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** The biggest expansion is revealing [[spoiler:''how'' Altair came to the Land of Gods in the first place]]. Before, it was never revealed but here? [[spoiler:While we don't know the ''method'', we know that she was specifically picked by Setsuna's father]].
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Note that, for the sake of counting, the side story chapters [[note]]Prologue, Interludes 1 & 2, and Road to Fall[[/note]] don't count.
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** A larger scale one plays out in Chapter 18, as the police know next to nothing about the Creations situation and one officer brings up how painful it is to be in the dark when the Yakuza are not only suddenly shifting priorities and killing their plants, but also are rumored to be full-on working with Magane. Shimashima even points out how they might come to a point where keeping secrets will no longer be necessary if their enemies keep fighting out in the open.
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** Chapter 18 has given some massive reveals. In order, it's revealed that Yuusuke wrote Kazoku's DownerEnding which prompted Yuichi to seek revenge, that Dan's backstory involved losing a friend to suicide, the police informing Kikuchihara that the Yakuza are working with Magane and know more about the situation than ''they'' do, [[spoiler: that whatever method is summoning Creations, not only could someone use it to summon anyone they want, but also they aren't restricted by time. The final reveals show that both Gilmore and Altair were handpicked to be summoned, the former with the purpose of finishing Cyborg 009 and the latter being summoned by Yuusuke, who despite rumors of his own suicide, is still alive and working with Altair]].
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** Ohnishi has a friend who, twenty years since it happened, still is depressed over the loss of his friend. He had been making visual novels to help him move on.
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** Chapters 17-??: [[AnIcePerson Kamen Rider Yuichi]] and [[SerialKiller Freezing Bear]].
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** Chapters 17-??: [[AnIcePerson Kamen Rider Yuichi]] and [[SerialKiller Freezing Freezing]] [[BearsAreBadNews Bear]].
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*** Flaming Tigermander is [[Series/KamenRiderZeroOne Flaming Tiger]].
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*** Flaming Tigermander is [[Series/KamenRiderZeroOne Flaming Tiger]].Tiger]], with Freezing Bear being... well, Freezing Bear.
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*** White Darkness, Verge (Chapters 17-??): A new Kamen Rider arrives and he has a chip on his shoulder that Hoshi has to resolve.
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** Verge's theme is [[Manga/DuskMaidenOfAmnesia Choir Jail]].
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** {{Downplayed}}. While Magane was still mostly antagonistic in the episodes that Cinder Road followed, she was tipped off about Souta and Hoshi by Altair and messed with them purely to get a kick out of it. By the end of the Cinder Road arc, though, she seems committed to breaking Hoshi.
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** {{Downplayed}}. While Magane was still mostly antagonistic in the episodes that Cinder Road followed, she was tipped off about Souta and Hoshi by Altair and messed with them purely to get a kick out of it. By the end of the Cinder Road arc, though, she seems committed to breaking Hoshi.Hoshi and has even begun creating some Kaizo-Majins that are pure evil.
* AdaptationExpansion:
** Timeline wise, events are more spread out in the fanfic. Case in point, the first five chapters, ranging from Hoshi’s introduction to the cast and fighting Jorougumo, adds a couple of extra days in between Episodes 5 and 6 of Re:Creators.
** While the anime briefly skimmed the plot of all the stories that were involved, Cinder Road expands and explains more details about those worlds, such as how Yuuya obtained Hangaku or how Vogelchavlier was really an isekai anime with Charon being the protagonist.
** It also showcases plot elements of Setsuna’s backstory being weaved into the current story, such as the “Zenmetsuna” movement or Shimashima helping with the Elimination Chamber Festival.
** An InUniverse version is Tachibana’s manga adaptation of the fanfic, which includes a villain in the form of Malacoda as well as being implied that he [[AdaptationalNiceGuy simmered down on Hotaro’s lust for vengeance]].
* AffectionateNickname: Honoka calls Hoshi “Starry”.
** Timeline wise, events are more spread out in the fanfic. Case in point, the first five chapters, ranging from Hoshi’s introduction to the cast and fighting Jorougumo, adds a couple of extra days in between Episodes 5 and 6 of Re:Creators.
** While the anime briefly skimmed the plot of all the stories that were involved, Cinder Road expands and explains more details about those worlds, such as how Yuuya obtained Hangaku or how Vogelchavlier was really an isekai anime with Charon being the protagonist.
** It also showcases plot elements of Setsuna’s backstory being weaved into the current story, such as the “Zenmetsuna” movement or Shimashima helping with the Elimination Chamber Festival.
** An InUniverse version is Tachibana’s manga adaptation of the fanfic, which includes a villain in the form of Malacoda as well as being implied that he [[AdaptationalNiceGuy simmered down on Hotaro’s lust for vengeance]].
* AffectionateNickname: Honoka calls Hoshi “Starry”.
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* AdaptationExpansion:
** Timeline wise, events are more spread out in the fanfic. Case in point, the first five chapters, ranging from Hoshi’s introduction to the cast and fighting Jorougumo, adds a couple of extra days in between Episodes 5 and 6 of Re:Creators.
** While the anime briefly skimmed the plot of all the stories that were involved, Cinder Road expands and explains more details about those worlds, such as how Yuuya obtained Hangaku or how Vogelchavlier was really an isekai anime with Charon being the protagonist.
** It also showcases plot elements of Setsuna’s backstory being weaved into the current story, such as the “Zenmetsuna” movement or Shimashima helping with the Elimination Chamber Festival.
** An InUniverse version is Tachibana’s manga adaptation of the fanfic, which includes a villain in the form of Malacoda as well as being implied that he [[AdaptationalNiceGuy simmered down on Hotaro’s lust for vengeance]].
* AffectionateNickname: Honoka calls Hoshi “Starry”.
** Timeline wise, events are more spread out in the fanfic. Case in point, the first five chapters, ranging from Hoshi’s introduction to the cast and fighting Jorougumo, adds a couple of extra days in between Episodes 5 and 6 of Re:Creators.
** While the anime briefly skimmed the plot of all the stories that were involved, Cinder Road expands and explains more details about those worlds, such as how Yuuya obtained Hangaku or how Vogelchavlier was really an isekai anime with Charon being the protagonist.
** It also showcases plot elements of Setsuna’s backstory being weaved into the current story, such as the “Zenmetsuna” movement or Shimashima helping with the Elimination Chamber Festival.
** An InUniverse version is Tachibana’s manga adaptation of the fanfic, which includes a villain in the form of Malacoda as well as being implied that he [[AdaptationalNiceGuy simmered down on Hotaro’s lust for vengeance]].
* AffectionateNickname: Honoka calls Hoshi “Starry”.
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** While the anime briefly skimmed the plot of all the stories that were involved, Cinder Road expands and explains more details about those worlds, such as how Yuuya obtained Hangaku or how Vogelchavlier was really an isekai anime with Charon being the protagonist.
** It also showcases plot elements of Setsuna’s backstory being weaved into the current story, such as the “Zenmetsuna” movement or Shimashima helping with the Elimination Chamber Festival.
** An InUniverse version is Tachibana’s manga adaptation of the fanfic, which includes a villain in the form of Malacoda as well as being implied that he [[AdaptationalNiceGuy simmered down on Hotaro’s lust for vengeance]].
* AffectionateNickname: Honoka calls Hoshi “Starry”.
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** Charon had only a minor appearence before his role in the Elimination Chamber Festival arc where he served mostly as an obstacle. The fanfic expands on Charon's character by showing just ''how'' someone who has fought for so long ends up being as cynical as Charon.
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** Charon had only a minor appearence appearance before his role in the Elimination Chamber Festival arc where he served mostly as an obstacle. The fanfic expands on Charon's character by showing just ''how'' someone who has fought for so long ends up being as cynical as Charon.
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** Toranity's song is [[Manga/KimetsuNoYaiba Gurenge]], with the chorus lyrics pointing to how, despite having [[TheAtoner past mistakes that can't be erased]] and [[HurtingHero a future that can't be escaped]], Hoshi, for the sake of protecting others, must [[NextTierPowerUp become stronger]], something that Toranity accomplishes.
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** Toranity's song is [[Manga/KimetsuNoYaiba [[Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba Gurenge]], with the chorus lyrics pointing to how, despite having [[TheAtoner past mistakes that can't be erased]] and [[HurtingHero a future that can't be escaped]], Hoshi, for the sake of protecting others, must [[NextTierPowerUp become stronger]], something that Toranity accomplishes.
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** Toranity's song is [[Anime/KimetsuNoYaiba Gurenge]], with the chorus lyrics pointing to how, despite having [[TheAtoner past mistakes that can't be erased]] and [[HurtingHero a future that can't be escaped]], Hoshi, for the sake of protecting others, must [[MidSeasonPowerUp become stronger]].
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** Toranity's song is [[Anime/KimetsuNoYaiba [[Manga/KimetsuNoYaiba Gurenge]], with the chorus lyrics pointing to how, despite having [[TheAtoner past mistakes that can't be erased]] and [[HurtingHero a future that can't be escaped]], Hoshi, for the sake of protecting others, must [[MidSeasonPowerUp [[NextTierPowerUp become stronger]].stronger]], something that Toranity accomplishes.
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** Several Creations have a DebutQueue where Hoshi meets two of them at the same time: Celesia and Meteora in chapter 1, Yuuya and Blitz in chapter 2, Alicetaria and Mamika in chapter 4, and Akagi and Dr. Gilmore in chapter 13. Several Creations have also been shown to be summoned in pairs, such as Hotaro & Rock Spider, Jorougumo & Magane, Vega & Malacoda, and Hikayu & Syo. The only exception to this are Charon and Rui.
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** Several Creations have a DebutQueue where Hoshi meets two of them at the same time: Celesia and Meteora in chapter 1, Yuuya and Blitz in chapter 2, Alicetaria and Mamika in chapter 4, and Akagi and Dr. Gilmore in chapter 13. Several Creations have also been shown to be summoned in pairs, such as Hotaro & Rock Spider, Jorougumo & Magane, and Vega & Malacoda, and Hikayu & Syo. Malacoda. The only exception to this are Charon and Rui.is Charon.
** Charon had only a minor appearence before his role in the Elimination Chamber Festival arc where he served mostly as an obstacle. The fanfic expands on Charon's character by showing just ''how'' someone who has fought for so long ends up being as cynical as Charon.
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* BigBrotherMentor: Tachibana gives off a speech about being with others to Hoshi that he reflects upon. [[spoiler:It’s eventually revealed that he ''was'' a big brother. Key word being “was”.]]
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* BigBrotherMentor: Tachibana gives off a speech about being with others to Hoshi that he reflects upon. [[spoiler:It’s eventually revealed that he ''was'' a big brother. Key word being “was”.]]]] It's revealed that Hanamori also is one to his little sister.
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** Speaking of wish fulfilment, the fanfic also deconstructs the concept of the self insert becoming instant friends with the protagonists, as Hoshi is only part of the team by the circumstance of him being a Creation. Even ''then'', the only friends he makes are [[KidAppealCharacter Rui]], [[CoolBigSis Celesia]], [[TeamMom Marine]], and [[NiceGirl Hikayu]]. Everyone else he either tolerates, fights, or even gets angry at. While a case could be made about him having an easier time siding with the ''villains'', he just as easily burns those bridges where the only two villains he has a good friendship with are either dead or merely working with him against [[EnemyMine a bigger villain]]. By the end of Cinder Road, [[spoiler:he leaves the group altogether after burning some bridges and his only support are Akagi and Dr. Gilmore, with only ''one'' of them being a friend of his]].
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** Speaking of wish fulfilment, fulfillment, the fanfic also deconstructs the concept of the self insert becoming instant friends with the protagonists, as Hoshi is only part of the team by the circumstance of him being a Creation. Even ''then'', the only friends he makes are [[KidAppealCharacter Rui]], [[CoolBigSis Celesia]], [[TeamMom Marine]], and [[NiceGirl Hikayu]]. Everyone else he either tolerates, fights, or even gets angry at. While a case could be made about him having an easier time siding with the ''villains'', he just as easily burns those bridges where the only two villains he has a good friendship with are either dead or merely working with him against [[EnemyMine a bigger villain]]. By the end of Cinder Road, [[spoiler:he leaves the group altogether after burning some bridges and his only support are Akagi and Dr. Gilmore, with only ''one'' of them being a friend of his]].
