[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by PortalTron

I'm surprised nobody brought up the absolutely amazing payoff for Hikaru. Literally everyone in his family (and foster family) were killed in some way by Akaishi, and he trains himself to do something never done before in Revice: Use four Genomix at once. Seriously, Hikaru goes through so much throughout this last arc and gets so powerful on his own that he is able to defeat the main general of Giff nearly by himself.

Along with Hiromi's zeal, Hikaru's determination and selflessness really feels like a love letter to Ishinomori's early works. Pretty fitting for the 50th anniversary season. This episode really sealed Hikaru as the absolute GOAT of Revice.

Neat! I'm not really a Hikaru guy, but it's nice to see he's got some devoted fans out there. I don't know if I'd go along with the GOAT assertion -- pretty sure Lovekov still exists, at the very least -- but I'll agree that Hikaru grudge match against Akaishi was nicely conceived and intensely cathartic. I hope Hikaru knows I feel this way! I know he needs praise!