[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Enchilada645

But no, because everyone is splintered... it took a lot longer. And in the time it took, more people got turned into Megid's and their books actually got completed. That pile of red books in the Megid base? All victims and people Touma failed to save and might've had the Northern Base crew not been splintered.

So... yes and no?

I definitely feel like the scale the Book Club are operating at is totally different now, and even a fully united SoL would've had a problem solving this one. Like, Touma and Mei -- armed with a magic book that tells them when Megid attacks are happening -- had zero clue this many people had been lost to Alter Books. So, to me, this wasn't so much a problem that a unified SoL could've prevented, but a problem that was always going to defeat Touma emotionally.

Sometimes You Get Beat is sort of what Daishinji's trying to impress upon Touma, you know? How Touma deals with adversity will tell Daishinji if this is a kid worth following or not. So, to me, the fight in this one for Touma isn't necessarily trying to reunite the SoL in order to solve this problem with/for him, but to find a level of personal strength that will allow him to keep fighting, even when he fails.

Also! Thanks for the kind words on this episode's bleak-ass short story. This is sometimes a horror show, what with the high number of grieving family members, so it felt like time to honor that.