[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Deepsea

I think this was brought up, but I really love the scene where Mei gives Rintaro his books back. This isn't my analysis, but a friends. As long as Rintaro doesn't have the books he doesn't have to fight Touma, or fight for SoL. He's in a safe spot, but when he accepts the books back he's forced to make a choice again. It's neat.

Interesting! I want to say Rintaro still had King Lion Daisenki (he'd just lost his Combo books), but that's a neat view of the situation. I feel like it's more that Rintaro's already made his choice by that point in the story, and he's avoiding facing the consequences. Him talking about traitors during the SoL's all-hands church session was probably the moment he lost Reika's support.

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

For some context, this episode originally aired about midway through the "Kamen Rider Die watches Kamen Rider Den-O" thread and we were somewhere in the part of the show after Zeronos had shown up. You could really see the contrast with how Saber was playing this out when compared to Sakurai "Do not answer any questions about the plot under any circumstances" Yuuto.

Please get along with Yuuto!

It honestly makes perfect sense that each show would go a different way with it. Yuuto's whole thing is carrying this burden he never asked for, and resenting the pity of others. He hates the appearance of weakness; his catchphrase is reminding you that he's actually very strong. Explaining his situation would be like eliciting sympathy. You saw what he did to Deneb when Deneb tried to be nice to him!

For Kento, I like how his explanation reinforces that he's still the same to friend to Touma he's always been, not some New Terrible Villain. The show is smart to spell out to the kids in the audience that Kento isn't after power, or trying to hurt his friends. If the benefit of that continuity is me getting to have context for a character's motivations in the moment, instead of a month later? I'm happy to accept it.