[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Probably yeah those aren't your favorite but, don't necessarily call those bad because that is subjective.

Everything I'm saying is subjective! I don't ever feel comfortable declaring something objectively good or bad! Everyone's got their own view and all views are valid!

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Oh well, you said you're drawn characters back then, and just realized it's an exact words, means a no for world building. But the thing is, I believe that those you mentioned will impact the characters like Mari real bad because those are big players of the story. I can predict who was discussed in the world building like Smart Brain/belts, and think how big it will impact the characters you care, even if not immediately.

I mean, sure, all of this could/will become very important to Mari down the line, and when that happens I'll probably enjoy it. Right now it's not that important to her, so I don't.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

What's Takumi's deal? Kusaka is infamous but, for this one, it's probably Takumi's fault? What did Kusaka do to him that sends Takumi into that weirdness? Was him the one actually brought Kusaka's bad side here (where would you place Kusaka in character alignments, just this time)? Oh and the part where he walked through horse shit, that's the part I saw on TV when it films Faiz, but only that. And it's proven here that Takumi doesn't have any fighting style ("boxing" is just giving him more credit) where he's just ineffectual on the honor duel.... and probably the brawling too?

This whole story is Takumi being an asshole to Kusaka for almost no reason, and that's what makes it so funny to me.

If I had to give it a reason, I'd reiterate that there's some core insecurities to Takumi. Him losing the Faiz belt really shook him. Getting it back made him feel more confident, maybe (definitely) overconfident, but it also probably stuck with him that he can be replaced as Faiz. Then Takumi keeps screwing up in front of this jock, and it's all of those insecurities exploding in his brain. He's not good enough, this guy's more popular, etc etc. Takumi's just lashing out because he's scared. It's basically the way characters on this show say Hello to each other!

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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

Takumi even tries to justify himself by blaming it on his personality. He actively tries to avoid confrontation but everything that comes out of his mouth has a high probability of provoking someone. The rivalry between Takumi and Kusaka is going to test both of them.

What's fun is that you can see from the scene where the FaizCyKill falls over on some guy's car that Takumi can politely disengage when folks are mad at him. Something about Kusaka just brings it out of him. Oil and water, those two.