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Episode 4....

-It's been a while since Ex-Aid, I don't remember if Emu was always the type to be weirdly cryptic about his plans, or its just an odd quirk of Zi-O's writing. Him trying to make the dad voluntarily give up his powers definitely felt like Emu to me tho.

-I feel like the Ridewatch handoff here too, was also slightly better than Bulid? With Sougo understanding what Emu's plan was and being willing to help, drawing parallels between Tsukuyomi and Emu. Feels more like a better way of doing the "Oh this kid's alright! sure I'll give you this weird watch that I'm not even sure why I'm carrying this!" thing.

-that last scene with our trio?? With Sougo essentially telling them to pull the trigger whenever they feel is right, because he trusts their judgement? I think this is where I first looked at Sougo at anything other than neutral, I think it says alot about him that while he's not giving up on his dreams of becoming King, he does properly recongize how severe Oma Zi-O is as a threat and is willing to die by Tsukuyomi and Geiz's hands, yknow?

-Side note.....I know we briefly talked about Geiz and Tsukuyomi's fashion sense lasttime, but can we talk about Sougo's? I noted he dresses rather plainly in my first watch, but I'd forgotten how Baggy his clothes are, dude's drowning in there. Sougo's actor has a pretty small frame, so maybe they wanted him to look a bit bigger? (But it kinda backfires whenever he puts the Jiku Driver on, it gives him a cinched waist look lmao)

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

PLEASE STOP TRYING TO EXPLAIN THESE THINGS.

THE EXPLANATIONS ARE CONFUSING AND RIDDLED WITH PLOTHOLES.

EX-AID LOSING HIS POWERS IN 2016 WOULDN’T AFFECT BRAVE, BECAUSE BRAVE GOT HIS POWERS FIRST.

......I personally count stuff like that under Rule #3, because things get Complicated if you start thinking about Rider Erasure for too long.

Like, how far back does the "Making Sure This Person Doesn't Become A Rider" rewrites go? Do you just make sure they never get the Driver in their hands? For Riders with specific conditions to become one (Smash essence intake, Bugster Virus, etc), do we erase those events as well? What happens to Rider suits who has multiple users, like Build? Erase the Driver from existence i guess, but that opens up another can of worms.....It's an endless rabbit hole, better to not think about it too much.