[Layton13]

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

I guess I'm not seeing that, at least in this episode? Ikki isn't really making decisions for anyone here -- Genta and Karizaki Sr decide to do the surgery, and Ikki's arrival at the end to stop is more about how he can't possibly use a power-up that was obtained through his dad sacrificing himself. Ikki's the one who all this is being done for; he should get a vote!

So, yeah, I'm not entirely sure what you're getting at, but I'd love to hear more!

It may just be the fact that I personally have a strong dislike for people who involve themself in someone's agency and take it for themself. And Ikki did this here, even if I actually agree with him that what his father did was dumb and selfish, but to a certain extent, that is still his choice to make, not Ikki's.

It's not like he was tricked, unaware of what he was putting himself into, or anything like this. He knew. He knew fully well that this could have easily killed him, but he chose to anyway, and if anyone could make that call, it was Genta, not Ikki.

He put his choice over that of his father.

And the only reason this is all fine is because he showed up at the right moment to save his father and get the power up. He won by simple luck/ the writers handed him his victory, but this could have easily turned out badly.

His dad could have died anyway, and the Stamp wouldn't be ready, or he saved his dad and lost the following fight.

It just rubs me such a wrong way, simply because people need to be allowed to make their own mistakes, within reason, as long as they don't carelessly hurt people with them. And while, yes, he would have hurt his family with his sacrifice, it wasn't really careless.

Again, I don't think he acted correctly, but I also think he has the right to make such a dumb mistake.

You know what I mean?

And that was simply the episode that really brought this repeated pattern of the Igarashi's to my mind and further soured me on them as a family.