[DreadBringer]

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

FUUTO P.I. EPISODE 2 - “BEWARE OF T - THERE’S THE CULPRIT”

That’s the biggest change to this animated continuation of Kamen Rider W – the three-part mystery structure. It allows for this episode to stretch out more, to slowly and incrementally create tension within the core Shotaro/Philip dynamic, and then leverage that to bring Tokime into the fold, rather than a two-part version that’d basically just be the Marina story from W’s opening all over again. As it is, this thing HEAVILY cribs from the opening W two-parter in playing Shotaro’s faith in a beautiful woman against Philip’s analytical detachment, setting up a brief hiatus of the two-in-one detective’s partnership. It all feels a little samey, at least for a couple scenes.

W was made of two-parters because they're... double-episode packs. Fuuto PI was also made with newcomers in mind, Tokime acts as the audience surrogate.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Where this one deviates, in a subtle way, is that part of Shotaro’s belief in Tokime comes from the exact same place as his belief in Philip. Shotaro sees a super-powered amnesiac that’s being vilified, and he sees someone that probably just needs to be shown some kindness. (Also, she can’t stop taking her clothes off around him, which likely doesn’t hurt.) Shotaro feels like Tokime is in the same place that Philip once was, and Shotaro is always willing to ride with a devil like that. But not like that.

Tokime is indeed made as a counterpart for Philip which plays a part later. Maybe this part she's made suspicious because detective plot of making her seemingly a suspect for Road Dopant.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Shotaro wants to solve the case of Tokime partly because he doesn’t want Chuuta to get the wrong idea about Fuuto, and that’s worth more to me than a dozen more amnesia-stricken characters. Which is probably what I’m going to get!

Not sure if the decision based on Fuuto would mean moral uprightness or more about beneficial selfishness about city bias, like how Shotaro won't let thugs die because they live in Fuuto.