[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Frontier

Yua deserves better than functionally being no better than a henchgirl. Like, at least someone like Marika was honest with herself about why she was doing it and the kind of person she was (not that following the strongest man in the room is a particularly empowering message) but Valkyrie was intended to be more of a hero than Marika was.

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Originally Posted by Kurona

It's fascinating seeing someone in real-time go through the exact same feelings I did about Yaiba while I was watching weekly. Found her interesting in the beginning and was so excited to see a woman in a role as important as a tertiary rider, was willing to see where the new direction would take her and then was super let down by this point. I love the job competition arc but this is one area of it that's just an undeniable flaw for me; she's been handled terribly

I'm honestly curious who's most to blame: the producers or the actor?

The easy answer is the producers, and they probably bear the most blame. Yua started off secretive, became distant, and ended up redundant. We got Fuwa's formative trauma immediately, and a whole movie dedicated to Aruto's familial feelings for Humagears, but have we ever gotten even a single line of dialogue about why Yua works for ZAIA? She acts like an indentured servant, but, like, can she not quit? There're a million questions I've had about Yua since Episode 1, and I never once got the sense that the production was interested in answering them.

But, like, the actor also isn't doing a ton to force the issue? Sometimes, when you're given an underwritten shit part, it's vital to make something out of it. Come up with your own backstory, and imbue the character with that. Add captivating twists to line deliveries, do a weird bit of business in the background, create some off-beat physicality... anything to bring attention to your character, and force the writers to give you more material. But this lady, she only ever seems to play down to the material: mopey reactions, dry readings, blank stares. She seems as uninterested in her character as the producers, and that's regrettable. Someone somewhere needs to fit for Yua!

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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

I will say for now that I consider the fireman round to be the most frivolous part of the competition. It's also pretty ironic how they went from selling houses to setting them on fire. Gai has a weird sense of humor!

I was happily surprised that the competition was staged! When Gai suggested judging the contest by lives saved, I was like Oh Hell No. Instead, it's a cute little game for the first half, and I liked that.