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Kamen Rider Revice Legacy: Kamen Rider Vail

Part 3

I was worried before regarding about how the next one was probably going to sideline the deeper development of learning to live or something for just lovey-dovey romance, even though it's obviously going to happen eventually, but actually that's handled fine and better than I expect. There's some relatable traits between Genta and Yukimi to each other that probably is the one to spark the relationship. About how both lost their parents, and both feel a sense of emptiness in their life with Genta losing the meaning of his life by only taking revenge, and Yukimi seemingly accepting of her potential death as NOAH prisoner. And then Genta, with him also being far more honest than I expect, admitting that spending time with Yukimi was enjoyable and likely something that can fill the void in his life, probably Yukimi as well before of wanting to eat together with him.

Yukimi talking about her backstory was pretty sad, with how easily she was willing to resign to death so she could stop feeling lonely from the loss of her family. Which means he was probably putting on a front to make Genta feel better, another similarity to Ikki in how they both neglect their own feelings in service of others. Totally different from the cheerful middle-aged Yukimi we know in the present, so there's more development for her. Yukimi was clearly a good influence on Genta, but I guess the reverse could also be true, with both of them giving the other something they need to feel whole. I think the reason why this love story doesn't fall in to the trap of cliches could be due to Mouri's writing style, since he likes to put his unique spin on these tropes.

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Actually turns out how Genta is seen as a failure was about his body rejecting Giff cells thus he can also potentially turn into devil. So it's nothing different from previous 70 subjects, but just delayed failure for Agariyama. Obviously planning to kill Yukimi is monstrous too.

Maybe it has something to do with Genta's mental state that caused his physical symptoms, like how Daiji's envy of Ikki strengthened Kagerou. He seemed to get better when he remembered Yukimi, so his desire to protect her might allow him to attune with his devil side. I'm suspicious of Vail though, since Agariyama reveals that he set him loose on Genta's parents to give Genta a motivation of revenge against devils. So that memory actually happened. But like, when? And how? NOAH don't have a good record of controlling devils, so I'm not sure how they were able to separate Vail from his host and convince him to do their bidding, all of this before Genta had even woke up from his operation. It seems like all of NOAH's plans rely on dumb luck.

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(so it'd be at 1997? damn modernism in this show setting...)

I recently saw a translation of the NOAH document Masumi was holding, which mentions the setting of Yukimi's and Genta's escape in June 1996. This would give their romantic relationship more time to escalate before the birth of Ikki.