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* DrivenToSuicide: What effectively kicks off the plot and Hoshi’s HeroicBSOD, but the twist of the knife was that Hoshi almost got this as well had it not been for a bystander to save him and Alicetaria to inspire him. Kurakuma, Magane’s creator, is explicitly said to have killed himself.
* ElementalPowers: Hoshi created Dante with the intent of him PlayingWithFire, though with Yellowstone, it upgrades to MagmaMan, Sakurajima has BlowYouAway, and while Ashen Form doesn’t have AshesToAshes, Fuji Form has a minor application. It also becomes apparent that Re:Shocker does the exact same thing with their monsters and their ''own'' belts, such as Docrow’s PoisonousPerson or Malacoda’s {{Hellfire}}.
* ElementalPowers: Hoshi created Dante with the intent of him PlayingWithFire, though with Yellowstone, it upgrades to MagmaMan, Sakurajima has BlowYouAway, and while Ashen Form doesn’t have AshesToAshes, Fuji Form has a minor application. It also becomes apparent that Re:Shocker does the exact same thing with their monsters and their ''own'' belts, such as Docrow’s PoisonousPerson or Malacoda’s {{Hellfire}}.
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* DrivenToSuicide: What effectively kicks off the plot and Hoshi’s HeroicBSOD, but the twist of the knife was that Hoshi almost got this as well had it not been for a bystander to save him and Alicetaria to inspire him. Kurakuma, Magane’s creator, is explicitly said to have killed himself.
himself. Hanamori reveals that he too was close to this.
* ElementalPowers: Hoshi created Dante with the intent of him PlayingWithFire, though with Yellowstone, it upgrades to MagmaMan, Sakurajima has BlowYouAway, and while Ashen Form doesn’t have AshesToAshes, Fuji Form has a minor application. It also becomes apparent that Re:Shocker does the exact same thing with their monsters and their ''own'' belts, such as Docrow’sPoisonousPerson or PoisonousPerson, Verge's AnIcePerson, Malacoda’s {{Hellfire}}.
* ElementalPowers: Hoshi created Dante with the intent of him PlayingWithFire, though with Yellowstone, it upgrades to MagmaMan, Sakurajima has BlowYouAway, and while Ashen Form doesn’t have AshesToAshes, Fuji Form has a minor application. It also becomes apparent that Re:Shocker does the exact same thing with their monsters and their ''own'' belts, such as Docrow’s
** Given how he was originally supposed to be [[Series/KamenRiderBuild Ryuga]], Hanamori is an expy to him: a boxer who is fighting to support an IllGirl who is even described as wearing a similar outfit to Ryuga's in his first appearence.
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* ForgottenFallenFriend: Implied to be the case for Lunala, a priestess that helped Charon during the first arc of Vogelchevalier, as Altair brings up Lunala’s name and then remarks how Charon hasn’t heard that name in a long while. Otherwise {{averted}} with Setsuna and Mamika for Hoshi.
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* ForgottenFallenFriend: Implied to be the case for Lunala, a priestess that helped Charon during the first arc of Vogelchevalier, as Altair brings up Lunala’s name and then remarks how Charon hasn’t heard that name in a long while. Otherwise {{averted}} with Setsuna Setsuna, Mamika, and Mamika Mizuki for Hoshi.
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* IllGirl: Yuna is shown to be this in Hotaro’s flashbacks and, as revealed by Minos, is a qualifier to wear the Plague Belt.
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* IllGirl: Yuna is shown to be this in Hotaro’s flashbacks and, as revealed by Minos, is a qualifier to wear the Plague Belt. Kotoha is also revealed to be one too.
* KillItWithIce: Verge's first appearence has him freeze a monster by turning into a compound similar to liquid nitrogen, then [[IceBreaker shattering the frozen monser]] with a roundhouse Rider Kick.
*** Verge sounds close to Vergil, Dante's companion in his trip to hell. It also refers to how he is the white darkness at the end of the world, and another word for being at the end is verge. It may, much like how Hoshi based Dante's name off a volcano themed movie, be based off ''Film/VerticalLimit'', a film dealing with surviving an avalanche.
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** Later, he finds out about the Elimination Chamber Festival just after he had someone die in his arms and still hadn’t gotten over the trauma he endured from his battles as Dante. Thankfully, this is {{subverted}}, as Tachibana and Marine are able to clearly explain to Hoshi what’s going to happen and encourage him to partake.
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** Later, he finds out about the Elimination Chamber Festival just after he had someone die in his arms and still hadn’t gotten over the trauma he endured from his battles as Dante. Thankfully, this is {{subverted}}, as Tachibana and Marine are able to clearly explain to Hoshi what’s going to happen and encourage him to partake. partake, with Hikayu giving him the further encouragement when he breaks down from all the death that has happened in his life.
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*** Yoshi’s monster form, especially once he consumes two Essen Crystals, is basically [[Series/KamenRiderRyuki Genocider]]. For bonus points, his monster form is called [[Series/KamenRiderDragonKnight Strike]] Cobra. Naturally, Stone Rhino and Diving Stingray are Metalgelas and Evildiver. A third layer comes up, though, as Yoshi has the tendency to say “chabok”, similarly to how Arbok [[PokemonSpeak says its name]] in the Pokémon [[{{Anime/Pokemon}} anime]]. Similarly, Stone Rhino and Diving Stingray are Rhyhorn and Mantine respectively.
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*** Yoshi’s monster form, especially once he consumes two more Essen Crystals, is basically [[Series/KamenRiderRyuki Genocider]]. For bonus points, his monster form is called [[Series/KamenRiderDragonKnight Strike]] Cobra. Naturally, Stone Rhino and Diving Stingray are Metalgelas and Evildiver. A third layer comes up, though, as Yoshi has the tendency to say “chabok”, similarly to how Arbok [[PokemonSpeak says its name]] in the Pokémon [[{{Anime/Pokemon}} anime]]. Similarly, Stone Rhino and Diving Stingray are Rhyhorn and Mantine respectively.
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* StationsOfTheCanon: Quadruple subverted. The fanfic begins after episode five of Re:Creators, as we see that the government have already allied themselves with the heroes by the start of the story, and delays the events of the next episode in favor of original plots. Even ''when'' episode six ends up happening, Hoshi is only called in for the climax of the fight that happens (which occurs in episode seven), still partaking in original storylines and dealing with a loose thread. Despite this, the canon still happens as intended up until Episode 12, where it is halted for the time being while the original storyline continued until chapter 14 brought Hoshi back with the group in time for them to recruit Hikayu, though very briefly before it kicks off another original storyline.
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* StationsOfTheCanon: Quadruple subverted. The fanfic begins after episode five of Re:Creators, as we see that the government have already allied themselves with the heroes by the start of the story, and delays the events of the next episode in favor of original plots. Even ''when'' episode six ends up happening, Hoshi is only called in for the climax of the fight that happens (which occurs in episode seven), still partaking in original storylines and dealing with a loose thread. Despite this, the canon still happens as intended up until Episode 12, where it is halted for the time being while the original storyline continued until chapter 14 brought Hoshi back with the group in time for them to recruit Hikayu, Hikayu (very loosely following the events of Episodes 14 and 15), though very briefly before it kicks off another original storyline.
** Toranity's song is [[Anime/KimetsuNoYaiba Gurenge]], with the chorus lyrics pointing to how, despite having [[TheAtoner past mistakes that can't be erased]] and [[HurtingHero a future that can't be escaped]], Hoshi, for the sake of protecting others, must [[MidSeasonPowerUp become stronger]].
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* ThemeNaming: The belts that Re:Shocker makes are named after disasters that are caused by the element they’re made by, Volcano Belt for the fire themed Dante, Plague Belt for the poison themed Docrow...
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* ThemeNaming: The belts that Re:Shocker makes are named after disasters that are caused by the element they’re made by, Volcano Belt for the fire themed Dante, Avalanche Belt for the ice themed Verge, Plague Belt for the poison themed Docrow...
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** Several Creations have a DebutQueue where Hoshi meets two of them at the same time: Celesia and Meteora in chapter 1, Yuuya and Blitz in chapter 2, Alicetaria and Mamika in chapter 4, and Akagi and Dr. Gilmore in chapter 13. Several Creations have also been shown to be summoned in pairs, such as Hotaro & Rock Spider, Jorougumo & Magane, Vega & Malacoda, and Hikayu & Syo. The only exception to this is Charon.
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** Several Creations have a DebutQueue where Hoshi meets two of them at the same time: Celesia and Meteora in chapter 1, Yuuya and Blitz in chapter 2, Alicetaria and Mamika in chapter 4, and Akagi and Dr. Gilmore in chapter 13. Several Creations have also been shown to be summoned in pairs, such as Hotaro & Rock Spider, Jorougumo & Magane, Vega & Malacoda, and Hikayu & Syo. The only exception to this is Charon.are Charon and Rui.
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** Chapters 14-16: [[SnakesAreSinister Strike Cobra]]/[[{{Yakuza}} Yoshi Mitsukura]].
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** Hoshi becomes a two-fold deconstruction of Kamen Rider self inserts. Hoshi has a FreakOut when he finds out that him becoming Dante actually happened and throughout his fights, he either gets injured or passes out from over-exerting himself in a flaming suit. His reaction to finding out he made his story a RevengeFic makes matters worse, as he toes the line and becomes afraid of being what most {{Author Avatar}}s are: weapons to destroy anyone they dislike. As a result of both of these, he, during the course of Cinder Road, often tries to avoid being Dante.
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** Hoshi becomes a two-fold deconstruction of Kamen Rider self inserts. Hoshi has a FreakOut when he finds out that him becoming Dante actually happened and throughout his fights, he either gets injured or passes out from over-exerting himself in a flaming suit.suit, not helped by his lack of actual combat experience. His reaction to finding out he made his story a RevengeFic makes matters worse, as he toes the line and becomes afraid of being what most {{Author Avatar}}s are: weapons to destroy anyone they dislike. As a result of both of these, he, during the course of Cinder Road, often tries to avoid being Dante.
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*** Lightning Ladybug is one to [[Series/HikoninSentaiAkibaranger Tento]][[Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger raiger]].
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*** Lightning Ladybug is one to [[Series/HikoninSentaiAkibaranger Tento]][[Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricanger raiger]].
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*** Lightning Ladybug is one to [[Series/HikoninSentaiAkibaranger Tento]][[Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricanger Tento]][[Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger raiger]].
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*** Lightning Ladybug is one to [[Series/HikoninSentaiAkibaranger Tento]][[Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricanger raiger]].
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*** Desert Tanuki and Blaze Neko are the first two [[Manga/Naruto tailed beasts]].
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*** Desert Tanuki and Blaze Neko are the first two [[Manga/Naruto [[{{Manga/Naruto}} tailed beasts]].
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** WordOfGod brought up how Hoshi and Hanamori are expies to [[Film/SpiderManHomecoming Peter Parker]] and [[Film/SpiderManFarFromHome Quinten Beck]] respectively, but with the caveat of them ''not'' wanting to be an Avenger or the next Iron Man respectively.
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** WordOfGod brought up how Hoshi and Hanamori are expies to [[Film/SpiderManHomecoming Peter Parker]] and [[Film/SpiderManFarFromHome [[spoiler:[[Film/SpiderManFarFromHome Quinten Beck]] Beck]]]] respectively, but with the caveat of them ''not'' wanting to be an Avenger or the [[spoiler:the next Iron Man Man]] respectively.
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* IKnowMortalKombat: {{Deconstructed}}. Hoshi's experience in fights are Kamen Rider compilations, which leads to him getting outdone by characters who had been in ''actual'' fights, most of them deadlier than a fight in real life. Most of the wins he ''does'' have are due to assistance from other characters or even utilizing a power.
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** Shimashima is a Super Sentai fan like Akagi, as shown when he asks why Akagi was involved and not someone from a more recent Sentai or even a popular one.
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** Toranity is the combination of Trinity (as in combining three of Hoshi’s forms a la [[Series/KamenRiderAgito]] and the Japanese word for tiger, reflecting the ''tiger'' salamander motif.
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** Toranity is the combination of Trinity (as in combining three of Hoshi’s forms a la [[Series/KamenRiderAgito]] Series/KamenRiderAgito) and the Japanese word for tiger, reflecting the ''tiger'' salamander motif.
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* BrokenFaceplate: While a staple for tokusatsu, it gets played UpToEleven here. By the end of the first arc (or 13 chapters in), we see a total of four faceplates broken[[note]]For context, they’re Blaze Neko, Docrow, Dante, and Malacoda, in that order[[note]].
