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REVICE LEGACY: KAMEN RIDER VAIL - EPISODE 5

If there’s a key failure to this finale, it’s that. There’s no reason why we have to go from Grim Warrior to Goofy Husband within this episode. Genta can conclude his business with Vail, and we can infer that years of being a husband and father uncorked the goofiness inside him, and he became the vlogging papa that we all know and love. Instead, it happens via yet more Narratively Convenient Amnesia, and that’s such a bummer. It’s too much, too fast, and it makes Genta’s growth seem less like the natural consequence of his decision to embrace happiness and family, and more like he got another bump on the head that turned him into a different guy.

After Genta chooses to live a fulfilling live (if he survived), Vail seems to be running out of ideas on what to do, likely the first time, he just tried to persuade Genta to rule the world together with him... as if Genta ever had a wish to rule the world lmao. That's Vail's weakest manipulation yet in the series so far, but it seems that Vail also has similar views on demons against humans, to think they'd be instantly tempted by stock villainous goals.

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And like… there’s a kernel of an idea in there that I like. Vail was the darkness inside Genta that steered him toward isolation and revenge, but now that weight is gone from him. Maybe he’d’ve been a dork without Vail! Sure! But not only does this all happen too fast, but it also resets all of the growth and sacrifice that Genta spent an episode fighting for. This Genta didn’t make those choices; this Genta didn’t even choose Yukimi, which is the entire point of this series. She’s just like I’m Your Wife and he’s like Oh Okay. It– it’s sort of a weird thing for Yukimi to do? They didn’t get married and he forgot; she’s deciding that they're married now. This is not technically a thing Genta consented to under any of his previous amnesias! And he might not be okay with it in any of his future amnesias! It’s a little creepy!

So Genta's face was really altered, and while the reason is typical fugitive one, it makes more sense now to alter his face, so that he's harder to be tracked by NOAH, Yukimi wasn't the only one to 'change' his identity by naming him Genta. And at that time, I guess even someone as noble as Yukimi (had a bit irrational side at first, but it shines more in real tragedy), when she gets a shot at happiness after the tragedy ended (temporarily), took the opportunity to make a decision solely for herself too. The selfish decision, though it's a harmless and a deserved one, by stringing Genta along as her husband, done likely before their official marriage in credits, which'd mean technically still a lie albeit Genta would happily oblige. There are perhaps many more creepy romance writings that got overlooked due to people shipping, but... the funny or entertaining kind of these wouldn't be less creepy either.

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And that’s sort of what I’m left with, after five episodes of a largely inessential but fairly welcome flashback series. This was a too-convoluted backstory I never asked for, but the characters in the present are so fantastic that I kept finding things to enjoy. Absolutely did not stick the landing for me (those last few minutes! No thanks!), but I appreciate Revice realizing that Genta and Yukimi deserved a romantic origin. I guess I’ll take what I can get!

So how Vail was defeated and came into contact with Demons Driver was answered here, Masumi used the Driver both to seal Vail while also saving Genta to atone for himself. That also revealed how Masumi decided to wear a mask all the time, as he set himself on fire while doing so. Honestly, shows even if someone had committed unforgivable sins and genuinely felt remorse, better try to atone it even if it's not enough, rather than letting yourself die like what Masumi did at the beginning. Who'd seal Vail at that time?

Agariyama met his end here as expected, but it was more brief than I thought, Agariyama just carries himself a gun to confront Vail, which predictably, had Vail just impaling him with his arm. I thought as someone in military who had several scientists (more shown here than Masumi) under his control, he'd have some trump card to deal with Vail, either supernatural devices like ViStamp or even military vehicles like tank, but no. That'd still mean Agariyama isn't a coward type to face Vail like that however, not that him being brave would reduce his wrongdoings.