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KAMEN RIDER KABUTO - EPISODE 26

I really loved this episode, since it’s retroactively as critical of the characters’ action in 25 as I was. Everyone’s screwed in this one, all of our heroes.

Which is why, I want to delve deeper into the conflicting views between if these kind of things are character flaw that is intended in the story, or writing flaw. And tbh, this applies for series like Faiz too, with how a good number of people cited it as writing flaws for miscommunications, or those mistakes being intentional for the characters (there are those that acknowledged characters miscommunicating, but that Faiz' one is too severe where it reached outright kindergarten levels). So by this it seems that, by this review at least, it's the former. Goro-chan a.k.a Mishima laughing at his naivete isn't something to criticize Kagami for, it's just in his character to act dismissal of others. Riku Kagami, Gatack's dad is pulling the exact same shit as Tendou did in previous episode, where he's the one getting you cannot know the truth. Wouldn't he got the blame for doing the same? (Tendou's doing the wrong thing previously, but the other one?).

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But Kagami knows he won’t get anywhere on his own. Him and Misaki, they need Tadokoro. There’s strength in numbers. If Kagami can get across to Tadokoro how much they still need him, they might actually have a chance of defeating the Worms and discovering the truth behind the Masked Rider Project.

For people like Kagami, especially he needs to prioritize teamwork, especially for someone who isn't the best in teamworks before. Of course, having your life considered worthless is painful, but Kagami also needs to know his limits, and put away his ego (for wanting to be considered special) if the situation needs it. If him or any of the heroes insists to solve things alone based on ego, let this be a lesson where people sometimes view humility as weakness, ego isn't always a good thing to have in your missions either. But for this one too, what catches my attention more here was Tadokoro, where would he break away from his drone-mindset this time? He clearly cares about Kagami and Misaki, and he seems to be more moral and well-adjusted compared to Kageyama and Mishima, but he has obeyed any HQ order without question (and at least he'd resign when he can't proceed anymore). Admittedly ZECT in a Viano team this time assisted directly in a fight, but they've always been about defeating the Worms before, but not being successful doesn't mean they didn't do that.

And regarding WorMisaki, it's a case of a Worm gaining human feelings, it already had happened too, like the one that faced her, Tsurugi. He was the Worm who killed Mika and real Tsurugi, but Tsurugi's arrogant personality also overpowered the Worm's own, and it became the Tsurugi that is known as Sasword. Probably also explains Tsurugi's fast reflexes to counter WorMisaki lowering his guard, albeit with a scar on his cheek.

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So let’s talk about Tendou and Hiyori.

I feel like about Tendou getting his ass kicked isn't about him being alone, he just suddenly dropped in performance here. Previously he has shown to be able to take these kind of enemy hordes alone. Even beating a Worm while going Clock Up with Masked Form (the one before Cast Off) by reflecting lasers. Tendou is losing his cool more and more in this episode, and the one that made him lose it was his sister Juka, but the only other person who made him go apeshit like that was Hiyori, which'd be an important foreshadowing. Dunno why, but I feel like, Tendou underperforming at this part of the episode, would've him thinking that, like what he preached before, emotion is a weakness, and that him underperforming due to being carried by emotions for Juka and Hiyori would reaffirm his stance of that... Tendou tells Hiyori a bit regarding the past where he's the one with belt, but he still didn't tell anything right? Also yeah, it's not as simple as that. You're ok with another "dragging", or about yet another plot mystery part of a Rider series, if there's a progress and change of it even for a tiny amount?