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* BrokenFaceplate: While a staple for tokusatsu, it gets played UpToEleven here. By the end of the first arc (or 13 chapters in), we see a total of four faceplates broken[[note]]For context, they’re Blaze Neko, Docrow, Dante, and Malacoda, in that order[[note]].order[[/note]].
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* ImSoProudOfYou: Alicetaria indirectly said this to Hoshi after they teamed up to defeat Jorougumo, much to his enjoyment.
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* LowerDecksEpisode: Cinder Road plays out as this. For the majority of the first half of Re:Creators, of which the arc takes place, Hoshi only partakes in a few scenes from the anime, namely the battles. It doesn’t help that he joins the heroes midway through the first half. In other words, most of Hoshi’s scenes are taking place in between the scenes in the anime, if not during them as is the case with Hoshi’s fight with the Hound happening around the same time as the fight by the river in the anime.
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* LowerDecksEpisode: LowerDeckEpisode: Cinder Road plays out as this. For the majority of the first half of Re:Creators, of which the arc takes place, Hoshi only partakes in a few scenes from the anime, namely the battles. It doesn’t help that he joins the heroes midway through the first half. In other words, most of Hoshi’s scenes are taking place in between the scenes in the anime, if not during them as is the case with Hoshi’s fight with the Hound happening around the same time as the fight by the river in the anime.
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*** Barracuda Blade, while not based off a monster, is based off [[Series/PowerRangerSamurai Antonio’s weapon]].
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*** Barracuda Blade, while not based off a monster, is based off [[Series/PowerRangerSamurai [[Series/PowerRangersSamurai Antonio’s weapon]].
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** One could see Hotaro as one to [[Series/KamenRiderBuild Banjou Ryuga]], as both are HotBlooded Riders that use GoodOlFisticuffs with an ill girlfriend that is killed in an experiment that turned them into a monster and end up getting a magma-themed form. The only difference is that Hotaro never had a Sento to level with him, resulting in him being a lot more aggressive towards the monsters he fights, not even caring for the fact that they [[WasOnceAMan were formerly human]].
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* DeconstructionFic: The fanfic deconstructs the idea of Kamen Rider self-inserts, namely the power and danger that comes with being one, showing that while it ''can'' be WishFulfilment, it can also become your worst nightmare.
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* DeconstructionFic: The fanfic deconstructs the idea of Kamen Rider self-inserts, namely the power and danger that comes with being one, showing that while it ''can'' be WishFulfilment, WishFulfillment, it can also become your worst nightmare.
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* {{108}}: The temperature Hoshi has when he was taken to the hospital after [[spoiler:having absorbed the flames from Celesia’s powered up attack]].
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-->''This is supposed to be a dream come true for a Kamen Rider fan, right? Becoming a Kamen Rider and fighting monsters? So why then do I feel like taking the belt off and tossing it across the room?''
-->-- '''Hoshi Fujioka''', summing up the fanfic in a nutshell.
Hoshi Fujioka is a fanfiction writer struggling with depression over the loss of a friend. While on his delivery job, he ends up coming across a mortally wounded person who he notices looks just like himself. Even crazier, this doppelganger has the Volcano Belt, a TransformationTrinket from his Kamen Rider fanfic.
It becomes obvious to Hoshi that this is his OriginalCharacter, Hotaro Dairou, otherwise known as Kamen Rider Dante. As Hotaro succumbs to his wounds and [[PassingTheTorch passes on his belt to Hoshi]], he’s ambushed by a woman in a black military uniform who mistakes him for Hotaro. From there, Hoshi ends up getting wrapped up in a war between the disgruntled characters of various stories and the combined forces of characters and their creators. All while Hoshi himself is forced to revisit the past, find out the circumstances of his friend’s death, and try to move on before his flames of grief destroys all in his path.
'''Cinders and Ashes: The Chronicle of Kamen Rider Dante''' is a {{crossover}} between ''Franchise/KamenRider'' and ''Anime/ReCreators'' that looks at the concept of a SelfInsertFic then [[DeconstructionFic dissects it]], with the first step being “WhatIf one of the creations that appeared was someone’s self insert” and then going on from there.
You can read it [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12567389/1/Cinder-Road Here]] or [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/cinders-and-ashes-the-chronicle-of-kamen-rider-dante-re-creators-kamen-rider-oc-si.554418/ here]].
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!! This fanfic provides examples of:
* {{108}}: The temperature Hoshi has when he was taken to the hospital after [[spoiler:having absorbed the flames from Celesia’s powered up attack]].
* ActionizedAdaptation: Partially due to how it’s crossed over with Kamen Rider, Re:Creators has a lot more fights compared to canon.
* AdaptedOut: [[GagEpisode Episode]] [[ClipShow 13]] of Re:Creators and any elements from it, such as Meteroa’s new form, are passed over, though for obvious reasons.
* AdaptationalVillainy:
** {{Downplayed}}. While Magane was still mostly antagonistic in the episodes that Cinder Road followed, she was tipped off about Souta and Hoshi by Altair and messed with them purely to get a kick out of it. By the end of the Cinder Road arc, though, she seems committed to breaking Hoshi.
** Played straight for her creator and, by extension, Setsuna’s bullies. While the only source of it was Souta himself, Cinders and Ashes pulls no punches in saying that, yes, they ''were'' making up the plagiarism accusations, with Kurakuma being one of the people who spearheaded the campaign. Doubly so when several of them become Kaizo-Majin.
* AndYouThoughtItWasAGame: Hanamori, a boxer who was picked to play the role of Hotaro, quickly buys into the role and assumes the attack on the venue he was making his announcement was staged. Unlike most examples of the trope, he manages to realize rather within a short time that it’s far from staged.
* AngstNuke: What Hoshi’s Endeavors eventually become once he creates Yellowstone, as the trigger for an Endeavor is to be HotBlooded and going into them results in him exploding into flames. {{Downplayed}} for Sakurajima, as while it achieves similar effects, the damage is more heat-based than flame-based.
* AnimalMotifs: Natural for Kamen Rider, with Dante having [[LightingBug a firefly]] as his main form and a bombardier beetle and a [[CicadianRhythm cicada]] as his secondary forms, and [[spoiler:his monster form being a [[PantheraAwesome tiger]][[FierySalamander mander]]]]. Docrow uses [[CreepyCrows the beak of a crow]] to replicate a PlagueDoctor, and Malacoda is based off a [[OurManticoresAreSpinier manticore]].
* ArcNumber: The number two comes up often in the story.
** Several Creations have a DebutQueue where Hoshi meets two of them at the same time: Celesia and Meteora in chapter 1, Yuuya and Blitz in chapter 2, Alicetaria and Mamika in chapter 4, and Akagi and Dr. Gilmore in chapter 13. Several Creations have also been shown to be summoned in pairs, such as Hotaro & Rock Spider, Jorougumo & Magane, Vega & Malacoda, and Hikayu & Syo. The only exception to this is Charon.
* ArcVillan: While Altair is the BigBad, it seems that each couple of chapters has a villain that is introduced and taken care of in that span.
** Chapters 2-3: [[TheRival Yuuya]].
** Chapters 4-5: [[GiantSpider Jorougumo]].
** Chapters 6-11 plays with this. Hoshi and the team make it pretty obvious that [[HumanoidAbomination Magane]] is the villain, but the most she’s ever done is indirectly have the Hound of Tindalos attack Hoshi as well as steal Honoka’s phone and caused Hoshi to assume she killed her. In fact, a good chunk of the chapters show that it’s [[spoiler:[[VillainProtagonist Hoshi]] who’s the villain, [[UnstoppableRage albeit not of his own volition]], especially after the second major battle, as the focus of the arc is finding a way for Hoshi to be able to use Dante’s powers without having to deal with that problem again.]]
** Chapters 12-13: [[EvilKnockoff Malacoda]].
* AdaptationExpansion:
** Timeline wise, events are more spread out in the fanfic. Case in point, the first five chapters, ranging from Hoshi’s introduction to the cast and fighting Jorougumo, adds a couple of extra days in between Episodes 5 and 6 of Re:Creators.
** While the anime briefly skimmed the plot of all the stories that were involved, Cinder Road expands and explains more details about those worlds, such as how Yuuya obtained Hangaku or how Vogelchavlier was really an isekai anime with Charon being the protagonist.
** It also showcases plot elements of Setsuna’s backstory being weaved into the current story, such as the “Zenmetsuna” movement or Shimashima helping with the Elimination Chamber Festival.
** An InUniverse version is Tachibana’s manga adaptation of the fanfic, which includes a villain in the form of Malacoda as well as being implied that he [[AdaptationalNiceGuy simmered down on Hotaro’s lust for vengeance]].
* AffectionateNickname: Honoka calls Hoshi “Starry”.
* AscendedExtra: Given this is a fanfic expanding upon a 22-episode anime, certain characters got larger roles.
** The Hound of Tindalos that Magane summoned ended up being an opponent that Hoshi had to fight and defeat.
** Kurakuma’s original role in Re:Creators was being a corpse. While the same applies here, he at least had two additional scenes where he reveals Setsuna’s plagiarism was actually set up by him and a group of other people. On top of that, his AmbiguousSituation is cleared up.
** Shimashima was only given a brief mention by Setsuna in the original, though in the fanfic, he’s one of the main coordinators for the Elimination Chamber Festival.
* BerserkButton: Hurting Mamika is a sure-fire way to piss off both Alicetaria ''and'' Hoshi. ''Killing'' her even more so.
* BigBrotherMentor: Tachibana gives off a speech about being with others to Hoshi that he reflects upon. [[spoiler:It’s eventually revealed that he ''was'' a big brother. Key word being “was”.]]
* BigBadDuumvirate: Altair goes into one with Vega after the latter comes and offers an alliance.
* BigDamnedHeroes: Alicetaria saves Hoshi’s life right before Altair tries to kill him.
* BittersweetEnding: Cinder Road ends with Hoshi finally finding the resolve needed to become Kamen Rider Dante, gaining new allies, obtaining a new power-up that won’t put him at risk of an UnstoppableRage or burning himself, and helping lift the stigma off of Setsuna. However, [[spoiler:Honoka gets injured in a battle Hoshi was in, he burnt most of his bridges with Meteora’s faction and destroyed any chance he has of rekindling his friendship with Souta, Altair has recruited the Rider that’s a hard counter to Dante, and while people are starting to see that Setsuna didn’t plagiarise, it also kickstarted a flame war, which Vega is planning to stoke the fires]]. The epilogue adds both a bitter and a sweet portion to it, with [[spoiler:Honoka making a good recovery and Yudai [[VillainTeamUp teaming up with Magane]] to ensure Hoshi breaks for ''good'', getting the yakuza involved into matters]].
* BreatherEpisode: Chapter 12 has Hoshi go to Honoka’s house to relax. While there are some dark moments, such as Hoshi’s suicide attempt or Malacoda’s curbstomping, most of the chapter is rather light in contrast to what Hoshi went through in the previous chapters.
* BrokenFaceplate: While a staple for tokusatsu, it gets played UpToEleven here. By the end of the first arc (or 13 chapters in), we see a total of four faceplates broken[[note]]For context, they’re Blaze Neko, Docrow, Dante, and Malacoda, in that order[[note]].
* BullyHunter: What Hoshi became through writing Dante to be someone who beats up caricatures of bullies.
* BurningWithAnger: Endeavors wreath Dante in flames. The way to activate them is to think HotBlooded. For Hoshi, that means anger. A downplayed version has his body temperature heat up when he’s stressed and occasionally cause minor explosions upon punching.
* CentralTheme:
** Grief and how anger at said grief, while a healthy part of the process, is ultimately detrimental to moving on if one decides to ''stay'' angry.
** The difference between justice and revenge. Namely, how revenge is a more destructive version of justice.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: What prevents Hoshi from outright giving up being Dante. He most likely would have stopped being Dante after his first battle had it not been for him bumping into Yuuya and Blitz. Likewise, when he hears that Souta is in danger.
* CoolBigSis: Honoka, and Hoshi knows it, as he uses her to try and break out of his HeroicBSOD. [[spoiler:This is also what causes him to go into an UnstoppableRage whenever she’s in danger]].
* CopeByCreating: {{Deconstructed}}. Hoshi’s coping with Setsuna’s death involves him writing his OC killing caricatures of people who attacked her and making the OC’s motivation avenging a thinly veiled copy of Setsuna. {{Reconstructed}} with Tachibana’s doujin adaptation, in which he draws it as a means to honor Setsuna’s life, not to avenge her death.
