[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Magnugiga

Keitaro sometimes can be needy as hell, but he's like the Team Mom/heart and soul/whatever metaphor you'd use for someone who prevent the other two people from driving each other insane (in this sense, he fulfills the same role as Yuuji's I guess).

But, I also think it's not wrong to call him a punching bag; Faiz has a terrific cast, it's just the way they're being used that... were often sub-optimal, IMO.

I joked before about Keitaro and Onari having a spin-off, and they do have a lot of similarities. They've both got that need to peacekeep, to defuse, and it's totally valuable in a story where folks are abrasive to one another. Without him, I can't imagine how you'd keep Takumi and Mari together for more than two scenes?

The punching bag thing... I obviously can't speak to the rest of the series, but even in this first batch, all three of the heroes are punching bags? They are all portrayed in unflattering lights, and they are dunking on each other constantly. I think Keitaro takes it more personally, and that makes him appear to be more maligned. But, man, in the last episode he comes out of it much cleaner than everyone else. But then, cleanliness is his trade!