[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

I stand by my comments on the ending of Sugiura's arc: it was a really good moment and it sucks so much for him. At least they didn't go with the convenient amnesia to hide Gamou's identity again.

While I don't necessarily love Sugiura's quick redemption*, I like him immediately coming to the aid of Fourze, even at the cost of his imprisonment in the Zodiart Zone. I may not like his redemption, but I like what he does when redeemed!

*I think one of the problems I have with this story, and maybe the ones right before it, is that there's a difference for me between a Zodiart and a Horoscope -- while the Zodiarts are shown as wounded souls being preyed upon by folks like Scorpio and Libra, the Horoscopes are largely presented as making a conscious, albeit misguided, choice. Sugiura is warped by both the Switch (ostensibly) and his love for Sayaka (definitely) but he still serves Gamou and Hayami while enslaving the school. It's neat that Gentarou's typically able to see past Sugiura's poor choices to find the big-hearted kid beneath them, but his actions were still cruel and villainous. I don't know that eventually regretting them should absolve him of whatever enmity the rest of the school may have for him, and it's kind of pushing it for me for Gentarou to forgive him on behalf of the whole school. If he were just a Zodiart, maybe; as a Horoscope? I feel like we are narratively outside the bounds Pobody's Nerfect! Feels like Sugiura should have to earn his enslaved classmates' forgiveness! I am pretty sure we were just in a two-episode story about the value of independence and personal decision-making!!!

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

Also I didn?t point it out when he first appeared, because I couldn?t come up with a decent enough gag to hint at it, but I?ll just straight up state here that the guy playing Emoto went on to appear in the Geats/Revice movie as Seeker?s dad.

Another untrustworthy-but-maybe-misguided father figure!