* CreatorBreakdown: InUniverse with Hoshi. After realizing that he wrote Hotaro’s story to be a RevengeFic and nearly had his OC beat up a villain he based off Souta, he quit writing for Kamen Rider Dante.
* CurbstompBattle: Hoshi gets the receiving end of this from Malacoda, one that results in his helmet breaking.
* ADayInTheLimelight: While the story is focused on Hoshi, small chapters are devoted to other characters, such as Hotaro in the prologue or a chapter of Alicetaria and Mamika coming across Hoshi. Some chapters are devoted to a character even though Hoshi is the viewpoint character, such as Chapter 7 which focuses on a bit of Yuuya’s past.
* DeconstructionFic: The fanfic deconstructs the idea of Kamen Rider self-inserts, namely the power and danger that comes with being one, showing that while it ''can'' be WishFulfilment, it can also become your worst nightmare.
** Hoshi becomes a two-fold deconstruction of Kamen Rider self inserts. Hoshi has a FreakOut when he finds out that him becoming Dante actually happened and throughout his fights, he either gets injured or passes out from over-exerting himself in a flaming suit. His reaction to finding out he made his story a RevengeFic makes matters worse, as he toes the line and becomes afraid of being what most {{Author Avatar}}s are: weapons to destroy anyone they dislike. As a result of both of these, he, during the course of Cinder Road, often tries to avoid being Dante.
** Speaking of wish fulfilment, the fanfic also deconstructs the concept of the self insert becoming instant friends with the protagonists, as Hoshi is only part of the team by the circumstance of him being a Creation. Even ''then'', the only friends he makes are [[KidAppealCharacter Rui]], [[CoolBigSis Celesia]], [[TeamMom Marine]], and [[NiceGirl Hikayu]]. Everyone else he either tolerates, fights, or even gets angry at. While a case could be made about him having an easier time siding with the ''villains'', he just as easily burns those bridges where the only two villains he has a good friendship with are either dead or merely working with him against [[EnemyMine a bigger villain]]. By the end of Cinder Road, [[spoiler:he leaves the group altogether after burning some bridges and his only support are Akagi and Dr. Gilmore, with only ''one'' of them being a friend of his]].
** Suruga brings up the idea that a Kamen Rider is all about power to Hoshi in Chapter 8 and [[MerchandiseDriven the reason]] why there’s such a PowerCreep.
** Much like [[Series/KamenRiderBlackRX Black RX]], Hoshi’s form changes are dependant on his emotions. However, whereas Kotaro, being an adult who had endured [[Series/KamenRiderBlack traumatic events before]], was able to control his emotions, Hoshi, a young adult who responds to mental trauma far more rashly, can’t and thus he ends up switching to the much more destructive Yellowstone form on a whim, to the point where Sakurajima isn’t seen as an alternative form but a much-needed patch, less Robo Rider and Bio Rider and more [[Series/KamenRiderBuild Hazard and RabbitRabbit/TankTank]].
** On the Re:Creators side, it brings the tragedy of Setsuna to the forefront, from emphasising on the plagiarism accusations to showing just how her death (and by extension, Souta and Hoshi’s actions) emotionally affected her friends and family, as well as show how such a controversy doesn’t just go away nor is restricted to just the internet, as seen when a Zenmetsuna member vandalizes Hoshi’s apartment just because he said he was friends with Setsuna or the full on flame war that Vega intends to cause.
* DeconReconSwitch:
** As mentioned above, Hoshi’s reaction to being Kamen Rider Dante is ''far'' from the AscendedFanboy trope that most self-inserts have and he, in fact, tries to ditch the mantle a few times. Despite this reluctance, however, he still recognizes from time to time that he ''does'' have what it takes to be a Kamen Rider and fights regardless of the problems he has. On top of that, Hoshi ends up remembering his original reason why he made Dante before the Retool: to create a hero that inspires others to protect.
** Averted for the emotion-based forms. The solution to the problem, switching to the more traditional “use a collectable to switch forms” format, doesn’t outright fix the problem presented by the deconstruction.
* DeadlyUpgrade: Every one of the Belts made by Re:Shocker is this to an extent. The Volcano Belt puts Hoshi in bouts of heat stroke if it doesn’t outright give him first degree burns. The Plague Belt uses diseases as a primary power boost, resulting in either irreparable damages or outright death, not helped with using actual chemical poisons to boost the power and thus, the killing potential of the belt.
* DefeatEqualsExplosion: {{Subverted}} for the Kaizo-Majin that are made in the real world, in which they shatter into blue crystals instead of exploding, with the in-universe explanation being that it’s the Restorative Powers [[BroughtDownToNormal booting the Kaizo-Majin portion of the person]] out.
* DiscardAndDraw: [[spoiler:Hoshi purposefully overloads the Volcano Belt and destroys it, then later obtains the Volcannik Driver.]]
* DragonWithAnAgenda: Malacoda tells Hotaro that he intends to take his belt and, after fusing the belt with his own, use the combined power destroy Re:Shocker to avenge Yuna. Once Hoshi [[spoiler:destroyed the belt]], however, he actively goes against Vega’s back to ensure Hoshi’s suffering.
* DrivenToSuicide: What effectively kicks off the plot and Hoshi’s HeroicBSOD, but the twist of the knife was that Hoshi almost got this as well had it not been for a bystander to save him and Alicetaria to inspire him. Kurakuma, Magane’s creator, is explicitly said to have killed himself.
* ElementalPowers: Hoshi created Dante with the intent of him PlayingWithFire, though with Yellowstone, it upgrades to MagmaMan, Sakurajima has BlowYouAway, and while Ashen Form doesn’t have AshesToAshes, Fuji Form has a minor application. It also becomes apparent that Re:Shocker does the exact same thing with their monsters and their ''own'' belts, such as Docrow’s PoisonousPerson or Malacoda’s {{Hellfire}}.
** EmotionalPowers: All of Dante’s forms (and by extension, the Re:Shocker belts) draw power from not just elements, but also emotions. Fuji has passion, Yellowstone has anger, Sakurajima has sorrow, and Ashen is whenever those emotions aren’t strong enough. [[AllThereInTheManual A post on SpaceBattles]] says that Docrow’s powers also draw from toxicity (or failing that, being sick). This becomes averted for Dante once Hoshi switches to a more traditional form-changing gimmick.
* ElementalRockPaperScissors: {{Discussed}} when talking about what kind of Rider would beat Dante. Tachibana proposes someone who uses [[AnIcePerson ice]] to defeat [[PlayingWithFire fire]]. When Yatoji brings up that it’s normally the other way around, it’s pointed out that ice turns into [[MakingASplash water]] when melted and thus [[TakingYouWithMe would douse the fire in the process]].
* EnemyMine: Hoshi recruits Alicetaria to help him kill Jorougumo, with her stating that as soon as she’s dealt with, they’ll be back to enemies. They later indirectly undergo this towards Meteora and afterwards, make Altair their enemy.
* EstablishingSeriesMoment: Hoshi’s FreakOut at the hospital followed shortly by him screaming about how his friend killed herself sets up not just the direction the fanfic is going to take, but also Hoshi’s ties to the overall plot of Re:Creators.
* {{Expy}}: Par for the course, given what this fanfic crosses over with.
** WordOfGod brought up how Hoshi and Hanamori are expies to [[Film/SpiderManHomecoming Peter Parker]] and [[Film/SpiderManFarFromHome Quinten Beck]] respectively, but with the caveat of them ''not'' wanting to be an Avenger or the next Iron Man respectively.
** Mirroring how Charon’s an expy to [[LightNovel/SwordArtOnline Kirito]], his ForgottenFallenFriend, Lunala, is one to [[TheLostLenore Sachi]], with a mixture of [[LightNovel/HighSchoolDxD Asia Argento]] in there as well.
* FixFic: While one part of this story is a Kamen Rider crossover, the other part is squarely this, as it fleshes out several characters and arcs of Re:Creators, as well as bring the Setsuna subplot to the forefront.
* {{Foil}}: Hoshi is one to quite a few people.
** Hoshi ends up being one to Souta as both of them remember Setsuna and both of them played a role in Setsuna’s death which they equally regret. However, whereas Hoshi’s regret is [[MurderByInaction deciding not to do anything about it]], Souta’s revolved around enjoying the hate Setsuna received and eventually shooting down her plea for support. To seemingly emphasise on this, both their idols are ''also'' foils of each other.
** He’s also one to Alicetaria, given how he based Hotaro off Alicetaria. Both of them care for Mamika’s well-being and both have equal reactions to her death and assuming she died by Meteora’s hands, however, Hoshi was able to rationalize and believe Meteora whereas Alicetaria ignored what Meteora said and chose to fight her anyways.
** Hoshi is also compared to Charon by Celesia and during his argument with Syo, it’s clear to see where they contrast, as Charon could be seen as Hoshi if he had fully went into a RoaringRampageOfRevenge before [[VengeanceFeelsEmpty he realizes that revenge has become his entire life]] and [[IWillFightNoMoreForever is seeking a way to bring his rampage to a close]]. The fact that he also wants to revive those who were killed by the Avalon Brigade brings to mind Hoshi’s talks about turning the world upside down to revive Setsuna.
** Jorougumo and Magane, while both coming from the same story and have the same penchant for mischief, though the key difference is their powers. Magane takes the lies she says and, provided someone calls her out on it, [[RealityWarper make the lie an outright reality]]. Jorougumo’s powers work in reverse, with the reality being a mental hallucination of someone’s past, and her being the one to call out their truth before she makes her kill. In other words, while Magane’s powers twist lies inside out, Jorougumo’s powers twists the truth outside inwards.
** One could see Hotaro as one to [[Series/KamenRiderBuild Banjou Ryuga]], as both are HotBlooded Riders that use GoodOlFisticuffs with an ill girlfriend that is killed in an experiment that turned them into a monster and end up getting a magma-themed form. The only difference is that Hotaro never had a Sento to level with him, resulting in him being a lot more aggressive towards the monsters he fights, not even caring for the fact that they [[WasOnceAMan were formerly human]].
** Malacoda and Blitz are contrasts to each other. While both are {{the dragon}}s to their superiors, Vega and Altair, how they go about serving them is different. While Blitz [[UndyingLoyalty remains loyal]] to Altair despite her plans, Malacoda plots behind Vega’s back and even tells Hotaro that he’s planning on destroying Re:Shocker as revenge for making him kill his sister.
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Altair brings up how the Gods killed Yuna to Hotaro. At first, she might have meant it as “your God wrote the death of Yuna”, but as we later find out, she actually meant it as “Yuna was based off Setsuna, as such, they killed Yuna as well…”
** Hoshi states at multiple points that Hotaro and him would definitely join Alicetaria’s cause (and by extension, Altair’s) had circumstances been different, even saying how he’d destroy the world if it meant bringing Setsuna back. He’s also confronted on the issue of Alicetaria possibly manipulating Hoshi into second-guessing his allegiance. He ends up joining Alicetaria when she confronts Meteora.
** Hotaro mentions how he’s NotSoDifferent from Altair in that he wanted revenge for Yuna’s death, but realizing that using justice as an excuse to exact revenge isn’t the right route. The fact that he mentioned how he nearly went on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge might refer to Hoshi retooling the story to make it a RevengeFic.
** Malacoda is mentioned in a chapter as Hoshi reads Tachibana’s manga. Turns out he was brought to the real world with Re:Shocker.
** Throughout Cinder Road, Hoshi’s interactions with ice results in it sizzling and melting, with the Volcano Belt being placed in a high-tech briefcase made to cool it down. By the end of Cinder Road, Tachibana creates a Rider that uses ice powers specifically to counter Dante.
* ForgottenFallenFriend: Implied to be the case for Lunala, a priestess that helped Charon during the first arc of Vogelchevalier, as Altair brings up Lunala’s name and then remarks how Charon hasn’t heard that name in a long while. Otherwise {{averted}} with Setsuna and Mamika for Hoshi.
* ForgottenFirstMeeting: {{Downplayed}} and {{Justified}}. Hoshi meets up with Setsuna and Souta long before the incident that led to Setsuna’s suicide, but only remembers meeting up with Setsuna and needing a MindRape to remember Souta was there too. Souta, however, remembers Hoshi. It’s justified as it was the only in-person meeting Hoshi had with the duo.
