooperation to push him forward. And the one that hinders the Den-O crew's progression, is actually, their competition and infighting, when the other Imagins are too absorbed of competing with each other to be Ryotaro's most valuable ally, like the struggle of Climax Form of which one controls the form. And Airi being the likely source of Ryotaro's noble qualities are real strength, the monster fights are only a tokusatsu distraction compared to the real world-like part, about normal humans, that the world is full of many people who need healing, care, love, compassion and help. and not a single tokusatsu monsters exist in the real world, where Ryotaro's main job in the DenLiner adventure, is that; helping people psychologically, where his Imagin friends fight off Imagins. I guess in the context of Den-O, Ryotaro's doing also helped to preserve the memory of humans, and perpetuate the current state of the world. Den-O isn't the only Rider series to show the value of these 2 though.