[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

In all honesty, I wasn?t really a fan of new Inazuman, since he seemed a bit too unlikeable. And then I saw that the actor was in two Sentai shows Tsukada worked on, and I wasn?t keen on his roles in either show (to the point he isn?t getting the main feature, that?s how much I dislike the actor). That said, I did like him more in Taisen Z, mostly because they just wrote him as the original Inazuman, but he calls Fourze ?Sensei?.

Yeah, he's a repellant little creep for most of this movie. The movie's trying to do that Kamen Rider thing of showing the heroism of the Rider by saying that a villain maybe needs the most love and support to feel safe enough to change their ways, compared to a victim who might just need to be rescued, and it's always a tougher sell for me than I'd like it to be. I want to be on Fourze's side, and say that bullies are just sad inside, and maybe you need to tell them that they're loved, and that'll give them the emotional safety to realize the error of their ways!

But I'm watching this movie, and there's a scene where Miyoppe calls him a monster, and Saburou's like SEE SHE THINKS I'M A MONSTER, and we're maybe supposed to take it as her judging his slimy carapace, but all I was thinking was about how he's loudly and repeatedly said he's going to blow up Yuuki's reentry capsule, partially to hurt Miyoppe emotionally, and I think it's sort of fair for Miyoppe to not feel like extending a ton of apologetic kindness to this kid right this second? I think it's okay for a sneering, homicidal creep to not be treated as the victim.

(My ideal for redemption stories is Gavv: You give a villain -- deranged or misguided or committed, whichever -- a chance to stop what they're doing, and reform their lives right now. If they take that chance to change, the fight's over and they can get the help they need. They keep fighting, then that's tragic, but they didn't take the next best step to get better, so this is the consequence of that.)