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Originally Posted by IXRollOutIX

Not sure how officially confirmed this was, but it has been brought up that the reason Takeru has died and come back three times directly relates to the practices of Buddhism.

In fact, there are so many references to the culture that this show should just be called "Kamen Rider Buddha" instead of Ghost. At least then, those who were expecting the show to be "spooky" would have one less thing to be dissapointed by.

It's funny that you bring up Buddhist influences in this show, because I remember somebody on a different forum bringing up the fact that Mugen could also represent(sort of) the state of Nirvana in Buddhism.

Edit:My problem with writers forgetting about Takeru's ghost state is that I keep asking myself "Why is Takeru still a ghost?" because he really didn't really need to be a ghost after he was revived the second (first?) time.

Takeru's memory powers and his mission to connect the Heroic Eyecons could've been done without him being a ghost, because if Takeru needed to be a ghost for both of those things to happen then Ryu and Sennin's plan basically hinged on Takeru being killed, which does present an interesting storyline if that was the case.

Takeru's memory abilities are not good justification for him remaining a ghost, because it is touch-based for the most part.

Connecting the Heroic Eyecons could work as a justification for his ghost state what with him entering the eyecons to talk to them, but as shown with Ryoma, Himiko, Goemon, and Houdini they could've just had the Heroic Eyecons posses a random passerby to communicate with him.

Basically, it seems like he's still a ghost because "he is Kamen Rider Ghost" and that's it which would be fine if Makoto couldn't transform anymore after gaining his body back, because it would give a reason for why Takeru still needs to be a ghost.