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Originally Posted by Omnikaiser

Im saying this because, Ace mother, the previous navigator is called Mitsume. And Mitsu can mean 3 in japanese. "Tsu" in Tsumuri can be a pun on "Two" and Ace, well, is number 1. I don't think the pattern is a coincidence at this point.

Nice observation!

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Thinking about it, Michinaga being the one who is killed is fitting for his Zombie theme, as obviously his return from the dead is inevitable. Otherwise, yeah his death is his fault, and it'd still be tragic (there are some deaths caused by one's own fault but they can deserve to live and learn), but I never got into a right vibe of framing recklessness as bravery. I know ep. 10 before had this inspiring Ace, but this is similar to for example, governments who frame victims (due to risk involved or them having no care to their well-being) as martyrs to cover up their mistakes, normalizing throwing away lives in the name of 'bravery' and them escaping responsibility.

I feel like Takahashi's works have a habit of making good points delivered through ambiguous phrasing, which can cause those points to be lost in translation. My take on the moral about recklessness and bravery from Episode 9 was that Neon and Michinaga chose recklessness cause it was still better than the alternative of giving up on their dreams and accepting their unhappy lives the way they were. In this episode though, yeah, there was a very clear difference between bravery (retreating to come up with a plan and working together to accomplish it) and recklessness (what Michinaga did). Of course, the whole thing about making martyrs is applicable to Bushido culture in general.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

I'd like for Michinaga's clear shortcomings to be more acknowledged tbh, as much as kind-hearted character's naivety or indecisiveness. There has been some people comparing him and.. Kaito Kumon, another Rider who is destructive while also having sense of honor and keeps being honest and determined throughout, of which also has similar (can be ignored) shortcomings in never asking for help with his wounds, advice, or people to share their strength with him, keeping him in this spiral of failure, and even still being in denial of acknowledging camaraderie for survival even after seeing it.

Well, Michinaga only wanted to crush all Kamen Riders, which was due to losing his friend to the DGP. While Kaito wanted to commit genocide of humanity (like Kanato), which was due to a single flashback in his V-Cinema where he got abused by his father. So I'd say Michinaga is still the more heroic and frankly more justified of those two for acting the way he did. But sure, his flaws like you said are ultimately what got him killed, so we can't ignore that either. I want to remember him fairly for both his good and bad points.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

His plan can be fixed by simply probably planning on Ace's murder as a human (though he's still a capable fighter), such as stabbing him in his sleep.

But then Giroli would risk compromising the secret of the DGP's existence, as fans across the world of the Star of the Stars of the Stars would seek justice and the truth of why his own father would murder him in such a cowardly way. The management would probably just fire Giroli at that point to detach themselves from his infamy. I think Ace knew what he was doing with these desires to deter such plots against him.

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Originally Posted by Mesnick

Michinaga was killed in order to increase the vocabulary of the Jamato riders, otherwise the previous two dead didn?t say much

Jyamato: "Curse you, Geats!"

Geats: "Join the queue."

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Originally Posted by Mesnick

By the way, did Keiwa change his green color to blue? Apparently, he felt like a real secondary rider

He must be trying to assert his secondary-ness after Toei put his Core ID in a campaign.