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Originally Posted by GoldenXtreme

Really, you can do that? I actually thought the ending was fine if not a little irritating because of the whole retcon nature of it. The part I absolutely can't deal with is the origin of the Mirror Monsters. It's brain melting.

You see, that's the thing though, that isn't what a retcon is. I see people say that about Ryuki and I know it probably sounds crazy, but just because it's about as literal a reset button ending as you can get without an actual button doesn't mean they were just pulling stuff out of their a**. The whole concept of Kanzaki rewinding the Rider War to get what he wants is a part of the series from about the halfway mark, so when finally decides to just not start the thing in the first place, that's the climax of his character arc. He accepts the loss of his sister and moves on.

It's really pretty straightforward and I wish people didn't have an averse reaction to endings like that just because they usually don't serve that much of a purpose. Even I was a little thrown off by it at first, to be honest, but in retrospect it really fits the show thematically.

The Mirror Monsters, unfortunately, I cannot justify. I mostly try not to think about it. It's not too important, anyway. They're there so the Riders have something to beat on for 50 episodes.