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7	''Kamen Rider Kabuto'' is a part of [[Franchise/KamenRider a massive franchise]] created by Creator/ShotaroIshinomori (who also created ''Manga/{{Cyborg 009}}'') and produced by the Toei Company. Sure, you might have people wearing bug-suits to kill [[PeopleInRubberSuits Worms,]] but trust us, there are moments that are guaranteed to make you bawl. Need an example of depression from toku? Look no further than what happens on Series/KamenRiderKabuto:
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9	!!TV Series
10	[[folder:Episode 4: Love Explanation!!]]
11	* The truth about Kagami's younger brother Ryo, in which it's revealed that he been dead for over two years and his appearance was mimicked by a Worm. In the end, Kagami breaks down in tears at losing his brother yet again.
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14	[[folder:Episode 18: Farewell, Gon...]]
15	* The entire parting between Daisuke and Gon is merciless. Not only has the show just spent two episodes on a whole betrayal and reconcilation arc between the two after they have a falling out and Daisuke rescues her from ZECT... we then actually find her mother. Daisuke fights to save them from a Worm, and after defeating it, stops by while in Clock Over mode to see Gon (Yuriko) tearfully happy to see her mother - and actually catches one of her tears in Clock Up mode before he just turns and leaves them. And then a few days later, he meets them on the street, and Yuriko doesn't recognize him. Her mother tries to remind her, but Daisuke just says that there's no need, and she was simply so cute he couldn't help but call out to her, trying one of his many compliments again... and being unable to finish it without her helping him. It's heartbreaking all around, even if you are happy to see her reunited with her mother.
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18	[[folder:Episode 22: Birth Of A Special Compilation]]
19	* [[HeroicSacrifice Makoto sacrificing himself]] to protect Kagami from ZECT detonating Worm eggs. I can't imagine how Kagami felt after watching a six-year old boy die from the blast. Well... he is actually a Worm, but that's beside the point.
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22	[[folder:Episode 36: Red Shoes' Recklessness]]
23	* Daigo Tachikawa getting killed by the Cochlea Worm.
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26	[[folder:Episode 40: The Saddest Battle]]
27	* Daisuke being forced to kill Rena when she reverted back to the Uca Worm and regains her memories, right as the actual Rena begs him to do so to save her.
28	* One can argue that Rena's "performance" in front of an empty house is mind-numbingly depressing as well.
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31	[[folder:Episode 43: That Which We Aim For]]
32	* When Tendou finds out that his sister Hiyori is in fact a Native that prefers to be with Souji's Worm mimic, he draws dangerously close to [[HeroicBSOD abandoning his battle against the Worms altogether]].
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35	[[folder:Episode 45: Christmas Earthquake]]
36	* Tsurugi turning into the Scorpio Worm in front of Misaki was not only scary but [[FridgeHorror also depressing when you realize that this]] killed any hopes for [[DidNotGetTheGirl him to get the girl]].
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39	[[folder:Episode 46: Farewell, Tsurugi...]]
40	* Tsurugi realizing the truth not only about himself, but also how he killed his sister when he was still the Scorpio Worm.
41	** The result? [[HeroicBSOD He tears his gifts to Misaki, throws away a Christmas cake, and breaks down at a beach.]] He then believes that the only way to get over this tragic discovery is [[DrivenToSuicide to kill himself]] by pretending to [[FaceHeelTurn become hellbent on destroying ZECT.]] Boy does it suck to be Tsurugi.
42	** It's even worse if you remember that Kagami knew all this time that Tsurugi was a Worm and yet never told Misaki when he was going out with her.
43	* Speaking of which, when Tsurugi tells Misaki his dream date with her is absolutely gut-wrenching.
44	** The worst part? This heartbreaking monologue came just as Hyper Kabuto was preparing to finish Tsurugi despite Misaki's pleas to keep him alive. Then Tendou told her afterwards that that's what Tsurugi wanted him to do to him. What makes this all the worse is that ''[[TheStoic Tendou]]'' [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness of all people]] ''hesitated''. It took Tsurugi reminding him about the promise that the two made for him to finish Tsurugi off.
45	** And last, but certainly not least, Tsurugi dies in his butler Jiiya's arms. The last exchange between the two? "Is it okay for me to dream?" "Of course. Please don't worry about a thing. Jiiya will always be by your side."
46	*** And the nail in the coffin? This episode aired on December 24th. Imagine, so many Japanese children going "Oh boy, Christmas Eve! Time to watch the new Kabuto episode..." and then watching all of the above happen.
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49	[[folder:Episode 48: Tendou Dies!!]]
50	* Flashbacks show that Dark Kabuto being converted into a Native and forced into brutal experimentation by Mishima WHEN HE WAS JUST A YOUNG BOY.
51	* When you think it couldn't get any worse, Kageyama kicks the bucket promising to be by his [[HoYay Aniki's]] side... Damn.
52	** It's even more depressing when it was Yaguruma that had to kill Kageyama with his [[FinishingMove Rider Kick]] when Kageyama's necklace turns him into a Native.
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55	[[folder:Episode 49: Path Of Heaven]]
56	* Dark Kabuto's HeroicSacrifice in the finale... Japanese households must have ran out of Kleenex when the kids watched that scene [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids on TV Asahi's SUNDAY KIDS BLOCK]]. Made worse by that fact that it was [[StupidSacrifice totally pointless,]] since Negishi was just a regular Native and the Riders could have easily destroyed him. Then FridgeHorror kicks in and you realize he was basically just committing suicide.
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59	!!Other
60	[[folder:Kamen Rider Kabuto: God Speed Love]]
61	* Hiyori dying just after she and Kagami had been announced to be wed. Both Kagami and Tendou suffer from an enormous HeroicBSOD from this.
62	** This loss is what drives Tendou through the rest of the movie, as he plans to kick Kamen Rider Caucasus' ass, take the Hyper Zecter that guy uses, then use it to travel back to 1999, destroy or diminish the meteor, give the Earth more of a chance to fight the Worms, save Hiyori, and motivate his past self to earn the Kabuto Zecter and prevent this tragedy from happening.
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