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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

So, 1) Ozawa always hung out with her team, which is the opposite of aloofness, 2) these ladies all have to juggle incredibly unhelpful men, which is going to wear on anyone's nerves, and 3) I never once thought that characters like Ozawa were less feminine for their ability to navigate workplaces that were occasionally hostile to their frequently-established competency.

For the aloof part, I guess I also refer to for example, people like many secondary Riders, who are also often has close proximity with the other cast (well I'm not refering to Ozawa exclusively). And proximity can be also about how they'd need to accomplish tasks together with others (e.g., Yua with Fuwa here). Though now I wonder what'd be actually less feminine to you, about femininity here, I refer to how 'sentimental' traits like empathy, thoughtfulness, gentleness, etc. are discouraged and has to be minimized as much as you can to be 'competent' and not be 'weak', prioritize keeping anyone at arms length if you can so you can be logical and efficient... and btw, this also can extend to male characters too, when they're degraded for showing those traits, like some primaries compared to secondaries or higher authority positions.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

KAMEN RIDER ZERO-ONE EPISODE 3 - ?THAT MAN IS A SUSHI MASTER?

My favorite character on the show, and I already love a half-dozen of these dorks. A lot of it was her barely-restrained aggravation at existing next to Fuwa?s whole Automatic Fire As A Personal Philosophy thing for what?s probably way too much of her career, sure. The foil to that dude is always going to look like a superhero, even before she gets a tokusatsu suit. What this episode manages to do, though, is expand her character in a whole bunch of really interesting ways.

Few weeks out of Time Mom.... as if they'd actually learn? Regardless of her nice entrance in the series. Actually this is the part of how Yua's aloof and icy cold, and as you said here detached logic, in how she only views Humagears as mere tools, which, I'm not acting like Aruto to put them on pedestal here, is also a form of dehumanizing to the near mechanical lifeform established here. Even more with the end of episode with her answering to a suspicious figure, in how she's a questionable figure, other than her view on Humagears. About Fuwa being angered at piece of technology... it's probably something more common than you think, to blame technology for some issues and campaigning for it to be reduced/discontinued, of which Yua's approach won't do that, but then again she shows apathy towards Humagears, not on a big mission like Fuwa. And from what I said before, Yua kicking Fuwa out of the way would be the only time she used physical attack outside of Rider suit.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

It?s a neat turn in the story, because it ends up painting both of the AIMS characters as zero help in Aruto?s mission to create empathy for Humagears, which is what most of this episode is dedicated to. Fuwa?s obsessed with destroying them, and Yua?s obsessed with dehumanizing them. Aruto?s seemingly alone in his bid to show how human the Humagears really are, but then the sushi chef he?s spent the episode with points out that the AIMS crew isn?t doing all this because they don?t think the Humagear are real people; they?re doing this because they do think of them as real people. Fuwa and Yua can?t admit it, even to themselves, but they both see a humanity in the Humagears, or they wouldn?t care about making the arguments they make. Fuwa?s anger and Yua?s detachment are both a result of their need to keep Humagears at arms length, and they only need to do that when they start seeing greater possibilities than a machine that follows its program.

For this part, it'd be dealing with someone who isn't completely sold on Humagears, due to how Uosumi thinks Humagears are robots and thus doesn't feel the same way as humans. But this'd be about how Humagears can be 'leveled up' too and be trained to make good use of them, and that's actually also like humans who can be taught new skills. About Aruto being alone to tell humans to get along with Humagears, this hits home about how someone have to come into terms about how something you find worthy of praise can be underrated, including many in internet, and that someone can also feel alone and contrarian in trying to explain about the worth of something they find good. Sometimes, having that view also can be discouraged, to have such outlandish different take, and that many feel forced to open up those with "unpopular opinion". Of course, the solution would be not caring about what people think and enjoy, like perhaps those who own Humagears and are satisfied, but people can vary, and it can be hard for those to try expanding their interest, but isn't successful or discouraged, and finding ways to present themselves in an interesting way.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

KAMEN RIDER ZERO-ONE SO-DO AI 02: KAMEN RIDER VALKYRIE - RUSHING CHEETAH

Another Shotriser suit, and pretty much the best one so far. I think Valkyrie - Rushing Cheetah was the first Zero-One suit that I really loved when I saw the photos. Shooting Wolf?s good, and Rising Hopper?s iconic, but everything about Rushing Cheetah works for me. Going with orange as the color is fantastic, since it misses the easy Third Primary Color thing of a red suit for something more unique. Not a lot of orange suits in Rider, you know? The asymmetry of the coloring carries over from Shooting Wolf, but the proportions are more uniform now; there?s no giant spikes or whatever. It?s a leaner suit, and one that feels more intentional than Fuwa?s pile of childhood trauma.

The orange color is also, shows how Yua contrasts with Fua. Blue and orange are complementary colors. About her Rider fight, Yua started the trend of pinning down opponents with her leg for Reiwa Rider girl's debuts.

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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

To virtually nobody's surprise, my favorite character from Kamen Rider Zero One is the wolf-themed Tokusatsu hero called Isamu (no, I'm not referring to Wolzard, but he's cool as well). He has the best development, an explosive personality, he often feels like more of a protagonist than Aruto, he gives a lot of epic speeches and his actor, Okada Ryoutarou, does a great job portraying his extremeness.

Viewers would be often more focused on their favorite characters, but of course that's something really subjective in general (and this is a secondary Rider for what you talk about here, but even more if the favorite is villains like Kuroto for Ex-Aid). While viewers may be focused on seeing how the favorite character performs, it won't change who's the actual protagonist, which is something objective. Also you reminded me well than him breaking open Progrise Keys also actually had a relation to his personality of being anti-technology, at least Humagears.