[DreadBringer]

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KAMEN RIDER W EPISODE 35 - “BEYOND R - A MONSTROUS RAIN APPROACHES”

Like, this has got to be a living nightmare for Terui, right? A young woman who reminds him of his dead sister, terrorized by Isaka, and Terui is powerless to protect her. Short of anyone asking him questions or the Fuuto P.D. banning detectives from wearing leather, this is as bad as it could possibly get for Terui. He wants revenge on Isaka to assuage the survivor’s guilt he feels, and now he has to watch a young woman get terrorized so bad she becomes an Aztec snake bird god, all while Isaka becomes more powerful in the process.

Weather uses his ability to control the heavy rain so it exclusively targets W, trapping him and presumably could've drown him. Accel got trapped in a stormy cloud that releases lightnings. With 2 Riders immobilized, Weather checks on Nagi, and claims that the port will develop further the more fearful Nagi gets. As Weather mocks Terui's failure to protect, let alone revenge, W eventually turns Xtreme and frees himself from the rain, but Weather escapes. I guess this is a difficulty of 2-in-1 Rider for Xtreme that Xtreme had to absorb Phillip's body and fly to Shotaro's location, which can take some time? Nagi would hiss on Terui's failure despite his efforts as she runs off. If only Xtreme got a chance to show off against Weather in front of Nagi. Now Shroud initially refuses Terui's request of more power as he wasn't as revenge-driven as before, and refers to his failure of beating Isaka. So Isaka's mockery of him protecting was an indicator of Terui growing out of his revenge-driven demeanor.

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I mean, we’ll see where it goes in the second part, but I honestly don’t mind if this thing just lands on Shotaro’s aphorism about men finding strength within themselves as long as they have someone to protect. It’s good because it’s a more admirable trait of Terui’s, different from his introductory bloodlust. This one’s about Terui wanting to keep someone else from having to suffer, and stopping Isaka for good is just a way of achieving that goal. It turns Terui into a hero, instead of a vigilante, and hopefully that’s okay with Shroud.

Other than being scared, Nagi claims that she can't ask anyone for help due to obvious reasons. Still though, Terui refers to Gaia Memory before albeit she never knew the term, but it's a hint that he knows more about it. But it's still better to talk than bottle it up, and luckily she talked to 2 Kamen Riders, and Terui would only thank her to clear it up, even smiling as he presents her his necklace as a good luck charm. Later, Shotaro explains that Terui is similar in that his family was killed by Isaka too, thus he feels obligated to protect similar victims like her. She claims that she pushes others like Terui away for their own good as he'd die if he did so, but still, closing off to other people for their sake that doesn't need to resort to aggressive and hostile methods, it still makes her a jerk and can directly hurt others herself, like the kid or potentially Terui's reputation. Being rude isn't the only way to deal with this problem (of keeping people distant)... and they aren't completely right due to good intentions. Shotaro assures her that Terui is strong exactly due to his determination to protect, which was also Sokichi's teaching.

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While we don’t get more of Shroud’s backstory (beyond hanging out in forests and renting dirtbike courses, totally good clues to provide), we do get Isaka’s, and it’s okay. He’s been a guy hyper-obsessed with gaining power and admiring Dopants, so his backstory is… that he saw a Dopant and admired it so much that he became hyper-obsessed with gaining its power. As revelations go, it’s, y’know, not one, but as we’re clearly in a climactic story for the Weather Dopant, we might as well cross our I’s and dot our T’s. Still, even if it doesn’t fundamentally change the way we look at Isaka or Saeko, at least they’re finally making a move on a definable goal – namely, getting the Terror Memory from Ryubei, somehow at some point.

About Isaka's backstory of searching for a purpose in his life including becoming a doctor and studying biological field, but found it meaningless until he witnessed Terror Dopant's power, taking out several civilians, he's the type who's already depraved from the get go as he's only mesmerized by people being killed in front of him, instead of realizing that a doctor's job to save lives. He had gained many Gaia Memories and Living Connectors, but eventually he'd sought the very Terror Memory itself, and approaching Saeko was his means for that. But Saeko's only relaxed to know his true intentions as she believes Isaka can beat Ryubee. His goal too where he has an oath from 10 years ago to overthrow Ryubee and turn Saeko into the queen. It obviously won't be shown due to the show's target... but both would likely have a sex. Isaka's so intriguing to Saeko that even her cold and ruthless persona are tamed around him.

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DIE-A MEMORIES

Best gag in the episode is Nagi calling Terui a pervert as a scheme to get out of his grasp. It’d probably work on almost any dude, but it is incredibly effective against a stern dude wearing a full-body red leather outfit. Bonus points for Shotaro and Akiko trying to wriggle out of the angry crowd’s accusations that a cosplay detective and shoe-wielding middle schooler are also perverts!

Nagi aggressively pushes a child away for asking about birds, who Terui helped after. Nice gesture of him for doing a cop's job of being helpful. A bit of reason of Nagi's standoffish behavior is said where she claims those who hang around her will die. Said gag is an absolutely underhanded move though. This highlights unfortunate double standard of gender where men have the default monster status and the people around will mostly believe a woman's claim without taking context into account... including Shotaro and Akiko, who slaps Terui with a slipper before realizing who it is. And this shows a hypocrisy from the girl as well, she claims she wants to prevent others being hurt, yet she slanders anyway, it can make Terui live as someone who got undeserved infamy, like being fired for it.. Shotaro and Akiko suffer the effects of the slander as well for being seen as the "pervert's friend".