* ForWantOfANail: Hoshi’s presence ends up revealing information of Setsuna and several Creations to the heroes earlier than when they get it in canon, thus allowing them to both gather information on the Military Uniform Princess and recruit Suruga a lot sooner as well as get Kurakuma under protection. It’s also because of him fighting Alicetaria that Meteora avoids getting critically injured.
** InSpiteOfANail: Regardless, the group has no idea how to fight Altair and their attempts to secure Kurakuma result in him still coming across Magane and dying. It didn’t help that Hoshi’s knowledge on Setsuna as well as his fond memory of her made Souta’s own problems with her that much worse. The first point is {{subverted}} by WordOfGod, who guesses that Meteora and Kikuchihara had come up with the idea for the Elimination Chamber Festival after the meeting, just that a bunch of things kept them too busy to roll it out.
* AFriendInNeed: Despite Hoshi’s relationship with Souta souring after revealing his involvement with Setsuna’s plight, Hoshi still went out of his way to protect him from Toxic Porcupine.
* FusionDance: It’s been said that belts can combine and shown that Kaizo-Majin can absorb the powers of other Kaizo-Majin, though only through [[CannibalismSuperpower devouring their Essen Crystal]] and killing them in the process.
* HerCodeNameWasMarySue: Turning the trope on its head is the premise of the entire story. Hoshi writes Kamen Rider fanfiction where he and his friends are tied up in a plot by an incarnation of Shocker where he ends up becoming Kamen Rider Dante, only for him to actually ''become'' Dante when he obtains the powers. However, it’s PlayedForDrama, as he wrote up parallels between what happened to his friends and his Kamen Rider fanfiction. This results in his story’s Setsuna dying to Re:Shocker, who he wrote as the allegory to the mob that harassed Setsuna to suicide, with her killer being an {{expy}} of Souta. Needless to say, Hoshi is horrified once he realizes what he’s done.
* HeroicBSOD: Hoshi was not too thrilled to have to remember Setsuna’s suicide, even more so once he finds out about his {{retool}} of Kamen Rider Dante into a RevengeFic. This became a full-blown FreakOut once he hears that Mamika died and borders to the DespairEventHorizon when he discovers Souta’s role in Setsuna’s suicide.
* HeroicRROD: Transforming into Dante results in Hoshi getting heat stroke. Not only that, but the more heat the belt generates, the hotter the suit and by extension, Hoshi, get. It’s only when Sakurajima is created does this become mitigated and the Volcannik Driver is made does this become a non-issue.
* HeroicSafeMode: {{Downplayed}}. While Hoshi recovered from his BSOD, he acts in a safe mode when it comes to fighting Re:Shocker, albeit without being TheStoic.
* HiddenDepth: Each of the canon Creators has revealed some sort of bit about themselves or their stories.
** Kurakuma spearheaded the movement that bullied Setsuna to suicide and was [[LaserGuidedKarma soon driven to suicide himself]] to [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled be killed by Altair]].
** Matsubara originally wanted to write a fantasy story but [[ExecutiveMeddling was forced to]] make it an isekai by his editor, thus inventing the character of Charon and leading to his reluctance to continue his fight.
** Nakanogane is painfully aware that Mono Magia was made [[MerchandiseDriven to sell toys first and foremost]] and thus was unable to write important themes like how battles affect a pilot’s psyche. However, after seeing how Rui adapted and changed, he’s glad that he didn’t go all out.
** Yatoji, on top of his knowledge of visual novels, [[IWorkAlone prefers to work by himself]] due to a falling out with a fellow mangaka leading to his first manga to be cancelled.
** Takarada had a CreatorBreakdown over Alicetaria’s darker elements and neglects to continue it, instead preferring to be a closet idol fan were it not for Alicetaria’s intervention.
* HotBlooded: {{Deconstructed}}. While it’s been pointed out that it means being passionate, something that Hotaro is, Hoshi’s version is a lot more realistic in that Dante gets powered up the angrier Hoshi gets.
* ILetGwenStacyDie: Hoshi places a lot of blame for Setsuna’s death on himself, to the point of nearly killing himself. His later experiences with people dying and getting critically injured did not help his mindset and once he hears of the Elimination Chamber Festival, passes out from thinking of going through all that again.
* INeedYouStronger: Vega makes it clear to Malacoda that the only reason they’re sparing Hoshi is so that he can make the Volcano Belt stronger. However, Vega ''also'' reveals this to Hoshi and on their next battle, [[spoiler:Hoshi intentionally overloads the Volcano Belt to destroy it and deny Vega and Malacoda the belt]].
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Each chapter follows the tradition of “lines of dialogue used as the title”, though they’re all lines from Hoshi. Meanwhile, the arcs themselves are named “Cinder X”, with X being different for each arc.
* IllGirl: Yuna is shown to be this in Hotaro’s flashbacks and, as revealed by Minos, is a qualifier to wear the Plague Belt.
* ImSoProudOfYou: Alicetaria indirectly said this to Hoshi after they teamed up to defeat Jorougumo, much to his enjoyment.
* InTheNameOfTheMoon: Much like most Kamen Riders, Dante has one depending on which person is being Dante and which form he’s in, with Hotaro’s being a shout out to ''Series/KamenRiderStronger''.
--> '''Hoshi:''' So long as the flames of passion burn inside/magma of rage surge within/winds of sorrow blow across me, I’ll protect the Land of Gods! Kamen Rider… Dante!”
--> '''Hotaro:''' The fires scream/the magma shouts/the winds cry out! They scream/shout/cry for justice! I am its divine flame/lava/wind… Kamen Rider… Dante!”
* IncendiaryExponent: Kamen Rider Dante’s Endeavor modes involve him being wreathed in fire, though with Yellowstone and Sakurajima replacing fire with magma and heat respectively. Hoshi even has shown that he himself can undergo this when out of the suit.
* {{Kiai}}: Hotaro and Hoshi have “SHOOOTO!” as this.
* LowerDecksEpisode: Cinder Road plays out as this. For the majority of the first half of Re:Creators, of which the arc takes place, Hoshi only partakes in a few scenes from the anime, namely the battles. It doesn’t help that he joins the heroes midway through the first half. In other words, most of Hoshi’s scenes are taking place in between the scenes in the anime, if not during them as is the case with Hoshi’s fight with the Hound happening around the same time as the fight by the river in the anime.
* MeaningfulName: His forms reference volcanoes with a strong tie to the form in question.
** Hoshi mentions how Dante is [[ShoutOutThemeNaming meant to be named after]] ''Film/DantesPeak'', though the connection to Dante’s Inferno becomes meaningful when you take into consideration that the Divine Comedy is the first SelfInsertFic and is similar to Hoshi’s tale in that he interacts with the people he admires, desires to reunite with his lost love, and also [[spoiler:wished revenge on his (or in Hoshi’s case, Setsuna’s) enemies and watch them burn in hell.]]
** Hoshi brings up how he appropriately named his most destructive, magma-based form after the Yellowstone, a volcano infamously known for its world ending potential.
** Sakurajima has a triple meaning. Aside from being named after a volcano, it shares the same name as Kamen Rider Ichigo’s updated form once he returned in the show. Not to mention the sakura part of the name lending to the form’s [[RealMenWearPink pink coloring]].
** Toranity is the combination of Trinity (as in combining three of Hoshi’s forms a la [[Series/KamenRiderAgito]] and the Japanese word for tiger, reflecting the ''tiger'' salamander motif.
** The other Riders also have meaningful names.
*** Docrow sounds close to “dokuro” or skull in Japanese. Skulls often being a symbol of poison. It also has crow in the name.
*** Malacoda, TheDragon to Vega, refers to a character from Dante’s Inferno who just so happens to be a general.
* MindRape: This is how Jorougumo utilizes her powers, forcing someone to relive a memory they had and then showing their darkest moment while summing up what they truly are with a few words.
*MistakenForRomance: Hoshi recalls meeting up with Setsuna and believing that Souta was her boyfriend.
* MonsterOfTheWeek: {{Justified}} regarding Vega’s appearance into the real world. He’s just as much under the effects of the restoration powers as Altair, and as such, can only create a fully functional monster (with the help of an [[FaceMonsterTurn anchor]]) once every week. After a few months, however, he is able to make up to three at a time.
* MultiformBalance: Wouldn’t be a Kamen Rider story without one. While initially averted due to Dante’s Showa upbringing, it ends up being a subversion as each form is merely a patch for a previous form’s failings and as such fails on its own legs.
** Fuji Mount, while normally a JackOfAllStats, was intended to be the only form for Dante, evoking the Showa era Riders.
** Yellowstone Mount’s physique and high power suggests a MightyGlacier, but Hoshi at one point compared it to [[Series/KamenRiderStronger Stronger’s]] [[SuperMode Charge Up]], using it as a means to get a power boost against the other Creations. Then it manifests into the real world and is more comparable to the [[Series/KamenRiderBuild Hazard Forms]], if not ''more'' destructive.
** Sakurajima Mount would have, likewise, been a FragileSpeedster, but it works more as a literal vent for Hoshi’s pent up anger and fire, especially when he let it get to uncontrollable levels. As such, Hoshi can only use its full potential if he had Yellowstone power him up, which in turn means he’d need to get extremely pissed to the point where his body could potentially burn to a crisp.
** Toranity is the AllYourPowersCombined LightningBruiser.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Hoshi heavily berates himself after a fight in which he lets his anger get the better of him and attacked Meteora, to the point where he [[TenMinuteRetirement agrees to have Kikuchihara confiscate the belt]].
* MythologyGag: Several to Kamen Rider.
** [[AllThereInTheManual While not outright said in the fanfic]], Hoshi’s entry on the [[https://kamenriderfanfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Hoshi_Fujioka Kamen Rider Fanon Wikia]] shows that he is designated as Kamen Rider Dante ''II'', with the Japanese version translating it to Nigo. Considering how Hotaro was (albeit mortally) injured and had to pass down the title of Kamen Rider Dante, this definitely mirrors [[RealLifeWritesThePlot the real life]] reason the [[Series/KamenRider original Nigo]] took up the mantle of Kamen Rider.
*** Likewise, most of Dante I’s stories regarding Hotaro’s battles with Re:Shocker bring to mind the Showa era, with the concepts of Shocker being the BigBad, monsters being humans who are experimented upon and turned into cyborgs (with Hotaro being one himself), and even Hotaro’s mannerisms echoing that of classic Showa. The fanfic even went through a {{retool}} after its early chapters much like how the original Kamen Rider did.
** Hoshi’s inspiration for Dante, at least as far as he knows, is [[Film/KamenRiderTheNext V3’s]] moment where he walks through fire. Once CerebusSyndrome hits, though, [[Series/KamenRiderKuuga Kuuga’s]] infamous NoHoldsBarredBeatdown, as well as the fiery preview of Kuuga’s Ultimate Form soon after, are referenced numerous times as Hoshi’s ''true'' inspiration. The picture that Setsuna drew, meanwhile, reflects [[Film/TheDarkKnight Batman standing among the burning wreckage]].
*** This gets an even further mythology gag as the Kaizo-Majin that Hoshi fights in the finale to Cinder Road is a porcupine-themed monster who specializes in poisonous darts, with his transformation leading to him and the monster falling through a window and onto the pavement.
** There’s a nod to the classic Spider/Bat motif, where the first and second monsters are a spider and bat respectively. Cue Rock Spider, the first Kaizo-Majin we see (though not the first Kaizo-Majin that Hotaro or Hoshi fought) who qualify for both as he has bat wings for an upgrade.
** Wouldn’t be the first time a duo is named after the stars [[Series/KamenRiderDenO Altair and Vega]].
** Dr. Gilmore mistakes Hoshi for [[Series/KamenRider Ichigo]] due to him sharing the last name as the actor.
** The reason the first arc is called Cinder Road? As a nod to [[Film/KamenRiderZX Dragon Road]], the Showa Riders’ theme song for ''Film/HeiseiRiderVsShowaRiderKamenRiderWarsFeaturingSuperSentai''. As revealed in [[WordOfGod the commentary]], the reason for it is twofold: the minor one is that Hoshi ends up in an [[GratuitousEnglish ENDLESS FIGHT]] while the major one is to refer to the reason why the Showa Riders battled the Heisei Riders to begin with, that their grief over the dead is interfering with their duty, and that Hoshi is their perfect argument.
* PassingTheTorch: Hotaro handed the belt to Hoshi before he died, making him the next Kamen Rider Dante. Later on, Hoshi intended on invoking the trope by passing the belt to first Hanamori then to Alicetaria, only for both to reject it in their own way.
