MEGAPOST: Shirou Emiya vs Kamen Rider Ryuki
(Write Up & Graphics by Sirus) Connections/Theme Shirou Emiya and Shinji Kido (Kamen Rider Ryuki) are young noble protagonists that accidentally participated into a supernatural Battle Royale (Holy Grail War, Rider Fight) Shirou and Shinji are terribly naive and are quick to trust people, which often leads to them getting taken advantage of. However, both are naive in different ways, Shirou seems more aspirational regarding his ideals whereas Shinji doesn’t really have ideals and just acts based on what he thinks is right at the moment Both experience deep hesitation and carry darkness in their hearts Both have the motivation of not competing, but to stop the bloodshed and save lives Both have knightly aesthetics/themes Both can summon weapons and copy abilities Both have another version of themselves participating in the same game and deeply loathe them (Archer EMIYA, Kamen Rider Ryuga) Both of their stories starts with them forming a contract with a Dragon of sorts (Saber/Artori...