[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Hmm... you say that a humanity and friendship wins Hajime over... but it's revealed here, Jin's inner dark side (possibly from his upbringing), that he's also a misantrophe whose dream is wanting to be independent and away from mankind on the boat he worked hard to get and ready, where Chalice is very into killing Undead. And their dark side (hidden for Jin) was what eventually bonds them over.

I don't know if I'd describe Jin as having a dark side, though? I think the joke is how Jin is misinterpreting Hajime's declarations. Like, Hajime says, "I want to destroy everything I see," and Jin's response is, "Yeah! We should tear down systems that don't work, and people should be allowed to follow their dreams with no interference!" Jin thinks Hajime is speaking figuratively, when he he is actually speaking very very literally.

Jin's story right now is that he wants independence from his dad, not from all of society. He wants to perform for people, sing his songs, entertain. Jin is a good guy!

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Hmm.... as the discussion previously was about how Blade's got a sidekick role to Garren, what differentiates in this episode? That you said, Blade needs to stop him and is an active participant in Garren's story, and that Garren's act drives Blade to prominence here to stop him (well, to be fair you also said an opposite possibility, with Garren being a participant in Blade's story now).

I was trying to phrase it in a way where I'd reconsidered which Rider was supporting which story. It's definitely more of a Blade story this time, since Garren is treated as more of an adversary than before. Previously, he was on his own, confused, defensive. Now he's fighting Blade on behalf of Trenchcoat Mastermind. It's a more clear-cut Hero/Villain delineation than they've used on Tachibana so far.