[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

I think that the idea of George being motivated by his relationship with his father is a good idea at its core, but the legwork to make it work just did not exist.

Yeah, there's far too much contradictory stuff in the Karizaki backstory to feel like where we landed was also how we were supposed to get here. Nothing about the Karizakis ever really landed for me, and I'd've been shocked if this one had managed it somehow.

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

Also, as someone who's followed these threads from the start, it's really interesting to see you get this invested in a plot that centers around amnesia, of all things.

Ha ha, it's the end of my character arc! I've learned to love the thing I started off hating! Ikki would be proud...?

Seriously, though, the thing I like about this Narratively Convenient Amnesia is that it isn't some dumb pre-show detail that'll come back to haunt our cast at the most narratively-convenient time -- maybe right before the Winter Crossover. It's the consequence of a year's worth of storytelling, robbing our hero of what he cares for the most, and making the people he loves suffer for it instead of him. The irony of that! Delicious.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Bon being the one who is brought back in this episode is either intentional or had many coincidences. For a handful of villains with noble intentions lately (Akaishi, Daiji w/o Kagerou, George), he's the first one in this series, but of course he's reformed now.

I really liked Bon coming back! It's a nice quick way of refuting the opening narrative of people with devils being of no use to society. Bon can reform, and Ikki and Vice helped him do it. Nice story to come back to, near the end.