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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Oh, sure, and it's also letting Sougo see that Geiz can hate him but still be his friend, so Sougo gives him the Faiz RideWatch. (I don't... god, I don't know if Geiz or Sougo should look to the Faiz Riders for a template on friendship! I feel incredibly uneasy about Sougo and Geiz learning lessons about friendship from these two 30-something weirdos!) I don't know that it improves upon Kamen Rider 4, or pushes its themes/messages forward, but it's nice to see the lesson stuck with Takumi.

I guess Takumi's and Kusaka's toxic template on friendship is the only one comparable to Sougo's and Geiz's dynamic. It's smart how this isn't just a pure Fourze arc cause that probably wouldn't have worked at this point in the story, where the two Riders are still a long way from being anything resembling friends. By using the Smart Brain Riders as an example that friendships aren't always friendly, it might give Sougo some hope that maybe Geiz will start to see him for who he is and forgive him for the sins of his future self. This is one of several ways that Geiz is like Ren, telling himself, "I need to kill this man", but his conscience usually keeps him from going too far.