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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

So turns out Keiwa's farewell to Sara is just merely a dream, but something that really got remembered by the audience (despite watching raw before), and got talked often. Kekera's next move is visiting Sara, and offering her a deal to get Keiwa back, which happens after she agrees. Which involves her participating in the Desire Royale, getting a Hakubi ID core. And surprisingly, Sara's the only one Kekera doesn't go apeshit for touching him (pretty girl "clean" privileges?).

While I don't condone how Sara was tricked in to becoming a Rider, I'm glad to have a third likable female Rider in this show after Neon and Sae! And yeah, you're probably right about Kekera's double standard, but I guess I can't blame him. Everybody's got a type, even sentient frog statues apparently.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Though Beroba now realizes how Kekera can be more vile than he actually is, which is shown in this episode, where despite "celebrating" heroism, he also doesn't view the people as living being, but rather entertainment fodders for both him and Beroba, explaining their dirty work together here. Though Sara does get Keiwa back, her attempts to put Keiwa out of his misery also ends up for nothing as Kekera of course, use this event as a display of brutality to Keiwa, to get him become Tycoon again, regaining his memories, and fight off Nadge-Sparrow, before Buffa Musou arrives and attempts to finish off the 3 remaining Riders, as Tycoon and Na-Go gotta cover for Hakubi, while Nadge-Sparrow flees.

I figured that Kekera seemed a little too good to be true. He claimed to support Keiwa as a "true Kamen Rider", but he's actually playing the Souichi/Evolt to Keiwa's Sento, using despair and anger to drive that character development for the sake of entertainment. It's so obvious now that I think about, Kekera isn't interested in Keiwa's heroism, rather he wants to see how far he can push that heroism before it breaks, hence why he doesn't go out of his way to help him like Ziin, Beroba and Kyuun do for their Riders.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Or perhaps Tsumuri's power will awaken and cast away their doubts by granting those to fight against the DGP for real.

I think this is exactly what Sueru is counting on. Whoever makes it to the final two still doesn't stand a chance in hell against Buffa. Without both Vision Drivers, Mitsume's power is out of reach, so Tsumuri might be the only hope of granting, "the power to rival Buffa".

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Originally Posted by Mesnick

- Neon's new wish won't make her happy, but it is indicative of her character's growth and development beyond what Kosei's wish put into her. Besides, whether she starts a new life in the future or in the present, it will be better if nothing in the past pulls her back;

Yeah, Neon's in a depressing place right now. I supported her desire for true love, but I cannot support her desire to erase all memory of her existence. It's not as simple as sparing her fans the feeling of betrayal. For the fans who truly care about Neon's happiness, like Sara, they wouldn't care if she's "real". Neon brought them happiness and changed their lives for the better, what could be more real than that? All those happy memories would be lost and that wouldn't be right. It's tragic to say this as a Na-Go fan, but, for Neon's sake, her fans' sake and her mother Mitsume's sake, I cannot support her this time.

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- I can understand why rookie Sarah loses with claws against Nadge, but how can an experienced Neon with a Beat not beat the Monster? How I still remember all those lightning and ice, and the management of the old people, while the Monster is just a powerful fist;

I was surprised by this outcome as well. Like, I get that Nadge-Sparrow was a strong contender once, but at this point, Na-Go has faced much stronger competition than him and I would've expected her to kick his a** with Beat's black magic.

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- You know, if the characters will exchange a little more than a couple of lines, perhaps their quarrels will not drag on for a couple of episodes;

Ace is a known liar though. Even if he explained his reason, there's no guarantee that the others would believe him, even less chance that they would abandon their desires for a selfless reason so easily, as Keiwa would know from experience trying to do that. Ace has never been the type of person to tell others how to act and expects people to reach their own moral conclusions.

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- On the account of desires, I am on the side of Ace. We were told that sacrifices were necessary for their fulfillment, so that his path was the least of all possible evils. Also, if different wishes require different amounts of happiness taken away to fulfill, then Keiwa is indeed capable of causing disaster with his resurrection, as was suspected in the comments on early episodes.

Count me in for Team Anti-DGP! No matter the desire, there's no justification for prolonging the exploitation of Mitsume and Retired Riders, so I think Ace is right to want to shut it down. I mean, yeah, a bunch of Riders died and that sucks, but it's not Keiwa's responsibility to change the past, nor will it make those people happy, as they risked their lives willingly for their desires. There's also the logistical problems with reviving a millennium's worth of dead people and the fact that continuing DGP risks even more Rider deaths. Either shut it down, or reform it back to harmless fighting for a gold medal.

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Originally Posted by henshinzero

It saddens me how Ace?s friendship with Keiwa & Neon has been torn apart & fractured. How will they be best friends again?

And PunkJack better come back quick & get rid of that sly bird!

Neon and Keiwa need to realize the terrible cost of their desires, both to themselves and to others, how the DGP is keeping them stuck in the past and how their refusal to let go is preventing Ace from moving on after 2000 years of unrest. I think that's the only way these three can return to being friends.

Yeah, Nadge-Sparrow's got to go. I'd totally love to see Punkjack wipe that smug smile off his face.

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And it looks like Beroba becomes Glare2 again permanently! She's way better than Chirami!

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