[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

So I'd think perhaps, Isaac genuinely wanted to protect humanity before but not for actual noble reasons of living beings being worth protecting but to oversee their evolution, but particularly to see them evolve in power-hungry way, for his own entertainment, but when he didn't get that from humans, he turned on them.

It's something this show gets at a lot, where characters can't see individuals, only groups, and how that makes it easier for them to lose empathy. Isaac probably hasn't ever interacted with any normal people, so he thought of humanity as a duty, then a burden, and now as a source of amusement. He doesn't care about people because he doesn't see individuals, he just sees some nameless mass.

(I laughed pretty hard at Isaac going on this diatribe about how terrible humanity is, only for Yuri to counter with a Yeah But You Still Were Supposed To Protect Them. The "yeah, but" is so mean! It's so dismissive of humanity! Yuri! In-character maybe, but dude!)