[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Deepsea

This is a really interesting way of looking at this. I agree that the closer to reality stakes can feel the worse they can hurt. I wish I had more to add. I’ll think for a bit.

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

...and I have to imagine the problems you have with them are the ones I was trying to get at there. It's really reaching for those big emotions in a way that detracts from the story. Like Yonemura knew how Den-O plots start and end, but couldn't ~quite~ figure out how the middle needed to work, resulting in some pretty important details being out of whack.

The weird thing is that the story has an easy fix: if Kasumi's dad actually does disapprove of her career, and she splits, then it's a more compelling story about him realizing what he's given up and her trying to patch things up because Family Etc. They had a disagreement, and then they resolved it.

Instead, Yonemura wants to have the dad driving Kasumi away for totally altruistic reasons, and then immediately regretting it, but without ever trying to fix his mistake. It makes Kasumi totally blameless, which makes the dad the entire problem, but then has an ending about how Kasumi has learned an important lesson. Not a fun story to tell!

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Originally Posted by Koh

Probably, alot this comes down to cultural differences but yeah it's a trope I'm getting sick off which is why Ogami from Saber is such a breath of fresh air for this franchise.

There's always Hibiki, aka Kamen Rider Oops All Dads, which is a show with nothing but fun dads who care about their kids. It's a total trope in Phase 2 Heisei, though, for sure. Glad Reiwa is turning it around!