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Originally Posted by barnstenchfartface

You're definitely not alone in this. Me personally, friends I've talked to and some other losers on other sites have all expressed some deep ambivalence towards this ending for exactly these reasons. The merge feels like it's largely in name only, as everyone we knew is essentially gone forever, and there is no indication or reason to believe the versions of the characters we see weren't already that way to begin with. Especially in regards to "our" Misora and Sawa, who were essentially completely overwritten by our hero's own hand. It's particularly troubling because it's clear no one really had a clear idea of how the merge would actually work, and Misora herself brings up earlier whether merging the worlds won't just mean one version of them disappears. I guess the idea is that that didn't "actually" happen, but functionally, from the viewer's perspective, there isn't a meaningful difference. That's basically what we got.

As for Banjou's hair, I think the idea is just Banjou's DNA made his hair lighter to begin with, which hey, may even tie to Evolt-Sento's white hair. Probably not because he possessed plenty of other people with no similar changes, but eh.

It's not the most unique ending, but they sacrifice the old world and everyone within in favor of this new world. I guess they can't kill off two good riders instead they opt to use this way to bring them back by rehashing the movie war plot. Does misora and co already exist in what I assume is the Showa/heisei world like how kyuranger depicted where déka and Gavan come from? Is it a merge or they literally move/copy/clone them in this world? This cliffhanger is worst than the usually gag ending despite build is a good series. Also, I wish vernage play a bigger role at end game.