[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

...Which, yeah, I can understand why every now and then I'll see fans who kinda can't stand the guy. It's one of those things where it's really important to the point of the show that this character exists the way he does and everything, but it's also kinda a show about hanging out with these fun characters you'd want to be around, so...

I feel like JK is meant to give off more of a "oh, that lovable rascal" vibe, at least later on, but obviously the whole audience isn't liable to be as generous as Gentarou.

JK's story here is one that, if he were just a one-off student, I'd probably think was Fourze making some incredibly unique and smart choices with its storytelling. Gen being all gung-ho about trying to show a jerk what friendship really is, especially when he doesn't in any way deserve it, is such a great Gentarou story to tell.

But then JK's still there afterwards, and it reframes the previous Gen Is A Guy With A Code story into an origin story for why JK is now part of everyone's friend group, and I just sort of think you can't do both of those stories at the same time? You can't do a story about a manipulative, scheming jerk AND have that story be about everyone making a new friend. Those are two very different stories! Putting them together is so weird!

(That said, I will probably forget all about this in maybe two or three episodes, once JK is just part of the gang, and he bails Gen out of some random situation. I am willing to not dwell on this!)