[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Nokination

We cut to Gai and he suggests that the day the Raidrisers go on sale, that they'll have the ZAIAspecs lose control on purpose to get people to buy a Raidriser, and this is just something I can't even begin to describe in how it makes me feel, I know that Gai is technically a villain, but he's actually suggesting that many people die just so he can get more money, which is just, no, don't do that, that is such a horrible idea, what about poor people who can't afford Raidrisers, but might've gotten a ZAIAspec as a gift, are they just going to all die? He even says that letting people die is justifiable for the success of the Raidrisers, I completely forgot this was a thing that happened, I thought last episode's suggestion of putting the Raidrisers on sale was bad enough, but this, this is just terrible, I can hardly defend any of Gai's actions, you can't redeem murdering a bunch of people, simply to get more money, that's very clearly a crime, I'm going to move on, but I can't justify this.

I don't think you're supposed to view anything Gai's ever done as defensible? There's a whole Broken Clock Is Right Twice A Day aspect to a few of his arguments, where Aruto's optimism doesn't really account for how people actually live or interact with technology, but: no, Gai does not care about anyone but himself. Period. He's exactly like the Ark, in that he views anyone and anything outside of himself as tools; humanity exists to glorify him or be destroyed. "Tools don't have dreams", remember? The Ark in action is just Thouser, spouting all of his catchphrases (including the one Gai spouts at Naki and Ikazuchi earlier that episode), which should tell you everything you need to know about Gai's psychology.