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Originally Posted by Fredbob392

What made it really bad though was partially Hongo being thankful that he was remodeled, which I really didn't feel fit with Ishinomori's idea of being a Rider being a tragic thing

I disagree there. I felt that the movie itself never shied away from how terrible Shocker's' experiments are, and that includes what happened to Hongo. This is even shown via Ryunosuke's' major regrets and defecting from Shocker.

Instead, to me it's more highlighting something else that Kamen Rider has always been about, ever since the original: That even if something bad happens to you, that good can come out of it and if possible, you should look to spin it into a positive. Hongo isn't saying that his life became amazingly awesome thanks to his modification, he's simply thanking Ryunosuke for helping him be able to do more good in the world, inadvertently or not.