[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

If you're updating the threads in reverse-chronological order, then why did you skip Den-O?

Literally forgot! I was a few posts into fixing Kabuto before I went Wait The Train One. Definitely felt like Yuuto wiped the Den-O thread from my brain.

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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

Regarding why he wants to become a king, well there is a reason for that. But Sougo isn't always the most open about his feelings and doesn't really feel the need to justify his intentions to people he just met. What's important though is that becoming a king is Sougo's dream, no matter how absurd it sounds. So when he replies to the revelation that his future self is a demon king, by saying he's going to become the greatest kindest demon king, I think that's just his way of saying he's going to follow his dream, which can be a symbol of heroic determination. There's a hint of sarcasm to his declaration, like he's rejecting what Geiz and Tsukuyomi are saying as he believes in the altruism of his dream and that giving up his dream isn't an action befitting of a future king. It's like he says, he was born to be king, so it isn't really a choice, or an action that some time travelling weirdos can make him reconsider. It's something he feels like he just has to do. He lives in the moment, so he's not going to let their dystopian future get in the way of his present.

That last line of your Sougo defense would probably be the first line in my prosecution of Sougo. Him disregarding the potential intensely negative consequences of his actions is-- is bad! Is very bad! To have a character start down a path that could lead towards genocide for reasons that amount to A Gut Feeling, and look two people in the face and go Sucks To Be You? That's not what I want from my title character in the first episode! Anything but that!

(Like, the problem for me with Sougo continues to be that his reactions are all massively minor. The show goes to steps to make the stakes of this story crystal clear, and Sougo's, like, Meh. He doesn't seem to be treating this series with the same concern as literally every other character, and I really dislike it. Hopefully that changes!)