[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by FreshToku

If it helps, not a day goes by where I'm not bemoaning that dearth as well! I guess until then, I'll have to just project a lot on Poppy and the like. (watch out for when i travel back in time and rewrite the show so that she becomes the new president of genmcorp.)

Poppy's amazing, and I'd watch that version of the show. I just hope Burgermon is okay!

I feel like, with Umi and Twomi... it's this weird thing where the very attribute that make them valuable to the narrative (thematically related to the leads) is also weirdly a bummer. They're really interesting characters, but then that interest is refocused on the male leads. It's like I got tricked somehow, where I thought I was getting a story about Umi, but I'm really getting a story about Kenzaki.

Except, that's a good thing! I like Kenzaki! I like stories about Kenzaki! This is a show about Kenzaki! I definitely should not be getting a story about Umi!

Am I projecting too much? Are these good, strong characters that I'm reacting negatively to for reasons that aren't their fault? Am I holding them to too high of a standard specifically because the show has so few female characters of narrative value? (I mean, who's the last woman to be introduced on this show before them, Nozomi? Meet-Cute? It's been a minute!) Should I just shut the hell up and give the show a little breathing room to define the characters better before flagellating it for its shortcomings?

I would very much like to be able to define this feeling better so I can stop feeling it!