[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by AkibaSilver

Also, vis-a-vis the movie, totally agree with everything on the Banjou/Sento stuff and Team Blood (aka Team "That guy in your group project that claims they did the powerpoint when in fact it was everyone but them"), but I feel the plot does say something else about Sento's character. He's always been a self-defeatist, from the Hokuto War arc to the ending, so it makes sense he'd instantly assume they all truly hate him, because it almost seems to be his default. Everything (in Sento's mind) is his fauly, and his philosophy can easily fit in "fighting for people who don't even like you, because of love and peace" rather than something more like Grease and Rogue's "fighting for your country and it's citizens". Idk, maybe I'm saying nonsense, and it is a stupid flaw of the film, but I can see some insight into his personality from it.

I mean, it's a good point, that Sento's weird need to take responsibility for every bad thing that happened since the Sky Wall Disaster would allow him to think that the country hates him, and all Riders by association. It's just, that's the sort of character trait (caring how the country viewed him) that I don't really recall the show exhibiting much, outwardly, and it never seemed as personally damaging to Sento as the more direct attacks against his friends and/or Takumi's pre-Sento decisions. Like a lot of movie choices (and not just this movie!), it's a big idea that's given so little establishment. It's rushed, and the story suffers for it. I'm not sure why so few of the movies seem to understand how much story they can tell during their runtimes.