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KAMEN RIDER DEN-O EPISODE 12 - “RUN TAROS!”

Is Kasumi’s dad the worst dad in the franchise, though?

I mean, it’s hard to say that anyone who purposely or accidentally causes a global catastrophe (Hipster Dad from Build, for example) doesn’t have the slight edge over a diner owner who is needlessly martyring himself, but… this whole plot is so massively unnecessary! Kasumi’s dad is intent on irrevocably tearing his family apart for very poor reasons! It’s all incredibly stupid!

Like, the conflict in this is so forced that any emotional stakes or corresponding catharsis are more insulting than anything else. There’s a germ of an idea about how to motivate someone without losing them, but Disowning Your Child Because You Love Her And Want Her To Succeed… it’s way overshooting the mark of being supportive? I don’t know that an 11-year old girl needs that kind of tough love? I'm pretty sure she could model (it’s not like she’s curing cancer!) and also be in her dad’s life? He’s not on a fishing boat somewhere out in the Pacific; I’m pretty sure they live in Tokyo? She can still go to castings? It’s just going to be question marks until the end of this paragraph because I feel like no one involved in the production of this episode asked a single question they should’ve? About how ridiculous the motivation of Kasumi’s dad is?

Of course, probably Kasumi's dad is more irritating to see, but to label him as outright the worst (these paragraph doesn't seem to be about joking but dunno)? This is purely audience reaction and an... irrational view, Regardless of how someone may personally feel, jerks in daily personal life are by no means worse than a genocidal control freak mad scientist like Banno. Banno is easily the answer as he's one of the irredeemable villain in the franchise, who also happens to be a dad, same goes for Masamune. Otherwise, would this part seems similar to miscommunications in Faiz, or a part in Hibiki where Akira lashed out at Asumu? Where intentions aside, what matters is the way to communicate it well, obviously yeah the father doesn't communicate well with Kasumi, just kicking her out for her sake, with outright hostile approach to her and an overbearing one of "I'm the parent so you must obey me or GTFO". Albeit yeah, although dad and daughter reunite, they didn't seem to address this poor communication. But well, probably this also teaches that good intention means nothing without proper execution, that figures like parents or teachers may always have the best interest in their mind for those under their care, but doesn't mean that can excuse any methods they use to do that.

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The rest of it was fine, though. Entertaining, but unfortunately tethered to a stupid, stupid plot. (How does the dad keep getting on these closed sets for a preteen model? Where is security? If he’s just like I’m Her Dad, why doesn’t she know he’s the one leaving flowers? Why any of this?) The Kintaros stuff mirrors the dad’s I Don’t Know My Emotional Strength thing, where they’re both well-meaning but accidentally destructive, but I just cared so little about Kasumi and her dad getting back together (he’s the worst!) that I cringed every time Kintaros beat himself up about them being seperated. It’s very nice that Kintaros wants to repair a daddy/daughter relationship, I just don’t want him to repair this one.

Well, the main concern is how the dad treats Kasumi, but this seems to be subjective nitpicking for this part of the plot just because it's not enjoyable, like these questions can be thrown over various other parts of the plot (that you can dismiss "I don't care about that") where, I should stand against this part of the questioning. Also, probably I feel that you have no right to judge over which one deserves repairing or not if it's only based on personal feel; if they're irritating or boring they deserve hell, but if they're worse but entertaining they deserve treatment (and I'm also irritated by how parents automatically got the pedestal even if they act like Kasumi's dad!). Can't talk about that (about it being right thing to do or not; of how someone is and what treatment they deserve) if it's based on selfishness from the get-go..

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THE BAGGAGE CAR

-I echo Momo’s despair over there being no Sword Form this episode. I get that it’s a Kin spotlight, but, man! Sword Form is the best form so far! Sucks to miss out on it!

-Despite his heroism being focused on the least-deserving parent imaginable (and I’m counting Kamen Rider Deadbeat Dad from Ex-Aid: True Ending!), it was adorable to watch Kintaros speed away from a monster fight to chase down Kasumi. It’s the Big Dumb version of Ryotaro trying to give Tetsuo some closure in the premiere story, and it’s just as winning. Just a great story choice, no matter what story it appears in.

Momo is bombastic and he wants to make himself look cool as possible, with also his catchphrase such as ore sanjou. Kintaros also got almost the same treatment as Ryotaro for being accused as violating something (time flow or DenLiner rules) by doing that. Kintaros also got the superhuman stats to keep up chasing Kasumi.