[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

I'm going to mention this now because it's one of the more notorious things Kusaka is known for and its sometimes mis-attributed to the series. Toshiki Inoue wrote a novel version of Faiz that retells the story in an even darker form. Kusaka's attitude towards Mari on the show gets pretty creepy, but in the book he infamously straight up sexually assaults her. It obviously doesn't happen on the version that kids were watching, but there's a lot of overlap in how Kusaka views Mari in both versions.

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

Yeah, 2003’s SHT shows are the only ones where the topic of sexual assault is likely to come up in a discussion. And that’s all I’ll say on the topic.

Yikes! There are complicated, adult topics I like seeing Kamen Rider explore, but that is not one of them. That's fraught material for even the most delicate touch, which... I can imagine a whole bunch of ways for Inoue to be indelicate.

Thanks for the info!