[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

It's cool to have a story where our lead Rider assumes at first that his much-hyped new trinket is the key to victory, only to come to his senses and realize the support of those around him is the REAL most powerful weapon.

Ha ha ha, The Real Power-Up Was The Friends We Made Along The Way. Hilarious! I don't know if I love the show's version of this story -- it just feels too much like Touma telling everyone what to do -- but I find this way of thinking about it delightfully corny.

But, like, the problem in this story wasn't The Power Of Friendship or Teamwork necessarily, it's that Touma wasn't gelling with the group. It's nominally a story about Friendship and Teamwork, but it's only a lesson that Touma needs to learn, really. (Everyone else is pretty good about collaborating here? Even/especially Ren?) It feels like it should be an epiphany that works its way through the entire group, but it's largely just about Touma being less obsessed with his new DX toy and paying attention to his friends that came over to play. Good lesson for kids! Not exactly what Touma's talking about in this episode, though!