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Originally Posted by gashatfreak

I'm honestly so confused by Kagero's motives here that the drama kind of falls flat for me. Is he attempting suicide by Kamen Rider or something? A final desperate ploy to defeat Daiji and take control of his body before he disappears? A bit of a shame as Kagero was an interesting character that didn't get too much screen time.

Honestly, the real drama I got out of this was that Kagero disappeared without a chance to eat Sakura's curry again.

The part where Evil bleeds paint was a nice touch though.

Honestly, I kinda read it as intentionally ambiguous?


I THINK Kagerou did genuinely want to defeat Daiji, but was well aware that he was growing weaker as Daiji was growing stronger. I guess he figured that if he was destined to lose to Daiji anyway, he could go down swinging and his death would serve to benefit his other half. The very definition of a love-hate relationship.

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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

The The Secondary Rider isn't the second most important guy, just the second face. Like for comparison, the Sixth Ranger isn't necessarily more important than the Black Ranger. It's a misconception that importance to the plot is a deciding factor of who's the Secondary Rider, which explains the annoying discussion you've been subjected to throughout the years. But please don't misdirect your frustration to the proud title of Secondary Rider. It's not their fault that some fans have biased expectations for them.

Yeah. There's seasons like Ryuki and Kabuto where the Secondary Rider is arguably the single most important character in the show since they receive the bulk of the character development, and other seasons where there could be one or a few more Riders besides the primary that are more important (I'd argue Genm and Para-DX are more important than Brave, even post heel-face turn and Chalice is definitely more important to Blade's story than Garren).

I think the Secondary Rider thing is more aesthetic than anything. They usually share a belt, usually have similar design elements, and their motif/theme is almost always the opposite of whatever the main Rider is (such as the beetle bros in Kabuto and Blade, Fire/Water in Saber or the Red/Blue duo that exists in 90% of Rider seasons). There's exceptions, though.