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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

This is a thing that you've brought up, and maybe other people have, too, but I wish it were clearer in the show. I mean, I love this idea, that the emotions that create a Rider/Zecter partnership can wane, and how that effects the power of the Rider. The need to constantly embody one personality type at the risk of being unable to wield power? That is a very cool idea! I just feel like it's not really something the show is explicating that well. I'm not sure anyone's stated what the Zecters want, beyond a tough to define I Choose You thing. (Like, Yaguruma losing TheBee, or it picking Kagami... I'm not sure what TheBee's criteria is? No one really talks about it.)

It's a read I really love, and I super appreciate that you're able to pull that out of the show and share it... I just wish the show made it clearer?

The connection between Riders and Zecters may also parallel the Worms, with the Zecters seeking out users based on a resonance with a trait or emotion they embody and admire in others. Since they're not exactly talkative, they're just as mysterious as ZECT itself and figuring out their criteria for selecting users is partially trial and error by observing who they bond with and what causes them to abandon a user.

The Bee Zecter abandons Yaguruma and Kagami when they exhibit internal conflict such as hesitation or doubt. So far, Kageyama is pretty consistent in his subordination to ZECT which seems to resonate with The Bee Zecter in a way that his predecessors couldn't live up to. I think the Zecters are deliberately made to be mysterious and abstract in what they want and why they value certain traits over others.