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Originally Posted by Kurona

It falls completely flat for me because both up to this point and having watched the series entirely, it feels out of nowhere and out of character for Takumi. Like he suddenly got a shot of Big Hero Speech plugged into his veins because the directors were worried that Faiz wasn't enough of a hero to look up to after the first few episodes. I don't know, it's just... all talk and no action, to me. It rang very hollow.

It'd be easier to talk about this with the context of future episodes, but I hugely disagree Takumi caring about other people is out of character. Even this early, there have been loads of little hints of that in his interactions with Mari and Keitarou. Remember, he's not scared of being betrayed; he's scared of betraying people. His central motivation being "I want other people to be happy even though my stupid life sucks" is as in-character as you can get for Takkun. It's very specific to him, and not something you get out of any other Rider lead.