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Originally Posted by Den-O

But, he was a killer who only made friends and loved ones to eliminate them and make him more 'heroic' from those loses. He's a terrible person and character. Sad to see him die? Hell no. I celebrated Tigers' death, he didn't deserve to go out doing something positive. He should've been killed the same way all of the other awful riders on the show went out; Ouja

I don't think Toujo intentionally made friends just to kill them. I think he legitimately cared for his allies, he just had a really skewed understanding of his mentor's motto, due in no small part to him being pretty mentally unstable. He just took the "a hero sacrifices those he cares about" part too literally, seeing it as a requirement for heroism rather than a component of it. I always think that one of the more darkly humorous parts of these episodes is when Imperor helps him out and says something along the lines of "hey, we're friends, right?" You can practically hear the switch in Toujo's head flick over to the "gotta kill you" setting.

In a lot of ways I think Toujo is probably the most tragic character in Ryuki and certainly the most psychologically fascinating. He means well, he just has such a totally wrong outlook on the world that he just keeps doing bad things that he thinks are for the greater good.