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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

And, I guess the main thing is that, thematically, Sawada's story in this one is about how it impacts Takumi's story, but the minutiae is about Sawada's journey, Sawada's choices, Sawada's suffering, and... I don't have as much interest in that as maybe I'd need to? My interest is in Mari and Takumi, but the show is definitely asking me to consider what Sawada is going through.

You don't need to apologise for seeing something differently! Otherwise, I would have demanded an apology when you dissed Burning Form.

I basically had the same reaction myself though. The way the scenes are presented read to me like the emotional crux and focus was mainly on Sawada, since its only seconds after he dies when Takumi leaps back into action. For me personally, all it would take to make it work better is if right between Sawada's death and Takumi joining the fight was just a brief exchange where Mari goes 'i dont want that to happen to you too' and Takumi being like 'i wont', or even just Takumi giving a line in that spirit in response to Sawada's death. Yeah some subtlety would have been lost, but it would have put the focus in the right place right before moving to the final scene, I think.