[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Deepsea

I don't know why I chose to read most of this episode's commentary/review in full, maybe because the image of Yuuji holding the Orphanoc King while his power fades and Takumi is directing a rider kick straight at the both of them, or maybe I just like endings/spoilers.

Just reading this I felt the themes assert themselves. The ideas that all life matters and that no matter what we owe it to one another to forgive, not forget but to give those hurt by a system a chance to change. I don't know maybe I'm reading too much into this but I just get the feeling Faiz is all about change and realizing who you are both through falling down and stepping up. (also something about the failure of justice and how"justice" or killing Yuuji in this case, would've doomed the day. So there might be something about reformative justice in there)

Again all these feelings are based purely on all of y'all's posts.

Good points!

There's definitely stuff in here about how systems that can't account for new ideas, new perspectives, are destined to crumble.

There's also a lot in here, in this show, about how viewing our differences as exclusionary is missing the beauty of being human. We're constantly told that humans and Orphnoch can't coexist, that they're too different. The reveal that Orphnochs and humans aren't different at all, that's such a key message in the show. Takumi's final appeal to Yuujii, the reason he spares him, is to drive home to Yuuji that it's only us versus them if you make it that. That people being different, it's not a fate to avoid or something to overcome, it's just who we all are. Everyone should get a shot at living the life that makes them happy.

This was a super interesting show to watch during Pride Month, you guys!