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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

I also like how it's making Takumi okay with not having all the answers, with allowing him to be uncertain. It's something I really liked from Ryuki, the way the show seemed to value asking questions, and it's cool to see a version of it here.

More than that, I think it shows a real bravery for Takumi. He doesn't feel this connection to dreams that anyone else in the story does, but he's going to trust that they're being honest with him, and fight to give them a chance at seeing their dream through. Like, I think it's more heroic to have Takumi fighting for something he doesn't understand, than something he feels deeply.



I just feel like there's a read where he's, like, throwing the baby out with the bathwater. (Not out a window, but figuratively.) The freedom of no longer having a dream is... maybe not a great thing? The show makes a great case for Kaido being smothered by his old dream, but I'm not sure it's super healthy to deny yourself an outlet that you feel like you aren't great at anymore. That feels more like a surrender than personal growth.

Yeah, for sure, Takumi is definitely heroic for fighting to protect dreams even though he doesn't understand them. It's a role he needed time to warm up to since being Faiz wasn't something he just chose. But it's more about why he's doing it. I think that, in addition to generally being a good thing to do regardless of his motive, it's making him a better person. And he wants to be better.

I kind of understand your perspective, it looks like he's given up. Consider the context though. I think Kaido was content for someone else to take over his dream, since he can't pursue it anymore, at least not to his former potential. He unlocked that potential in another. Having a dream is good but it was holding him back from putting the past behind him the way Kiba had. Now he can use that freedom to find something else to strive for, something he can actually give his all. He's pretty much in a similar position to how Takumi was at the start. And as an Orphenoch, he has a new range of skills that he can use however he sees fit.