[LeviathanBlossom]

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

And, man, I do like Jin and Hajime’s schtick. (Sorry, AkibaSilver.) Jin is incredibly broad, but since Hajime is almost cartoonishly closed off, it sort-of works? Jin’s maybe no one’s idea of a great person, but since Hajime despises all of humanity (except for Amane and Haruka), why not confide in Jin? It’s like telling your darkest secrets to a dog. The dog can’t possibly understand what you’re talking about. It’s a lower life form. Go ahead and unburden yourself, you know?

Jin's bit never quite worked for me, although I did enjoy Amane just absolutely passive-aggressively (straight-up aggressively?) being absolutely terrible at him while he wasn't doing anything particularly egregious. I do find Jin-as-stand-in-for-humanity to be appropriate in this part of Hajime's arc; that his name is also a homophone for a word that means person or humanity kind of underscores that idea.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Hajime’s story is nicely sad right now. He’s never cared about anything, so he’s never felt the loss of losing something you care about. These ideas were academic to him before, the failings and quirks of a ruined species. Now he’s seeing the strength of rage, and the weakness of loss, and every other weird emotion that humanity has to contend with while not falling apart. (Thank you, Kotaro, I see it now.)

To be entirely fair, I like where Hajime's story is going with Jin! I just wasn't crazy about the journey. But you give me new appreciation for the parts that I was less happy with, so