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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

KAMEN RIDER KIVA EPISODE 36 - “REVOLUTIONARY: SWORD LEGEND”

The frustrating view of the scene is that Kengo is a monumental creep now, a giant entitled baby who wants everything he was denied before: IXA, Mio, respect. It’s horrifying, mostly for how the show will probably try to redeem Kengo and we’ll be asked to pretend a scene of sexual harassment and casual violence never happened -slash- wasn’t traumatic enough to be worth staying mad at. That’s one view.

While I want to believe your other take, this is the one that seems more plausible to me. Kengo used to be a good and supportive friend, but now he's just kind of a mean a**hole with misdirected anger towards Wataru and Nago. It's not the worst case of character derailment I've seen (points at Haganeya and Yonemura), but it's unfortunate to see how far he's fallen from being a pretty likable and sympathetic character in his introduction. There's also the question of how much of this new Kengo is real and how much is an act, considering how Shima mentioned about his backstory.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

The second thing I liked is that Mio never tells Taiga who the other man is. You could easily write off Mio’s stuttering non-answers as the show needlessly prolonging the tension for Wataru and Taiga, but I see it differently. I see Taiga demanding answers from Mio, and Mio realizing that it’s none of Taiga’s business. She’s breaking up with a dude she never wanted to be with in the first place; it doesn’t matter who she’s leaving him for. He isn’t owed an answer, despite Taiga assuming he’s the star of every story. This isn’t something she’s doing to him, it’s something she’s doing for herself.

But Mio not telling Taiga might also be making it more painful for him than it needs to be. Without knowing who the other guy is, Taiga is left with no direction, no way to improve, since he doesn't know why he's failing or what the other guy has that he doesn't. Sure, Mio doesn't have any obligation to tell him since she's in this engagement against her will and mostly just indifferent to him rather than having any strong resentment, but constructive criticism is usually appreciated in this situation.