[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Kurona

For me, and I don't wanna get into it too much (because it's an uncomfortable subject that concerns a show I'm really not crazy about otherwise), it's

A) "Forcing a woman to have your kids", is... it's not a subject I really want to see? I'm happy to see a show go dark places, and I'm very much for artistic freedom in being able to portray a lot of those dark places rather than hiding from them; but there's also the onus of responsibility on the artist to actually treat those important subjects with the maturity and respect and weight they're due? And... this is barely treated as anything more heinous than Jiro's other acts and doesn't portray him any worse. It's not something I personally want to see anyway, but I would at least want it done well.

B) Perhaps more pertinently, even if you had portrayed it extremely well; is this seriously something that needs to be in your children's show about selling toys? Remembering this was the Emperor debut really puts this into perspective to me when it's contrasted with the introduction of Tatsulot and everything he is. Something I like about Kamen Rider is that it isn't afraid to challenge interesting subjects, and oftentimes doesn't patronise its audience of children and respects their intelligence to the point where they feel they can think about some of this stuff; but there's certain things where I think there's a limit, and this is a big one.

Agreed! It's a weird irony to this story, where the relatable intimacy of the Shinji/Ryoko plot is what gives it so much beauty and power, while the Jiro plot needed to go way way way bigger and more unrealistic (like sticking Yuri in a machine to resurrect the Clawolves or whatever) in order to dodge its many, many pitfalls. There's a time for realism, and a time for metaphor, and this story just couldn't figure out which was which.