[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

As for a general opinion? Xtreme?s pretty cool, right? (I?ve got nothing else to say. Check back next episode)

It is!

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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

I'm guessing it was the little glimpse of green on the right leg that tricked you?

It was actually the shape of the mask -- it's got that Taka shape to it, and I sort of forgot for a second what CycloneJokerXtreme looks like.

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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

Shoutarou is the man with the courage to ride with the devil.

He may not be a genius like Phillip, or hard-boiled like Terui, or even decisive like Akiko, but that courage is all he needs to turn weakness in to strength. That's a quality Shroud doesn't understand and Shoutarou himself doesn't fully appreciate either, but that's the reason why he's the only person who can truly be Double's left half. If Phillip's gotten stronger, it's only cause Shoutarou believed in him. Shoutarou took a gamble on the devil on Begins Night and got a true partner out of it. A leap of faith, just like how he solves cases with his hunches. Now Phillip believes in him with a hunch, so of course the solution to their power imbalance was for Shoutarou to believe in himself as well.

Well said! Shotaro's got a strength in his convictions that's unmatched on the show; the problem is that his convictions don't tend to include Betting On Himself, so he's very quick to pack it in when confronted with his failings.