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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

It's a long explanation, and I shouldn't have brought it up since it's not 100% relevant and it'd kind-of derail things. (I mean, What Is The Theme Of Kamen Rider is sort-of not this thread's mandate?) I've gotta think a bit more about it, and then it'll land in the General Thoughts thread for people to pick it apart.

Short version, I think the show has evolved out of Fighting Darkness With Darkness and more into trying to use the hero's darkness to say something about the universality of darkness, and how seeing that it in one another allows us to stop viewing other people as monsters and more as someone that can be reached with empathy.

This is just my take, though! Me talking about this in another thread will have a bunch of disclaimers to that effect!

I mean there's a very literal version of this in final fight with Emu and Parad's relationship and their final fight as enemies. Parad the entire series is shown to be unempathetic towards others. When Emu makes Parad confront his growing fear of death Parad learns to be empathetic and care about others. Emu in defeating Parad but saving him shows that he understands that people can be reached which is kind of a theme Ex-aid actually.

On a more thread related note, this thread just reminded me there was an RP Rider war but with MLP characters as inspiration for designs and character, and that sure was a thing.