[Kurona]

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Why the hell would Jiro even ask Shima, and why would Shima's acceptance mean anything to Yuri?

I will bring up that in Japanese culture, there is a big thing about the potential groom asking the brides' parents (particularly their father) for permission to date or marry their daughter, which I assume is what's going on here. It is something that dates a while back and does extend past childhood. But, well, even putting aside opinions on that...

A) As you've said, Shima is barely at all established as a real father figure for Yuri. At best this is like, dramatically inert and incompetent; and at worst it, yes, comes across as asking a woman's boss for permission to date her.

B) The tradition typically follows the couple already deciding they're in love and want to be with each other? Which is kind of the big thing here! I'm no expert or anything, and perhaps this isn't totally unheard of (and this is the 80s we're talking about rather than modern day or late-2000s Japan), but usually when I hear or read about this it does follow some sort of mutual love. At the very least, as something presented in the show it isn't really great or engaging!



Like... man, I dunno, this really is a mess. Perhaps I, KivaHater8934 is the last person you wanna be hearing from on this at the moment, but it is pretty illustrative of my issues with the show and I agree with most everything else you said here