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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Otherwise, after Ran got some tolerable showing before, this may re-ignite the hatedom for her for being short-sighted to take the Switch to save Haru without a plan, handing herself over to Gamou's plan, while others (an athlete in Shun and a girl in Miu being another one who got thrown by her) including Haru himself is screaming at her not to do it. I don't know about Gamou not caring about Hayami, as for below, Tendou looks out for people like Kagami while dismissing friendship.

For Ran to flip Shun like that though, she could succeed him as the future Power Dizer pilot. While her action was brash and ironically about Protecting Haru, a flaw she'd acknowledged, I personally wouldn't say this is on the same or worse level as before, like, Haru did actually need to be protected this time, as he was still in recovery. Ran probably felt like she needed to atone for driving him to that point of vulnerability in the first place, even though she's too young and dumb to help like she wanted. Wouldn't be the first time a KRC member did something detrimental to the team.

Regarding your Gamou and Tendo comparison, while they both have ambitions to be an ultimate example to others and are called the sun, Tendo is a true hero and wouldn't expect his satellites to sacrifice themselves for him. When he scorches, it's only when he knows somebody's ozone layer is strong enough to take it, which makes it a sign of his respect.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

KAMEN RIDER FOURZE EPISODE 47 - ?BEST FRIENDS PART WAYS?

I wanna talk about the Rabbit Hatch part first; not because it?s the best part (it isn?t), but because I like how it lets the other KRC members chime in on a plot that that not only doesn?t include them, but doesn?t really require them.

As a fan of the Rabbit Hatch, it certainly hurts to see it destroyed. A moon base isn't the kind of thing you can just rebuild when you no longer have a dimensional portal to get there. I'd say inviting Hayami was a terrible idea, but then, it was around that time that his Eye of Laplace had advanced enough to track other Horoscopes, which would include Gemini and Pisces, so maybe Rabbit Hatch would've been compromised no matter what. Don't even need to know where to find the gate when Tatsugami can use Virgo for teleportation.

Of course, Rabbit Hatch's destruction is secondary to what happened to Kengo, dying on the moon just like his father did, just like he had feared back in Episode 12, but this time he faced it with the conviction he gained from his friends. Like his father who entrusted his mission to him, he died confident in the belief that their mission would be continued by those who lived after him.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

KAMEN RIDER FOURZE EPISODE 48 - ?THE GALAXY OF YOUTH?

Kengo?s letter was very sweet, even if you knew that Kengo would 10000000% be appearing again in the episode. (I once again forgot how: Gamou saved him via Aquarius?s power, and Kengo just woke up at home and didn?t tell anyone.) I like the contents of the letter, and how it addressed all of the characters, even the ones you don?t associate with Kengo. I like him saying that the show forgot to do a major Kengo/Ryuusei story, which is a wasted opportunity; also, I think he outed JK? I like that he used his words from beyond the grave to rip on Yuuki?s normally-atrocious cooking. I like that it?s Kengo getting the final word on what everyone means to the show, because Kengo fought the hardest of anyone to become the guy who could get the final word on what everyone means to the show ? his journey was the longest, and the hardest, and ended the saddest, because of what the KRC represented to him. I like him coming back in a redo of Episode 1, chiding Gentarou for having the gall to throw away a letter that someone put their heart into, because symmetry is always nice in a finale.

The Kengo letter scene is one that hits me everytime. While the old Kengo was somebody who cynically looked down on the idea that people could change or be more than what they appeared on the surface, now he's the one who posthumously convinces Gentarou to not give up on Gamou, which totally shows how much Kengo changed thanks to the friendship of KRC and how much he ended up meaning to them despite his cold exterior. Even though he's not Gentarou, the heart of the team, or Miu, the reliable chairman/ex-president, the KRC functionally had always revolved around Kengo in a way that mattered beyond what he could initially see. Not only the basic good of saving the world from evil destruction by Dark Nebula (which is real!), but also contributing to the future prosperity of humanity, not advancement for its own sake, but rather as a way to move forward together. I'm glad he revived, so he could move forward with them.

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

Like I hadn't really been giving it the space in my mind it deserved, but all of a sudden, yeah, that whole Leo/Meteor rivalry really had a great payoff, didn't it? This show had a really great payoff.

Maybe the reason why this scene might get overlooked is due to it occurring in the same space as Fourze VS Sagittarius, but hey, you know I'm a Ryusei fan, so of course I was satisfied with his climactic moment. I kind of forgot to talk more about Tatsugami like I said I was going to, like how his obsession with Gamou led him to lose his cool in the Aquarius arc, not wanting others like Gentarou to steal his special spot beside him. Ryusei was like that once, when he saw a threat to his mission to save Jirou. Meteor VS Leo works for how Leo is a symbol of Meteor's biggest failure, so Meteor's victory is a symbol of his strength in how he overcame his past self to become a true Kamen Rider who fights for justice. I totally love that payoff!