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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Regarding how Daiji and Kagerou can be separated like that, it's further shown that Akaishi for some reason wants to groom up Daiji by letting George give what Kagerou needs, though he shows more vileness of not caring if its Daiji or Kagerou who survives, he treats his men as tools, like how he views Hiromi before. While George here showed clear concern to Daiji, trying to stop both Kagerou and Akaishi on getting the Crow ViStamp and the 2nd Two SiDriver ('two side'). It seems that both Akaishi and George value Daiji more than Hiromi here, though in twisted way for Akaishi, I wonder if the reason of Daiji being somewhat 'precious' here would be shown later, so far he's been criticized for lacking presence in the series, and Daiji's conflict with Fenix hasn't been touched yet. And Akemi appeared again here, but she's here acted as sorta of damsel-in-distress for Kagerou. So she's not a combatant.

George explained that the Crow Vistamp would destroy either Live or Evil, granting the survivor an independent existence. So this was a rare chance for Kagerou to try and kill Daiji, at the risk of Daiji being forced to kill him instead.

It's strange though, to see George show concern for Daiji. I guess even George has moral standards above Akaishi. I don't think this means that George didn't care about Hiromi though, I feel like he was always intending for Hiromi to give up the Demons Driver before it killed him, so he could have a chance to recover. The Crow Vistamp caused a life-or-death scenario, which was more immediately dangerous, so George's response was proportionate to that.

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Originally Posted by FreshToku

Daiji's never been super great for me and he's going to be even less so now that Kagerou is gone (for now). I'm going to be looking at Holy Live with annoyance until Evil gets something too, and I mean in the show proper and not some v-cin or extra thing. I'm aware that could never happen and I'll just be annoyed with Holy Live forever, but that's just how it is!

Kind of like how I'm bitter about RealEyezing Hopper for usurping Zero Two's screentime.

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Originally Posted by FreshToku

Not only is that, and always has been, totally arbitrary, but like... is the implication that it'd be better if Sakura was the one completely lacking in screen time and development instead? (The answer is 'probably' because it'd have been expected, I guess...)

Unpopular opinion here based on my observations in this thread, but yeah, I'd prefer that. I think Daiji is a better and more complex character, so me wanting more focus for him has nothing to do with him being the Secondary Rider.

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Originally Posted by FreshToku

Oh, but it's anything but 'beloved' for me. I actually really dislike how Geiz Majesty in particular has probably permanently cemented the thought process in a lot of viewers that every season both past, present and future must have one designated 'single most important guy behind the title character' and it overtakes simply just taking in how a show might just treat its individual characters and balance its focus.

I think it ticks me off the most in shows like a lot of Riders (so like, all of them as of late) because I feel like every year there's always numerous discussion along the lines of 'why hasn't the guy who i've arbitrarily decide is the second most important guy done anything for five minutes and why is the guy who i didn't assign that role on screen instead or talking to the main character?'.

The Secondary Rider isn't the second most important guy, just the second face. Like for comparison, the Sixth Ranger isn't necessarily more important than the Black Ranger. It's a misconception that importance to the plot is a deciding factor of who's the Secondary Rider, which explains the annoying discussion you've been subjected to throughout the years. But please don't misdirect your frustration to the proud title of Secondary Rider. It's not their fault that some fans have biased expectations for them.

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Originally Posted by gashatfreak

I'm honestly so confused by Kagero's motives here that the drama kind of falls flat for me. Is he attempting suicide by Kamen Rider or something? A final desperate ploy to defeat Daiji and take control of his body before he disappears? A bit of a shame as Kagero was an interesting character that didn't get too much screen time.

I see both motives being true. Before Kagerou got any weaker, he wanted to make a last all-or-nothing effort to supplant Daiji. But he was prepared to lose, so that at least one of them could become stronger from the other's death. It reminds me of the good white bird and evil red bird symbolism from inFamous Second Son.

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Originally Posted by Daikaijuman54

I'm back! Now if only I could find Zenkaiger's finale...

Welcome back. Zenkaiger's finale wasn't as climactic as the rest of the final arc, but I thought it was a fitting way to end the show. I hope you can find soon so you can watch it!

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Originally Posted by Daikaijuman54

Olteca may be a despicably twisted villain (which I love), but I honestly like his dad less. And now it's official Aguilera wants to be the Igarashi siblings' new mom, and I hate that I had to be the one to make this joke...

At least Olteca is intriguing and has a backstory of feeling misunderstood. Akaishi is just generic evil guy with weird expressions.

If Gif is the Igarashi siblings' grandfather, then that means Aguilera wants to be their grandmother. Probably better not to think about it too much.