[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by TheRaizin

No one here forgave him, they just went along and tolerated him, because as much of a bastard he was, he is still very much useful on their side against the Ark. And they handled it well, too, he doesn't just become part of the cast neatly like some redemptions are, no, there is a certain are of awkwardness around him now acting like this because it's so unlike him! And Gai doesn't lament this either, he says sorry and will actually act on it to do better next time.

Yeah, I found the cast's ambivalence to Gai's Very Important Epiphany That Is Bright And Beautiful And Will Make You Weep With Sympathy to be a solid distillation of both the show's themes of self-improvement through partnership, and the universal character trait of no one in the cast giving a shit about Gai's rich interior life. (The only person in the cast who cares even a little about his tragic childhood is his robot dog! No one cares that he turned himself around!) The irony of Gai's bullshit being tolerated because he's a useful tool is delicious.