[TheRaizin]

We can talk about V&V now, right? I'll talk about it now.

I didn't like it, but I did like the thematic focus they were trying to do. I just didn't feel like how it ended was satisfying enough or it felt really unnecessary.

The theme is about personal justice, like I said earlier. Fuwa explains that sometimes someone can do whatever they wanted just because it lines up with their own 'justice', something Arkland also pointed out. It's great.

MBJR attacks Valkyrie in order to get Fuwa to come after them, since he's the only one capable of defeating them or deserving of defeating them. Fuwa's personal justice is that he does whatever he wants, however he wants, saves whomever he wants, because it's his rule. He teaches one of the Solds to think for themselves instead of having a black/white side outlook and not go with their programming told them much like how Horobi just doubled down on his "Human bad!' thing. He personally believes he is expendable, much different to Yaiba's personal justice which is far more optimistic, humanistic, and more of a role model. It's Fuwa's dream to fulfill his role as a Kamen Rider. Little bit more on this later.

The action felt cheap, it felt sluggish, some weird editing choices, choreography, and just felt uninteresting. Serval Tiger's fight was disappointing as it was just Yaiba struggling to land a few hits on MBJR before delivering a weak finisher. It sucked. I did understand what they were going for, it's a hopeless fight as an eerie soundtrack plays, but I think it could have been better.

Lone Wolf's fight was also kinda weak, there are some moments where the suit actors fail to connect their punches onto each other, yet they would still react as if they did. Kinda weird. MBJR, despite having the weapons of all the other members, didn't make use of them enough or in some way that was clever. I did like the part where MBJR fell in front of the flowers, that hit me. But the final rider kick was weirdly shot, like I was expecting their feet to collide but didn't.

And then Fuwa dies. It's unnecessary. I love me my dark and bleak endings, but if you're going to do it just for the sake of it, or not showing a little hint of hope at the end, then it's ultimately useless or cheap. It felt like Takahashi just wanting to off his characters for no reason. So, Aruto basically sent Fuwa to his doom, the government guy attempts to deem Humagears and AI Intelligence as bad or something, but Yaiba stands up for them and then leaves with a weird choice of using the Ark's theme for some reason. Yaiba and the Solds head off, MBJR fades into nothing, and Fuwa fades into the light.

I'm actually not sure why the Rider Wiki says Fuwa fading into the light was "up to interpretation", it was clearly meant to signal that he passed on.

I'm just kinda wishing there would be a novel or another V-cinema, or even a TTFC special to wrap this up. No, I'm not saying this because I want a Thouser V-Cin (tho, that would be highly appreciated), just saying it needs a definitive end.

I think Aruto should be charged with Second Degree Murder.