* PhlebotinumRebel: As per tradition in Kamen Rider, Hotaro came across the Volcano Belt as it was intended to be used by Re:Shocker and decided to use it against them. What ''isn’t'' per Kamen Rider tradition is that Kamen Rider Dante was intended to be the AuthorAvatar for a RevengeFic, with Hoshi managing to take the belt and turn it into a more traditional heroic Rider.
* PlayingWithFire: Deconstructed, as Meteora is quick to point out how Hoshi’s powers have the potential to be the most destructive out of all the Creations, on top of the damage it inflicts on his body.
* PoisonIsEvil: Of the characters who are remodeled into poison themed Kaizo-Majins, only ''one'' was good… [[TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth though her time as the only good poison-themed monster was limited]]…
* PoorCommunicationKills: In true Kamen Rider fashion, this happens on a few occasions, namely, poor timing is what caused the poor communication.
** Hoshi finds out about Souta’s connection to Setsuna, the deaths of Meteora’s creator and Mamika, and Magane having stolen Honoka’s phone in the worst possible way with no time to be talked to, leading him to assume Souta had something to do with Setsuna’s suicide, Meteora murdering Mamika and her creator, and Magane hurting or even killing his sister. This results in him snapping and helping Alicetaria get revenge on Meteora. Thankfully, Souta and Meteora managed to talk some sense into Hoshi before he could do serious damage.
** Later, he finds out about the Elimination Chamber Festival just after he had someone die in his arms and still hadn’t gotten over the trauma he endured from his battles as Dante. Thankfully, this is {{subverted}}, as Tachibana and Marine are able to clearly explain to Hoshi what’s going to happen and encourage him to partake.
* RealityEnsues: A {{justified}} trope for the most part, as the tropes playing out are in the real world.
** Being able to lob around fire and have it go around you, especially when you’re in a suit of armor, is going to result in the body heating up. The only reason Hoshi isn’t cooked alive inside the suit is because he added a small detail about how the armor protects the wearer from the fire, though not its heat.
** Altair being a meme character results in that fact being found out a lot quicker thanks to someone who frequents the main source of her powers being part of the group.
** Throwing a temper tantrum, no matter how brief, is going to result in consequences. Kikuchihara claims that ''part'' of the reason why they took the Volcano Belt away is because of Hoshi’s FreakOut. The other part was due to the above case being cranked up to eleven. Hoshi himself ends up getting traumatized from the experience, calling himself a monster afterwards and trying all his might to not have to wear the belt again just to avoid having another upset.
** Revealing your stance on a controversial subject matter ''along'' with revealing your true identity in the modern times is going to result in someone attacking you. {{Downplayed}}, as a person merely vandalized a bit of Hoshi’s apartment complex with little to no effect, all while Hoshi wasn’t there to begin with.
** Mamika’s fight with Celesia, while being treated as RealityEnsues in its own show, gets a double whammy as one of the consequences for it was her own Creators being forced to cancel her show and replace it with a spin-off.
** Much like with other characters in the show, Hoshi doesn’t instantly put two and two together of the Creations actually ''being'' the Creations until he either is told or sees what they’re capable of with few exceptions. ''Unlike'' most of the others in the show, though, he doesn’t mistake them for cosplayers and believes they’re actual people. This becomes apparent when, for a good chunk of a chapter, Hoshi didn’t know he was with Mamika until he directly compared a picture of Mamika to her actual self. Similarly, he’s just as clueless when it comes to Hikayu and he had to have [[ItMakesSenseInContext the search results for her school]] tell him she’s a Creation.
** Likewise, Tachibana instantly catches on that something isn’t right when Kamen Rider Dante appears in the real world out of nowhere and dismisses the idea that it’s cosplay.
** Subverted in regards to [[ShowWithinAShow the Kamen Rider Dante doujin]]. While Tachibana dreads that his doujin would get a cease and desist order from Toei, Shimashima reassures him that he did everything in his power to prevent that to avoid angering the fans. [[DoubleSubverted Instead,]] Toei took the premise and decided to make a live-action version as per their contribution to the Elimination Chamber Festival.
** As mentioned in the commentary for Cinder Road, this is {{averted}} for Hoshi’s driving of a motorbike despite earlier saying how he doesn’t have a license to drive, let alone for a motorcycle.
** The epilogue to Cinder Road reveals (from the ''yakuza'', no less) that people ''are'' becoming aware of the chaos that is unfolding, even if the government is trying to cover it up.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Hoshi gives one to Souta in Chapter 13 before he redirects it to a HeroicSelfDeprication.
--> “''You want me to say it? Fine. I hate you, Mizushino Souta. I utterly despise you. Setsuna came to you for advice and you decided to leave her to the wolves. Then you decided to pretend that she never existed while her friends and family grieved. How long would that have lasted if this whole thing never happened? One, maybe two years before you crack and realize what you've done was horrible? While you were out trying to be blissfully unaware of her existence, I had to contend with the lingering feeling of regret. I could have defended her, but I chose not to… That's why… Of all the people I hate the most… It isn't you.''”
* RevengeFic: InUniverse with Kamen Rider Dante, as Hoshi wrote the villains to mirror that of the people who criticized Setsuna.
* RookieRedRanger: {{Subverted}}. While Hoshi fulfills the traits of this trope, not only is he barely a member of the group in the brief few days he was in it, but also ends up temporarily leaving the group, both as a Creator ''and'' a Creation.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Hoshi insists this time and again in regards to his relationship with Alicetaria, to the point where they both say “we’re not dating!” to Honoka.
* ShowWithinAShow: While the universe of Re:Creators has a plethora of this, attention is drawn to Kamen Rider Dante, a fanfic turned doujin that ends up getting a live-action adaptation.
* ShoutOut:
** The name of the form when Dante’s gloves, boots, and uniform light on fire? [[Manga/BokuNoHeroAcademia Endeavor]]. Even moreso since Hotaro’s {{kiai}} is “SHOOOTOOO!”. Adding to the nods, Souta compared Dante storing anger and flames as akin to an egg in a microwave.
*** WordOfGod then proceeds to joke that Docrow is based off Overhaul.
** Hoshi’s alibi for hanging around with the government, at least from what his sister said, is that he’s in [[Film/SpidermanHomecoming an internship]].
*** A second dose of this comes in the form of Hoshi’s conversation with Kikuchihara after the latter [[spoiler:informs him of the confiscation of his belt]] and how Hoshi’s lines mirror that of [[spoiler:Tony’s when he confronted Peter and took his suit]], though with the twist being that it’s [[spoiler:Hoshi is calling out ''himself'']]. Doubly so when [[spoiler:he tells his sister about losing the internship (though voluntarily giving it up)]].
** The first victim of Jorougumo we see has his epithet be “[[Literature/CharlottesWeb Some Pig]]”.
** Hoshi snapping at Souta in a nightmare he had references [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII Axel’s own snapping at Roxas]], complete with the area bursting into flames. WordOfGod even states this might be the reason why Kamen Rider Dante has [[PlayingWithFire fire powers]] in the first place.
** There are many nods to Kamen Rider in general, with a prominent one being that one of Hoshi’s allies is named Tachibana. Ex-Aid is mentioned in an early chapter as well as a CallForward to Zi-O.
** There’s quite a few nods to {{Franchise/Pokemon}}, such as the ant-themed metallic {{mooks}} being called Durants or how there’s eighteen belts and of the few seen, seem to mirror that of the eighteen types in Pokemon.
** The Kaizo-Majins’ [Element] [Animal] motifs bring to mind [[VideoGame/MegaManX Mavericks]]. Not helped by the fact that the BigBad of Re:Shocker is named [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Vega]] and that TheDragon is [[TheGunslinger a gunslinger]] whose name comes right out of the Divine Comedy, much like another [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Capcom protagonist]].
** Among the voices that Hoshi hears during [[spoiler:his time as Flaming Tigermander]], one of them commands him to [[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses kill every last one of [Setsuna’s attackers].]]
** WordOfGod reveals that Malacoda’s bullets are named [[VideoGame/Persona5 Sinful Shells]]. Making this more of a shout out is that the bullets he’s showcased are named after each of the sins featured in the game, even the ones that aren’t part of the SevenDeadlySins.
** Akagi brings up how Hoshi and him working together is their own Super Hero Taisen.
** Almost all of the Kaizo-Majin are shoutouts, sometimes to Kamen Rider itself.
*** Rock Spider borrows the idea of [[StarterVillain the first monsters]] always being a spider and a bat.
*** Desert Tanuki and Blaze Neko are the first two [[Manga/Naruto tailed beasts]].
*** Martial Panda, while obviously a nod to ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'', is also one to [[Series/KamenRiderBuild the Press Smash]]. Likewise, Formula Rex is based off the unused Best Match, [=F1Saurus=].
*** Toxic Porcupine is [[Series/KamenRiderKuuga Go-Jaraji-Da]], though WordOfGod also reveals that a bit of it is also based off [[Film/DeathNote2017 Ryuk]].
*** Flaming Tigermander is [[Series/KamenRiderZeroOne Flaming Tiger]].
*** Frying Alpaca is [[Series/HikoninSentaiAkibaranger the Alpaca monsters]], while Thunder Ladybug is one to Tento Raiger.
*** Barracuda Blade, while not based off a monster, is based off [[Series/PowerRangerSamurai Antonio’s weapon]].
*** Yoshi’s monster form, especially once he consumes two Essen Crystals, is basically [[Series/KamenRiderRyuki Genocider]]. For bonus points, his monster form is called [[Series/KamenRiderDragonKnight Strike]] Cobra. Naturally, Stone Rhino and Diving Stingray are Metalgelas and Evildiver. A third layer comes up, though, as Yoshi has the tendency to say “chabok”, similarly to how Arbok [[PokemonSpeak says its name]] in the Pokémon [[{{Anime/Pokemon}} anime]]. Similarly, Stone Rhino and Diving Stingray are Rhyhorn and Mantine respectively.
* StationsOfTheCanon: Quadruple subverted. The fanfic begins after episode five of Re:Creators, as we see that the government have already allied themselves with the heroes by the start of the story, and delays the events of the next episode in favor of original plots. Even ''when'' episode six ends up happening, Hoshi is only called in for the climax of the fight that happens (which occurs in episode seven), still partaking in original storylines and dealing with a loose thread. Despite this, the canon still happens as intended up until Episode 12, where it is halted for the time being while the original storyline continued until chapter 14 brought Hoshi back with the group in time for them to recruit Hikayu, though very briefly before it kicks off another original storyline.
* StoryArc: The story is split into different arcs. Each arc is split into miniarcs.
** Cinder Road: Covering Cour 1 of Re:Creators (Episodes 1-12) and Hoshi’s beginnings as Kamen Rider Dante, warts and all.
*** Becoming Dante (Chapters 1-3): Hoshi becoming Dante for the first time and fighting his first foes.
*** Hunting Jorougumo (Chapters 4-5): Hoshi teams up with Alicetaria to take on a spider monster.
*** Dante’s Justice (Chapters 6-11): Hoshi creates Yellowstone Mount and quickly discovers his greatest strength is also his greatest weakness. Not only that, but he finds out about Dante’s dark past that prompts him to figure out what exactly is Dante’s justice.
*** Akihabara’s Wind (Chapters 12-13): Hoshi retired to Akihabara with the intent of PassingTheTorch to another person. However, the appearance of Re:shocker complicates that.
** Cinder Fall: Covering episodes 14, 15 and 16 of Re:Creators, but mostly sticking to Re:Shocker’s emergence.
*** Return To Internship (Chapters 14-16): Hoshi is soon brought back into the internship with a new recruit, Hikayu.
* StrikeMeDownWithAllOfYourHatred: Malacoda outright says this trope to Hoshi as the latter [[spoiler:turns into a monster]].
* TenMinuteRetirement: Hoshi ends up retiring both as a writer and a Rider shortly after he realizes just how enraged he was over Souta’s role in Setsuna’s death. The only reason he came out of his retirement was because Altair handed him his belt and even ''then'' he considers PassingTheTorch to both Hanamori and Alicetaria. [[spoiler:It’s only when Honoka is shot does he decide to fully come out as Dante.]]
