History TearJerker / KamenRiderExAid

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* Graphite's death. He just want to be fought as an enemy character, no matter what the result of his battle. Parado said that Graphite look the happiest when fighting Brave and Snipe at full power.

* Hiiro's story up to this point is pretty tragic in of itself. [[spoiler:His girlfriend is brought back to life, but is constantly held hostage by his enemy, who keeps on MovingTheGoalposts to ensure his grip on Hiiro, which means that Saki is in a perpetual state. Couple this with how Masamune's demands have increasingly gotten more sadistic ("Kill Taiga or Saki dies") and how he's not one step closer to saving her and it's made pretty clear that his decision to save Taiga was also motivated with the fact that he'll ''never'' save Saki, no matter what he does and that it would be easier to essentially [[MercyKill let her die]] rather than prolong her life. Or, to put in a more medical drama term, he's chosen to indirectly euthanize Saki rather than let her suffer from 'cancer' induced life-support.]]

* Realising that [[spoiler: with Parad's death, even if it is temporary, Graphite is now '''alone'''. With Poppy siding with the Riders, he's up against some pretty impossible odds on both sides, between Cronus and Brave Level 100 (as Hyper Muteki is temporarily out of commission). Even worse, he's still got Gemedus' data doing whatever it is it's doing to him]]...

* Taiga's reaction to see Nico struggle painfully against the Gemdeus virus. Poor guy almost looks like he's going to break down.

* [[spoiler: He originally declined to be Kamen Rider Snipe, so his friend took it up. Using the Proto Bang Bang Shooting Gashat sent him into ICU without much chances of survival. Asuna's reaction would imply that he was not ready. To add insult to the injury, it may had been planned by Kuroto Dan to gather data like he did in the main series.]]

* Parado and Emu's duel - beforehand Parado is visibly trembling in fear, and as Emu is about to finish him off with a Rider Kick he feebly punches out screaming knowing he's about to die. His broken moans when his Rider Gauge depletes is VillainousBreakdown in a nutshell

* Hiiro's story up to this point is pretty tragic in of itself. [[spoiler:His girlfriend is brought back to life, but is constantly held hostage by his enemy, who keeps on MovingTheGoalposts to ensure his grip on Hiiro, which means that Saki is in a perpetual state. Couple this with how Masamune's demands have increasingly gotten more sadistic ("Kill Taiga or Saki dies") and how he's not one step closer to saving her and it's made pretty clear that his decision to save Taiga was also motivated with the fact that he'll ''never'' save Saki, no matter what he does and that it would be easier to essentially [[MercyKill let her die]] rather than prolong her life. Or, to put in a more medical drama term, he's chosen to indirectly euthanize Saki rather than let her suffer from 'cancer'.]]

* After being subjected to much emotional torture, one wouldn't blame Hiiro if he were to choose Saki's life over Taiga's in his current state. Masamune certainly expected for things to go his way, but Hiiro ultimately [[spoiler:sets aside his personal feelings in favour of fulfilling his responsibility as a doctor, saving Taiga's life at the expense of losing Saki forever. And just to highlight the weight behind his decision, he gets appropriate 'compensation' by having to watch Masamune permanently delete Saki's data.]]

* The Ride Player of the week that gets infected?Saki's father, trying to win Chronicle to revive her. Extra pathos for his message for Hiiro - "He has borne enough responsibility for it."
** Bonus points for the Director scrambling in a panic to the patient center once he finds out.

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-->[[spoiler:'''Nico''': You're gonna to save your girlfriend and just let Taiga die!?]]

-->[[spoiler:'''Nico''': You're just going to save your girlfriend and let Taiga die!?]]

** [[spoiler: Emu, Kiriya and Poppy frantically work to stabilize him until ambulance arrives even if it looks like he is not going to live that long. Hiiro watches the scene with same kind of horror. His attempts at help Taiga show that he actually started to care about him and is just as hurt as everyone else. Unfortunately, this deepens his emotional turmoil as he is too ashamed of his betrayl and simply can't bear the thought of working alongside the others, causing him to run away.]]

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* [[spoiler: Nico runs to pick up Taiga like usual, but sees just how badly wounded he is and promptly breaks down into stuttering panic. There is just something ''wrong'' about seeing the usually calm (smug even) Nico yell at Taiga not to die.]]
** [[spoiler: Emu, Kiriya and Poppy frantically work to stabilize him until ambulance arrives even if it looks like he is not going to live that long. Hiiro watches the scene with same kind of horror for a moment before turning around and runnig away in shame. Both this and his earlier actions suggest that he actually started to care about Taiga and is as hurt as everyone else.]]

[[folder: Episode 37: Prepare For The White Knight]]

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** What's worst is that it seemed to work as [[spoiler:Kiriya]] smiles after demorphing, [[HopeSpot indicating the reprogramming finisher worked.]] [[[[MoodWhiplash And then Kiriya]] [[KickTheDog kicks Emu to the water.]]]]

** [[spoiler:Kiriya]] expresses his disappointment a Emu for failing to fulfill his last wish and stop the Bugster threat even though Emu and the other doctor riders have been trying their hardest to stop Parad and the other Bugsters since [[spoiler:Kiriya's death]]

* It's believed by Emu that [[spoiler:Kiriya]] is only working for Masamune because of programming, and uses a reprogramming finisher on him in hopes he'll come back to his senses. Sadly however, [[spoiler:Kiriya is working Masamune on his own volition.]]
** [[spoiler:Kiriya]] expressing disappointment that Emu couldn't fulfill his last wishes, and stop the Bugster threat even though Emu and the other doctor riders have been trying their hardest to stop Pallad and the Bugsters since [[spoiler:Kiriya's death]]

* It's believed by Emu that [[spoiler:Kiriya]] is only working for Masamune because of programing, and uses a reprograming finisher on him in hopes he'll come back to his senses. Sadly however, [[spoiler:Kiriya is working Masamune on his own volition.]]
** [[spoiler:Kiriya]] expressing disappointment that Emu couldn't fulfil his last wishes, and stop the Bugster threat even though Emu and the other doctor riders have been trying their hardest to stop Pallad and the Bugsters since [[spoiler:Kiriya's death]]
** Whatever [[spoiler:Kiriya]] whispered to Emu made our intern loses his cool and punch [[spoiler:Kiriya]] in the face, all while declaring their friendship is over. Really heartbreaking when you remember [[spoiler:Kiriya]] was the first of the doctor riders to express his trust in Emu in the early episodes.