[Mesnick]

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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

That's what annoys me about Kaito, that his cynical philosophy is pretty much the same from start to end and he won't be persuaded otherwise unless someone literally kills him to prevent him from committing genocide.

There is still development in Kaito's philosophy. At first, he craves power to protect the weak, without regard for their opinions. And in the end he decides to create a world in which the weak simply cannot survive. No, of course, without life there is no suffering, but I don?t think that in the first episodes he imagined a solution in exactly this way.
As for the stop, this is the basis of my complaints against Mai. She could have given the fruit to Kouta before their final fight and, with the power of God, Gaim could have easily calmed down his unlucky friend. Maybe not with the power that was originally conceived (because in the crossover with Drive it`s not the most outstanding villain who defeats him in a couple of minutes), but with the power that is shown in later crossovers - no problem.
As an option: send Kaito to an uninhabited planet, where he can demonstrate his strength as much as he likes without harming anyone. Of course, knowing his stubbornness, Kaito would sooner or later get out and gain super strength to continue the fight, but to quote another show:

An unexpected thought: if this option was used and the riders worked like Ultraman, Evolt would be an evolved Baron.