* ThemeMusicPowerUp: As per usual Kamen Rider tradition, Dante and the other Riders have their own songs. Though, what makes this particular is that two of Dante’s insert themes, specifically Yellowstone and Sakurajima’s songs, are from Re:Creators, Layers and Brave the Ocean respectively. Going into analysis…
** Fuji’s theme is [[https://soundcloud.com/smithdanigans/mobian-mashups-what-are-we-scared-for What Are We Scared For?]], a mashup using a song from ''Anime/AldnoahZero'', an anime made by the same team behind Re:Creators. One of the recurring lines in the song is “there’s no difference, you and me”, reflecting Hoshi’s NotSoDifferent situation regarding himself and the Creations who want better endings.
** Yellowstone and Sakurajima’s songs follow the same idea as the original idea, with Layers being Altair’s song and Brave the Ocean being Selesia’s: Yellowstone is a destructive force, something that Altair wants, while Sakurajima is made when Hoshi tries to rise above the feelings of hate.
** Malacoda’s song is [[Anime/FireForce Mayday]], a song that’s just as brutal as the character, with the added caveat of the lyrics being what he thinks of Hoshi or even what ''Hoshi'' thinks of Souta, given how [[spoiler:Malacoda’s human form was based off Souta]].
** Even Machine Itasha’s theme is played when Hoshi ends up combining his bike with the Itasha Robo.
* ThemeNaming: The belts that Re:Shocker makes are named after disasters that are caused by the element they’re made by, Volcano Belt for the fire themed Dante, Plague Belt for the poison themed Docrow...
* UnfamiliarCeiling: Much like the namesake, Hoshi ends up hospitalized quite a bit. It’s to the point where, the first time he visits the hospital, he calls the ceiling unfamiliar.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Had Yuuya not purposefully egg Hoshi on into using Yellowstone form, Hoshi wouldn’t have realized that Dante was his own RevengeFic and thus causing him to have a much darker mindset in regards to his powers, that or it would have taken him longer to realize.
* WhamEpisode: Towards the end of Cinder Road, there’s a bit of a wham arc.
** Chapter 7 has Yuuya reveal to Hoshi that Kamen Rider Dante was nothing more than a weapon to attack people who had attacked Setsuna] Hoshi’s reaction to it confirming his theory. Not only that, but [Hoshi slowly realizes he didn’t base Dante off V3 but rather [[Series/KamenRiderKuuga a different Rider entirely]]. To add another twist onto the cake, Altair commands Magane to make Hoshi and Souta suffer for what they did to Setsuna.
** Chapter 8 even more so with a myriad of revelations: Tachibana is Setsuna’s brother and a combination of bad timing and jumping to conclusions caused Hoshi to snap and [[FaceHeelTurn join Alicetaria]] in her curbstomp of Meteora, on top of fully embracing the idea of Dante being a tool for vengeance, at least until he snaps out of his anger one chapter later.
** Chapter 10, while a break from the fight in Chapter 9, has Hoshi’s belt be taken away (with his blessings) and he finds out Souta’s side of what happened to Setsuna, resulting in Hoshi having a meltdown and crying out that he doesn’t want to be a Kamen Rider anymore.
** Chapter 11 is more of a depressing episode where Hoshi finds out that [indeed, he ''has'' utilized Dante as his revenge fantasy and after realizing he wrote what amounts to an angry letter to Souta, decides to put his story on hiatus and leave the group, eventually heading to Akihabara. Making matters worse is that Re:Shocker has been summoned to the world, implied to have happened without Altair’s assistance. All this while Hoshi gains access to a new form.
** Chapter 13 is a doozy and a hell of a way to close out the Cinder Road arc, starting from TheReveal of a new Kamen Rider made to counter Dante’s powers, Hoshi getting an unconventional upgrade in the form of the [[RevolversAreJustBetter Volcannik Driver]] [[spoiler:which ends up replacing the Volcano Belt that got destroyed]], a Zenmetsuna member becoming a Kaizo-Majin and Honoka being introduced to Celesia and Meteora, before ending with [[spoiler:Honoka nearly getting killed by Malacoda, Hoshi becoming a Kaizo-Majin due to prolonged exposure to the belt, Malacoda being not only Yudai (Kamen Rider Docrow from Chapter 11), but also made in the image of Souta, Hoshi telling Souta that he hates him, then meeting up with [[Manga/Cyborg009 Dr. Isaac Gilmore]] and finding out that Akagi is [[Series/HikoninSentaiAkibaranger also a Creation]], and Altair having recruited the aforementioned new Rider]].
* WhamLine: A few.
** The first official chapter ends with one that establishes how exactly Hoshi is tied into the plot of Re:Creators, resolves a plot thread that would have taken a few more episodes to address in canon, and sets up how the fanfic is going to go down.
-->-- “My friend killed herself!”
** Kurakuma, in the midst of begging for safety, drops a line that changed the circumstances of Setsuna’s bullying and ultimately leads to Hoshi finding out about the dark side of Kamen Rider Dante:
-->-- "It's not Magane I'm concerned about… It's her. The woman in the black coat. […] She's acting out her vengeance on us all! It's because of what we did to her!"
** In Chapter 8 of Cinder Road, ''this'' is how we get the confirmation of Mamika’s death:
-->-- “You didn’t tell anyone about what you did to Mamika, did you!?”
** Chapter 11 has Hoshi go to Setsuna’s grave and, struggling to find the right words, breaks down and cries to who he thinks is Marine that he misses Setsuna. The response that tips Hoshi off to who is actually holding him?
-->-- “I miss her too.”
* WhatTheHellHero:
** Meteora and Kikuchihara give a few to Hoshi for his behavior, namely his reluctance to fight Alicetaria and his temporary, rage-induced betrayal respectively.
** Hoshi pulls this off half-way. While he writes a rant out to Souta about his handling of Setsuna and the Military Uniform Princess situation, he never actually sends it to him. He ends up giving a more subdued one to him soon enough.
** Celesia gives one to Hoshi after seeing that [[spoiler:Malacoda’s likeness is based around Souta. She even refuses to let Hoshi be alone with Souta]].
-->-- '''Hoshi Fujioka''', summing up the fanfic in a nutshell.
Hoshi Fujioka is a fanfiction writer struggling with depression over the loss of a friend. While on his delivery job, he ends up coming across a mortally wounded person who he notices looks just like himself. Even crazier, this doppelganger has the Volcano Belt, a TransformationTrinket from his Kamen Rider fanfic.
It becomes obvious to Hoshi that this is his OriginalCharacter, Hotaro Dairou, otherwise known as Kamen Rider Dante. As Hotaro succumbs to his wounds and [[PassingTheTorch passes on his belt to Hoshi]], he’s ambushed by a woman in a black military uniform who mistakes him for Hotaro. From there, Hoshi ends up getting wrapped up in a war between the disgruntled characters of various stories and the combined forces of characters and their creators. All while Hoshi himself is forced to revisit the past, find out the circumstances of his friend’s death, and try to move on before his flames of grief destroys all in his path.
'''Cinders and Ashes: The Chronicle of Kamen Rider Dante''' is a {{crossover}} between ''Franchise/KamenRider'' and ''Anime/ReCreators'' that looks at the concept of a SelfInsertFic then [[DeconstructionFic dissects it]], with the first step being “WhatIf one of the creations that appeared was someone’s self insert” and then going on from there.
You can read it [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12567389/1/Cinder-Road Here]] or [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/cinders-and-ashes-the-chronicle-of-kamen-rider-dante-re-creators-kamen-rider-oc-si.554418/ here]].
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!! This fanfic provides examples of:
* {{108}}: The temperature Hoshi has when he was taken to the hospital after [[spoiler:having absorbed the flames from Celesia’s powered up attack]].
* ActionizedAdaptation: Partially due to how it’s crossed over with Kamen Rider, Re:Creators has a lot more fights compared to canon.
* AdaptedOut: [[GagEpisode Episode]] [[ClipShow 13]] of Re:Creators and any elements from it, such as Meteroa’s new form, are passed over, though for obvious reasons.
* AdaptationalVillainy:
** {{Downplayed}}. While Magane was still mostly antagonistic in the episodes that Cinder Road followed, she was tipped off about Souta and Hoshi by Altair and messed with them purely to get a kick out of it. By the end of the Cinder Road arc, though, she seems committed to breaking Hoshi.
** Played straight for her creator and, by extension, Setsuna’s bullies. While the only source of it was Souta himself, Cinders and Ashes pulls no punches in saying that, yes, they ''were'' making up the plagiarism accusations, with Kurakuma being one of the people who spearheaded the campaign. Doubly so when several of them become Kaizo-Majin.
* AndYouThoughtItWasAGame: Hanamori, a boxer who was picked to play the role of Hotaro, quickly buys into the role and assumes the attack on the venue he was making his announcement was staged. Unlike most examples of the trope, he manages to realize rather within a short time that it’s far from staged.
* AngstNuke: What Hoshi’s Endeavors eventually become once he creates Yellowstone, as the trigger for an Endeavor is to be HotBlooded and going into them results in him exploding into flames. {{Downplayed}} for Sakurajima, as while it achieves similar effects, the damage is more heat-based than flame-based.
* AnimalMotifs: Natural for Kamen Rider, with Dante having [[LightingBug a firefly]] as his main form and a bombardier beetle and a [[CicadianRhythm cicada]] as his secondary forms, and [[spoiler:his monster form being a [[PantheraAwesome tiger]][[FierySalamander mander]]]]. Docrow uses [[CreepyCrows the beak of a crow]] to replicate a PlagueDoctor, and Malacoda is based off a [[OurManticoresAreSpinier manticore]].
* ArcNumber: The number two comes up often in the story.
** Several Creations have a DebutQueue where Hoshi meets two of them at the same time: Celesia and Meteora in chapter 1, Yuuya and Blitz in chapter 2, Alicetaria and Mamika in chapter 4, and Akagi and Dr. Gilmore in chapter 13. Several Creations have also been shown to be summoned in pairs, such as Hotaro & Rock Spider, Jorougumo & Magane, Vega & Malacoda, and Hikayu & Syo. The only exception to this is Charon.
* ArcVillan: While Altair is the BigBad, it seems that each couple of chapters has a villain that is introduced and taken care of in that span.
** Chapters 2-3: [[TheRival Yuuya]].
** Chapters 4-5: [[GiantSpider Jorougumo]].
** Chapters 6-11 plays with this. Hoshi and the team make it pretty obvious that [[HumanoidAbomination Magane]] is the villain, but the most she’s ever done is indirectly have the Hound of Tindalos attack Hoshi as well as steal Honoka’s phone and caused Hoshi to assume she killed her. In fact, a good chunk of the chapters show that it’s [[spoiler:[[VillainProtagonist Hoshi]] who’s the villain, [[UnstoppableRage albeit not of his own volition]], especially after the second major battle, as the focus of the arc is finding a way for Hoshi to be able to use Dante’s powers without having to deal with that problem again.]]
** Chapters 12-13: [[EvilKnockoff Malacoda]].
* AdaptationExpansion:
** Timeline wise, events are more spread out in the fanfic. Case in point, the first five chapters, ranging from Hoshi’s introduction to the cast and fighting Jorougumo, adds a couple of extra days in between Episodes 5 and 6 of Re:Creators.
** While the anime briefly skimmed the plot of all the stories that were involved, Cinder Road expands and explains more details about those worlds, such as how Yuuya obtained Hangaku or how Vogelchavlier was really an isekai anime with Charon being the protagonist.
** It also showcases plot elements of Setsuna’s backstory being weaved into the current story, such as the “Zenmetsuna” movement or Shimashima helping with the Elimination Chamber Festival.
** An InUniverse version is Tachibana’s manga adaptation of the fanfic, which includes a villain in the form of Malacoda as well as being implied that he [[AdaptationalNiceGuy simmered down on Hotaro’s lust for vengeance]].
* AffectionateNickname: Honoka calls Hoshi “Starry”.
* AscendedExtra: Given this is a fanfic expanding upon a 22-episode anime, certain characters got larger roles.
** The Hound of Tindalos that Magane summoned ended up being an opponent that Hoshi had to fight and defeat.
** Kurakuma’s original role in Re:Creators was being a corpse. While the same applies here, he at least had two additional scenes where he reveals Setsuna’s plagiarism was actually set up by him and a group of other people. On top of that, his AmbiguousSituation is cleared up.
** Shimashima was only given a brief mention by Setsuna in the original, though in the fanfic, he’s one of the main coordinators for the Elimination Chamber Festival.
* BerserkButton: Hurting Mamika is a sure-fire way to piss off both Alicetaria ''and'' Hoshi. ''Killing'' her even more so.
