[Kurona]

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

It’s also a ridiculous thing to have to tell a grown man. Kotaro has to tell Tachibana, essentially, that people other than him exist and have feelings. He has to tell Tachibana that being afraid doesn’t mean you have to stop living your life. These are… Tachibana is a grown-ass man and he needs to be told this? I know we like to joke about Tachibana being a garbage human being, but this is a pretty startling look into how much of a screw-up he is!

Toku has a lot of moments like these, and at pretty much every one where it feels weird I stop and remember "... oh, right, kids' show". This is very basic stuff to be telling a grown man, yeah, but it's also basic stuff that the show is telling the kids at home and is one of the lessons it wants to impart. It looks weird but that's just naturally how it's gonna be, and I honestly wouldn't have it any other way!

... though, that said; in life it definitely feels like there's a surprising number of adults who really, REALLY have to be told that insecurity and vulnerability is just a part of life and being human and that at some point you have to accept that. And said surprising number of fully-grown adults end up failing to accept that... so, heck, maybe this is one of the most realistic scenes in all of Kamen Rider