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Originally Posted by Shin Henshin

But being shown sinking to the bottom of the river isn't exactly off-screen, though.

Most certainly is. If the death isn't on-screen, then it's an off-screen death. And it's improbable that Takatora was dead in that short amount of time that we saw him submerged.

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I get that this is Kamen Rider, where characters don't die unless it's hardcore and blatant, but remember that this is being written by someone who knows how to kill off characters in ways that aren't always traditional in their genre. Even something as subtle as being mortally wounded and knocked sinking into the water isn't off the table as a possible death scenario.

Yeah, but even throughout Gaim alone, death has never been left ambiguous. All of the characters who were dead were so obviously dead. Of course, this could just be a subtle death, but when you send off Sid by crushing him in between a rock structure, or straight up making Hase explode, one can't help but feel suspicious when a guy gets submerged underwater and we don't see a body. On top of that, Takatora's actor hasn't received any flowers like the others did, and he was shown during the big battle at the beginning of the series. This guy is already known to have a knack for escaping death, so I don't believe he's dead until we get confirmation, through the series or otherwise.