[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Dunno if this feels like rather a bait. Eiji was the one that took Yamano's money earlier, and talks about using it for his livelihood and wanting things not being bad, which have other character being the one to call out a supposed most righteous/virtuous character in them doing something wrong, that Eiji doesn't live up to his vow of helping others in need. With at the end Eiji telling Hina to return the money to Yamano instead.

I don't... think that's what's happening in this scene? The audience is definitely supposed to think that Eiji's going to keep the money -- he's in a story where Hina doesn't know if she can trust him, so he needs to appear somewhat untrustworthy -- but that was never going to happen. He saved the money that Yamano had thrown away, and straightened it up so that Hina could give it back to her.

It's Eiji doing two different things in that scene. First, he's getting a chance to reframe this problem as less about Money and more about Overindulgence; holding onto the money lets him talk about the fact that everyone in society needs at least some money to live, and we all need to survive. Second, he's specifically letting Hina be the one to give the money back to Yamano, since Hina's connection with her is worth more than Eiji's words as a stranger.

Long story short, Eiji was never keeping that money.