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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

TOKUMEI SENTAI GO-BUSTERS MISSION 48 - ?THE TRAP IS SPRUNG?

Ryuji can wring his hands over the unfair fate of Escape, but even he has to admit in this one that at her best she was still a devoted gun-toting minion of a screaming digital interdimensional skull god, whose last moments of autonomy were spent trying to provide Messiah with the raw materials to conquer Earth once and for all. While it?s shitty of Enter to keep reprogramming her, it?s not like she had a lot to offer either the story or the world before this?

I think what hurts for Ryuji is that Escape had her choice, regardless of how poorly misplaced, taken away from her, when it was Ryuji declaring his own choice to fight his way in Episode 25 that earned Escape's respect for him as a worthy rival. Even if Escape didn't have a lot of different sides to her, she was always a proud and honorable fighter with a purpose she believed in, but Enter reduced her with each iteration until she was too berserk to even get to enjoy the fight. Ryuji understands the pain of loving something and being unable to pursue it, but at least he still has his dream of becoming an engineer ahead of him, while Escape has been denied the only thing she had left. Sadly, the last gesture Ryuji could do for her was put her to rest and that's the tragedy of Escape, that she knew exactly what she wanted to do but was never allowed to die on her own terms. Ryuji's and Escape's rivalry is a story about two people struggling to follow their purpose when the world gets in the way and that's why I appreciate it.