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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

The Todoroki/Akira stuff definitely felt shoe-horned in, a nod to all of the wacky Todoroki Is In Love plots. It's very weird here, because it's only a shortcut that gets us to Todoroki and Akira teaming up with Asumu, something they'd probably have done anyway, and Todoroki seems at least five years too old to have a crush on Akira. It's both unnecessary for the plot and creepy to watch. Not everything from Hibiki needed to get a callback!

Now that you mention it, the age difference is the same as Taiga/Nico. However, compared to them, calm disciplined Akira and hyper enthusiastic Todoroki seem totally incompatible, like I just don't get how that could work. I don't think a forbidden unrequited love subplot is something this arc needed, especially when it already has so much.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

It feels like this is what the episode was setting up, that even outsiders can find a group that understands them, and how Team Decade is that for Tsukasa. Knowing that this was an Inoue episode, and one of his big things is arguing for your place in society rather than letting society dictate the terms of your involvement, I wouldn't be surprised if that's where the next part landed.

Yeah, they're all lost and have no direction in life, but they're lost together, which gives them a feeling of belonging. It explains why Natsumi ended up on this journey with Tsukasa, probably seeing her past self in him and wanting to help him find where he belongs and prove that he can become something more than just a destroyer. While Yuusuke is usually the one who nudges him in the right direction, I think Natsumi has the most faith and hope in him and trusts him to make the right choices.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

KAMEN RIDER DECADE EPISODE 21 - “GOING THROUGH THE COMPLETE RIDER ALBUM”

You could maybe say that Tsukasa sort of became his own Rider, finally, with the speech he gives about Protecting People’s Journeys. It’s his standard final-act speech, where he sums up the story’s lesson, but this one’s… I don’t know. It’s something that I want to see as uniquely Tsukasa, something that he would value more than another Rider. People trying to figure out where they fit in, trying to find a place that makes sense to them, that is 100% something Tsukasa would care about. That’s a mission that I can see him undertaking.

I don't think Tsukasa has completely (despite being called Complete now) become his own Rider quite yet, however, maybe this was the moment he finally realized the importance of his journey, which is to find out what being a Rider means to him. All the other worlds gave him tasks and clothes to match, making him an instrument of destiny, but here the world conforms to him. For Tsukasa, since the start, he's always had these mysterious hunches of what he should do, without understanding why. But that's enough to understand that something is very wrong, when this world isn't calling for his help. This is the first world that focuses on him solving his own problem (and Natsumi's), instead of just someone else's. He actually moves on his own to help fix this world, by attaching his own sentimental feelings from the other worlds. You can already be on a journey without consciously setting out on one, like what TG Club's advisor said, "this flunking was special education!", or something like that.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

What did you think of the costume?

I actually like it. Not my favorite Decade suit, but I think it works aesthetically as Tsukasa's real reward, with Final Forms usually being symbolic of personal growth. The cards going blank again reflected the emptiness that Tsukasa was feeling, like gaining all those powers was for nothing and he was just back at square one. So Decade Complete is Tsukasa's proud statement that he's not going to take the easy way out and give up on his journey, which gives his cards their power back. The pink is still there, but moved to an accent and the eyes. The green is the real victim. The Decade card on his head gives a Droste effect. I think that's cool! I like Complete 21 as well, except for that awful card cape.

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

She says she initially joined to find some fellow creative people to swap ideas with, only to be disappointed that she couldn’t find many.

To be honest, I can see where she’s coming from. The one time I tried asking for creative help on this forum, I only got two replies, one of which made it clear he hadn’t even read the request.

Oh yeah, I think I know which thread you're referring to, about fight choreography for adapting Kyuranger, since I was one of those replies. It's unfortunate that she couldn't find the creative discussion she was hoping for and yeah, I can also relate to that.