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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

It seems that many people also think only mocking someone/something without suggesting advice is a valid move to push others to be better. Such as people mocking "useless" characters being waste of space. For some reason, constructive criticism like advice would be sugarcoating... relentless mocking would be a better push for improvement or such, which is how people being awful can be justified.

Sugarcoating implies that sugar is only on the outside, like the garnish on a dish. However, a dish needs to be delicious in both taste and presentation. The opposite problem is also true, that a dish with good taste will be dismissed if the presentation is weak or lacking. While there's some truth to the phrase, "don't judge a book by its cover", I also believe that the book has an obligation to itself to have a cover that properly represents the quality of its content. Ideally, constructive criticism should give advice for improvement, while using tact to make the person more receptive and likely to act upon it. Unfortunately, Kugimiya decided to serve Houtarou a dish with neither taste nor presentation, so it's totally worthless. Malnutritious even, as he expresses no actual intent to make Houtarou a "better" Gotchard, like Mesnick said above.

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Originally Posted by Zolda

Kajiki, Hijiri, and Sabimaru should be given a happy ending where they enjoy UFO-ria together.

That probably sounded way better in your head.

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Originally Posted by Zolda

And is Isaac actually sentient? Isn't he just an AI-assisted speech synthesis program that creates an artistic interpretation of Sabimaru's words? It seems like Isaac is not a harmless program as I previously thought.

We've been told that Isaac is "merely" an AI with artistic language. However, you know what else can be defined as AI? Something that's both artificial and intelligent? Chemies! There are already parallels with HumaGears, considering the "tools or comrades" argument. I feel like Isaac's outputs are a little too quick and independent for the few inputs he receives from Sabi, especially in this episode, which makes me wonder if there's some alchemy involved, not only conventional programming.

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Originally Posted by Zolda

Starter villains aren't necessarily actual villains. They're often shown as major antagonists who foil the protagonists journey in earlier arcs. They can develop into anti-heroes (Heart, Horobi, etc) or even heroes (Chase, Alain, Parad, Gentoku Himuro, etc).

A character who commits mostly bad deeds for non-malicious reasons is called an antivillain. They may see themselves as heroes and appear sympathetic in their motivations, but their actions still align them with the villain side of the morality axis. Whether they can be swayed to the side of heroism depends on how conflicted they feel concerning their moral beliefs. In Gentoku's case, he was originally a total villain, until the increasing Hazard Level dispelled the brainwashing effect of nebula gas and he turned antivillain then hero. Moral alignment exists in a state of flux, with many variables mixing to encourage or force change.

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Originally Posted by Zolda

You should watch Kamen Rider Fourze episode 23-24 to see how this type of mentality is not only detrimental to society, but to yourself as well.

I would easily recommend these episodes just for the cute Tomoko/Ryusei interactions.