[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

It was a misleading moment that it's thought that Knight killing Odin wins him the war and gives him the wish but, ha ha no her awakening is only temporary to motivate him more info fighting by giving him a glimpse of the result after the war.

In a nutshell, that's what disappointed me about this episode. Things that seemed like they should at least drive an episode, if not fundamentally alter the direction of the show, are just... something that happened? And everyone moves on from it? Like, it's maybe got a slight change to it, but Ren Has To Keep Fighting To Save Eri weirdly didn't feel that different to me now that Eri's awake. He's not being forthcoming with her about the choices he made, and he wants to take on the burden of saving her all by himself, but that's pretty much just Ren's character for the last 36 episodes. He doesn't come across as more or less conflicted, more or less angry, more or less desperate, more or less anything. He's just Boring Asshole Ren, shutting out everyone in his life so he can save Eri.

The Shinji/Yui stuff was along the same lines. Yui's been dragged into the Mirror World and attacked! How does she take it? Disappointed in Shiro, moving on. How does Shinji take it? Abandons her to plead with the Second Secret Science Society for help, again.

It's just these loops it feels like the characters are trapped in, where I'd hoped that things would grow, evolve. One of the things I love about Kamen Rider series is that they make changes and have consequences that affect their world and characters. For something as pivotal as Ren Kills and Eri Wakes Up and Yui's Been Attacked to, like, only serve to reinforce the status quo... it bums me out.