[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by DreamSword

And the moment that symbolizes it very clearly to me is the part where Juuga begins to exposit more about the KE, and Gauma tells him to shut up. Which to me signified that the minds behind Dynazenon never planned to tell a condensed, coherent story from the getgo. And whether or not that's for the better, well, I won't give any sort of demand on that.

Yeah, I think this is a show where, like... if Gauma is the main character for you, I don't know if a lot of this show works. Gauma goes on a bit of an emotional journey in this series, but it isn't really interested in interrogating the specifics of that journey. Clarifying Gauma's story is like clarifying the Dynazenon robot's story, in that it just doesn't seem to be the story the producers wanted to tell.

Conversely, when viewed through the lens of Yume, Yomogi, Chise, and Koyomi going through the crucible of this series in order to come out the other side as better people, I think a lot of that lack of emphasis on the more fantastical elements of the story is a bit more forgivable. It's a show that's almost laser-focused on Yume and Yomogi in particular, with the exterior concentric circles of Koyomi, Chise, Gauma, and the K.E. becoming more additive to the Yume and Yomogi stories than anything else.

But, yeah, probably not going to be what you want to hear if Gauma was your POV character. I really appreciate you sharing your perspective, though! This was considered and interesting reading!