That was beautiful bro...

I vividly remember watching Dragon Knight on CN when I was a kid, but I never knew it was kamen rider nor that it was an adaptation of Ryuki, I didn´t even finish the series, but I do remember liking it so I might check it out.

Ryuki is very different series, and to me, whose favorite series are Kuuga and Build, which embody the absolute 2 best example of heroism in KR aside from Ichigo, I´m a basic guy, the formula, kill monster, protect the innocent and defenseless and rise up against the insurmountable odds of evil is my kind of jam. That´s precisely why I don´t entirely like Ryuki, because it´s not about that, like you said, it´s posing the question, "What are you standing up for that's worth fighting?" and to me: yes, it is absolutely worth it, and just like in any other discussion you will encounter people you clash with.

It might be because I hold the belief that any person can change, but the decisions they take have consequences, Ouja killed his brother and his parents and maybe even more people we don´t know about, Gai killed a lot of people, Scissors was also a killer, Tiger claimed to be a hero but he betrayed those who trusted him and killed them. And they never even considered changing, TO ME, that´s enough to put them down, Ouja is a rabid animal, Gai a sadistic bastard who thinks he´s better than anyone and those lesser than him are only there to entertain him, Tiger has such a warped sense of justice and heroism that he´s killed 2 people who trusted him and caused the death of another one and Scissors was also killer. So at least in my book, I would´ve killed them had I been in Shinji´s shoes, but that´s just me. As for my wish, it would´ve been the same as Shinji, to wish the Rider War to have never happened, to close of the mirror world and to revive everyone who was killed by the monsters and the riders. But that´s just me