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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Like usual, I guess the conflict is about how characters don't know everything, similar to how the viewers do. Ace didn't know he has powers, thus he asks his mom why he's reincarnating. And after knowing he inherits her power, he doesn't know all about it either, like how he can only use it to retrieve some ID Cores before recharging by eating a lot, and that later he realizes that the cost of his power is losing his free will - by being petrified, he didn't know that at first regardless of knowing that Mitsume got turned into that. And finally, Suel's words was what makes him realize, by resisting said cost of his power, he's trying to be still human and thus Suel makes him vulnerable to be shot. Ace realizes by this that his human body is his "limiter" and lets himself got killed to get rid of that. So I guess, due to lack of knowledge and Suel's words.

Okay, I guess that kind of makes sense, if Ace wanted to test the limits of his powers as a mortal (Ukiyo anyway) before committing to his last resort. He might've wanted to lure out Suel first as well. I still feel like he's developed backwards in the end though, as he continues to tell his comrades they're better off forgetting and essentially forces his ideal of happiness on them instead of letting them decide for themselves, like what Neon planned to do to her fans in her depressed state. Ace is just spamming all his catchphrases at once in this scene and none of it feels right after everything they've been through together.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Dunno but why I feel like if Keiwa's heel turn is done earlier, Geats may can fit all the ideas Takahashi have in the year-long format. If Sara's death and Keiwa's heel turn is done midway, since Keiwa's heel turn was one of the crux of the events in the final arc, and if it happens earlier, there may be more time to fit all the ideas within the show's running time. Won't want for Sara to be degraded (like Kekera does), but can feel that Sara-centered DR halts the story in the middle for "too" long to get the final arc rushed, with characters also being focused on to her like Keiwa and Neon being her bodyguards against Riders hunting her like Michinaga and Daichi. It's a shame to me that perhaps if this isn't done, Geats may become a perfect (or at least one of most complete) Rider series, but it now fell short of it, though without this Sara may end up similar to another woman that are the driving factors of the secondaries, like SAYOKO!!! or Kasumi in Build, and maybe another "bad" decision can still happen if there's something else dragged on....

Well, maybe there's a case for Sara's tragic death happening earlier if it improves the non-Keiwa stuff in the final arc, since it sounds like Takebe's decision to delay that is at least a little responsible for Takahashi losing his momentum. However, I think there's no clear answer which narrative would've been better, since Sara's role as the "beacon" to both Neon and Keiwa was an important part of her character, especially during DR, so for her to be killed any earlier than that would've diminished her value. I think maybe there could've been a way to have the best of both narratives, if this subplot was discussed between them with more notice. Although, I'll admit that I'm a little biased for Sara here, so some of this is just my opinion.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Letting go of revenge... so that'd seem like usual implementing destructive emotions as a room for growth. I know that it's easier to write and work on human negativity and they have more, or at least easier content for that, but yeah, I guess I'd want for innate goodness to not be rejected in concept of writing and still be encouraged, and for room of improvement, still taking into account of that rather than, for example, "Evil Superman" stuff. But I thought Keiwa and Michinaga doesn't have personal reasons? Keiwa wants to protect remaining people, and Michinaga wants to destroy Jamatos, and Neon'd be the former as well? Just late-addition due to lacking core (but still protecting civilians). It seems that the bar for heroine can be higher (ironically than female Riders) though because there are "perfect" examples of it like Izu - but for rivalries, it seems true that in KR heroines often not get involved with "heated drama between men" much, including well-received ones.

Neon had destructive emotions as well, when she wanted to disappear, so it's not like she was totally healthy either. Like Mayu, she was also forced to find a new motivation, due to circumstances preventing them from continuing with their original ones, but Mayu was more active in thinking about what being a Kamen Rider meant to her. Maybe there should've been more scenes with Neon and Sara, after the latter's revival, or have some of Neon's fans be End Riders that she needs to save. You have a fair point that Keiwa is just doing what he always does, the same as Neon, but I think his interactions with Daichi and Kekera keep him relevant and show his heroic development. There was also Michinaga's new personal motivation of atonement, after inadvertently killing Sara, which concluded after she was revived. Anyway, my favorite Reiwa heroine is still Mei.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

At least I just see it miles coming that Daichi being kept alive is important to free victims like Sara, which Neon and Michinaga also did the same from Kekera and Beroba. Though for his monologue to Daichi, I did have a response about it in ep. 47 that you didn't reply yet, about how I think thoughts can be related if emotions aren't part, how about my thoughts there? T̶h̶e̶r̶e̶ ̶a̶r̶e̶ ̶m̶a̶n̶y̶ ̶c̶h̶a̶r̶a̶c̶t̶e̶r̶s̶ ̶s̶e̶e̶n̶ ̶a̶s̶ ̶u̶n̶r̶e̶l̶a̶t̶a̶b̶l̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶o̶u̶g̶h̶ ̶:̶p̶ ̶l̶i̶k̶e̶,̶ ̶i̶f̶ ̶a̶ ̶c̶h̶a̶r̶a̶c̶t̶e̶r̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶a̶ ̶s̶t̶r̶a̶i̶g̶h̶t̶-̶u̶p̶ ̶g̶o̶o̶d̶ ̶g̶u̶y̶ ̶b̶o̶y̶ ̶s̶c̶o̶u̶t̶ ̶l̶i̶k̶e̶ ̶m̶a̶n̶y̶ ̶m̶a̶i̶n̶ ̶R̶i̶d̶e̶r̶s̶ ̶w̶h̶i̶c̶h̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶s̶e̶e̶n̶ ̶a̶s̶ ̶t̶o̶o̶ ̶p̶e̶r̶f̶e̶c̶t̶ ̶i̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶y̶'̶r̶e̶ ̶a̶l̶w̶a̶y̶s̶ ̶h̶o̶l̶d̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶m̶o̶r̶a̶l̶ ̶h̶i̶g̶h̶ ̶g̶r̶o̶u̶n̶d̶.̶

I guess it's possible for Daichi to infer the correlation between the hosts' memories and the emotions they felt while experiencing them, but I still think that would only be on a cognitive level, that he understands the cause of the emotions, which would explain why he sounds unsure about it in his dialogue with Keiwa, like how he finds mundane happy memories boring, even though the hosts would consider them enjoyable. It would be similar to my Evolt comparison, where gaining emotions doesn't inherently gain empathy.