* BigBrotherMentor: Tachibana gives off a speech about being with others to Hoshi that he reflects upon. [[spoiler:It’s eventually revealed that he ''was'' a big brother. Key word being “was”.]]
* BigBadDuumvirate: Altair goes into one with Vega after the latter comes and offers an alliance.
* BigDamnedHeroes: Alicetaria saves Hoshi’s life right before Altair tries to kill him.
* BittersweetEnding: Cinder Road ends with Hoshi finally finding the resolve needed to become Kamen Rider Dante, gaining new allies, obtaining a new power-up that won’t put him at risk of an UnstoppableRage or burning himself, and helping lift the stigma off of Setsuna. However, [[spoiler:Honoka gets injured in a battle Hoshi was in, he burnt most of his bridges with Meteora’s faction and destroyed any chance he has of rekindling his friendship with Souta, Altair has recruited the Rider that’s a hard counter to Dante, and while people are starting to see that Setsuna didn’t plagiarise, it also kickstarted a flame war, which Vega is planning to stoke the fires]]. The epilogue adds both a bitter and a sweet portion to it, with [[spoiler:Honoka making a good recovery and Yudai [[VillainTeamUp teaming up with Magane]] to ensure Hoshi breaks for ''good'', getting the yakuza involved into matters]].
* BreatherEpisode: Chapter 12 has Hoshi go to Honoka’s house to relax. While there are some dark moments, such as Hoshi’s suicide attempt or Malacoda’s curbstomping, most of the chapter is rather light in contrast to what Hoshi went through in the previous chapters.
* BrokenFaceplate: While a staple for tokusatsu, it gets played UpToEleven here. By the end of the first arc (or 13 chapters in), we see a total of four faceplates broken[[note]]For context, they’re Blaze Neko, Docrow, Dante, and Malacoda, in that order[[note]].
* BullyHunter: What Hoshi became through writing Dante to be someone who beats up caricatures of bullies.
* BurningWithAnger: Endeavors wreath Dante in flames. The way to activate them is to think HotBlooded. For Hoshi, that means anger. A downplayed version has his body temperature heat up when he’s stressed and occasionally cause minor explosions upon punching.
* CentralTheme:
** Grief and how anger at said grief, while a healthy part of the process, is ultimately detrimental to moving on if one decides to ''stay'' angry.
** The difference between justice and revenge. Namely, how revenge is a more destructive version of justice.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: What prevents Hoshi from outright giving up being Dante. He most likely would have stopped being Dante after his first battle had it not been for him bumping into Yuuya and Blitz. Likewise, when he hears that Souta is in danger.
* CoolBigSis: Honoka, and Hoshi knows it, as he uses her to try and break out of his HeroicBSOD. [[spoiler:This is also what causes him to go into an UnstoppableRage whenever she’s in danger]].
* CopeByCreating: {{Deconstructed}}. Hoshi’s coping with Setsuna’s death involves him writing his OC killing caricatures of people who attacked her and making the OC’s motivation avenging a thinly veiled copy of Setsuna. {{Reconstructed}} with Tachibana’s doujin adaptation, in which he draws it as a means to honor Setsuna’s life, not to avenge her death.
* CreatorBreakdown: InUniverse with Hoshi. After realizing that he wrote Hotaro’s story to be a RevengeFic and nearly had his OC beat up a villain he based off Souta, he quit writing for Kamen Rider Dante.
* CurbstompBattle: Hoshi gets the receiving end of this from Malacoda, one that results in his helmet breaking.
* ADayInTheLimelight: While the story is focused on Hoshi, small chapters are devoted to other characters, such as Hotaro in the prologue or a chapter of Alicetaria and Mamika coming across Hoshi. Some chapters are devoted to a character even though Hoshi is the viewpoint character, such as Chapter 7 which focuses on a bit of Yuuya’s past.
* DeconstructionFic: The fanfic deconstructs the idea of Kamen Rider self-inserts, namely the power and danger that comes with being one, showing that while it ''can'' be WishFulfilment, it can also become your worst nightmare.
** Hoshi becomes a two-fold deconstruction of Kamen Rider self inserts. Hoshi has a FreakOut when he finds out that him becoming Dante actually happened and throughout his fights, he either gets injured or passes out from over-exerting himself in a flaming suit. His reaction to finding out he made his story a RevengeFic makes matters worse, as he toes the line and becomes afraid of being what most {{Author Avatar}}s are: weapons to destroy anyone they dislike. As a result of both of these, he, during the course of Cinder Road, often tries to avoid being Dante.
** Speaking of wish fulfilment, the fanfic also deconstructs the concept of the self insert becoming instant friends with the protagonists, as Hoshi is only part of the team by the circumstance of him being a Creation. Even ''then'', the only friends he makes are [[KidAppealCharacter Rui]], [[CoolBigSis Celesia]], [[TeamMom Marine]], and [[NiceGirl Hikayu]]. Everyone else he either tolerates, fights, or even gets angry at. While a case could be made about him having an easier time siding with the ''villains'', he just as easily burns those bridges where the only two villains he has a good friendship with are either dead or merely working with him against [[EnemyMine a bigger villain]]. By the end of Cinder Road, [[spoiler:he leaves the group altogether after burning some bridges and his only support are Akagi and Dr. Gilmore, with only ''one'' of them being a friend of his]].
** Suruga brings up the idea that a Kamen Rider is all about power to Hoshi in Chapter 8 and [[MerchandiseDriven the reason]] why there’s such a PowerCreep.
** Much like [[Series/KamenRiderBlackRX Black RX]], Hoshi’s form changes are dependant on his emotions. However, whereas Kotaro, being an adult who had endured [[Series/KamenRiderBlack traumatic events before]], was able to control his emotions, Hoshi, a young adult who responds to mental trauma far more rashly, can’t and thus he ends up switching to the much more destructive Yellowstone form on a whim, to the point where Sakurajima isn’t seen as an alternative form but a much-needed patch, less Robo Rider and Bio Rider and more [[Series/KamenRiderBuild Hazard and RabbitRabbit/TankTank]].
** On the Re:Creators side, it brings the tragedy of Setsuna to the forefront, from emphasising on the plagiarism accusations to showing just how her death (and by extension, Souta and Hoshi’s actions) emotionally affected her friends and family, as well as show how such a controversy doesn’t just go away nor is restricted to just the internet, as seen when a Zenmetsuna member vandalizes Hoshi’s apartment just because he said he was friends with Setsuna or the full on flame war that Vega intends to cause.
* DeconReconSwitch:
** As mentioned above, Hoshi’s reaction to being Kamen Rider Dante is ''far'' from the AscendedFanboy trope that most self-inserts have and he, in fact, tries to ditch the mantle a few times. Despite this reluctance, however, he still recognizes from time to time that he ''does'' have what it takes to be a Kamen Rider and fights regardless of the problems he has. On top of that, Hoshi ends up remembering his original reason why he made Dante before the Retool: to create a hero that inspires others to protect.
** Averted for the emotion-based forms. The solution to the problem, switching to the more traditional “use a collectable to switch forms” format, doesn’t outright fix the problem presented by the deconstruction.
* DeadlyUpgrade: Every one of the Belts made by Re:Shocker is this to an extent. The Volcano Belt puts Hoshi in bouts of heat stroke if it doesn’t outright give him first degree burns. The Plague Belt uses diseases as a primary power boost, resulting in either irreparable damages or outright death, not helped with using actual chemical poisons to boost the power and thus, the killing potential of the belt.
* DefeatEqualsExplosion: {{Subverted}} for the Kaizo-Majin that are made in the real world, in which they shatter into blue crystals instead of exploding, with the in-universe explanation being that it’s the Restorative Powers [[BroughtDownToNormal booting the Kaizo-Majin portion of the person]] out.
* DiscardAndDraw: [[spoiler:Hoshi purposefully overloads the Volcano Belt and destroys it, then later obtains the Volcannik Driver.]]
* DragonWithAnAgenda: Malacoda tells Hotaro that he intends to take his belt and, after fusing the belt with his own, use the combined power destroy Re:Shocker to avenge Yuna. Once Hoshi [[spoiler:destroyed the belt]], however, he actively goes against Vega’s back to ensure Hoshi’s suffering.
* DrivenToSuicide: What effectively kicks off the plot and Hoshi’s HeroicBSOD, but the twist of the knife was that Hoshi almost got this as well had it not been for a bystander to save him and Alicetaria to inspire him. Kurakuma, Magane’s creator, is explicitly said to have killed himself.
* ElementalPowers: Hoshi created Dante with the intent of him PlayingWithFire, though with Yellowstone, it upgrades to MagmaMan, Sakurajima has BlowYouAway, and while Ashen Form doesn’t have AshesToAshes, Fuji Form has a minor application. It also becomes apparent that Re:Shocker does the exact same thing with their monsters and their ''own'' belts, such as Docrow’s PoisonousPerson or Malacoda’s {{Hellfire}}.
** EmotionalPowers: All of Dante’s forms (and by extension, the Re:Shocker belts) draw power from not just elements, but also emotions. Fuji has passion, Yellowstone has anger, Sakurajima has sorrow, and Ashen is whenever those emotions aren’t strong enough. [[AllThereInTheManual A post on SpaceBattles]] says that Docrow’s powers also draw from toxicity (or failing that, being sick). This becomes averted for Dante once Hoshi switches to a more traditional form-changing gimmick.
* ElementalRockPaperScissors: {{Discussed}} when talking about what kind of Rider would beat Dante. Tachibana proposes someone who uses [[AnIcePerson ice]] to defeat [[PlayingWithFire fire]]. When Yatoji brings up that it’s normally the other way around, it’s pointed out that ice turns into [[MakingASplash water]] when melted and thus [[TakingYouWithMe would douse the fire in the process]].
* EnemyMine: Hoshi recruits Alicetaria to help him kill Jorougumo, with her stating that as soon as she’s dealt with, they’ll be back to enemies. They later indirectly undergo this towards Meteora and afterwards, make Altair their enemy.
* EstablishingSeriesMoment: Hoshi’s FreakOut at the hospital followed shortly by him screaming about how his friend killed herself sets up not just the direction the fanfic is going to take, but also Hoshi’s ties to the overall plot of Re:Creators.
* {{Expy}}: Par for the course, given what this fanfic crosses over with.
** WordOfGod brought up how Hoshi and Hanamori are expies to [[Film/SpiderManHomecoming Peter Parker]] and [[Film/SpiderManFarFromHome Quinten Beck]] respectively, but with the caveat of them ''not'' wanting to be an Avenger or the next Iron Man respectively.
** Mirroring how Charon’s an expy to [[LightNovel/SwordArtOnline Kirito]], his ForgottenFallenFriend, Lunala, is one to [[TheLostLenore Sachi]], with a mixture of [[LightNovel/HighSchoolDxD Asia Argento]] in there as well.
* FixFic: While one part of this story is a Kamen Rider crossover, the other part is squarely this, as it fleshes out several characters and arcs of Re:Creators, as well as bring the Setsuna subplot to the forefront.
* {{Foil}}: Hoshi is one to quite a few people.
** Hoshi ends up being one to Souta as both of them remember Setsuna and both of them played a role in Setsuna’s death which they equally regret. However, whereas Hoshi’s regret is [[MurderByInaction deciding not to do anything about it]], Souta’s revolved around enjoying the hate Setsuna received and eventually shooting down her plea for support. To seemingly emphasise on this, both their idols are ''also'' foils of each other.
** He’s also one to Alicetaria, given how he based Hotaro off Alicetaria. Both of them care for Mamika’s well-being and both have equal reactions to her death and assuming she died by Meteora’s hands, however, Hoshi was able to rationalize and believe Meteora whereas Alicetaria ignored what Meteora said and chose to fight her anyways.
** Hoshi is also compared to Charon by Celesia and during his argument with Syo, it’s clear to see where they contrast, as Charon could be seen as Hoshi if he had fully went into a RoaringRampageOfRevenge before [[VengeanceFeelsEmpty he realizes that revenge has become his entire life]] and [[IWillFightNoMoreForever is seeking a way to bring his rampage to a close]]. The fact that he also wants to revive those who were killed by the Avalon Brigade brings to mind Hoshi’s talks about turning the world upside down to revive Setsuna.
** Jorougumo and Magane, while both coming from the same story and have the same penchant for mischief, though the key difference is their powers. Magane takes the lies she says and, provided someone calls her out on it, [[RealityWarper make the lie an outright reality]]. Jorougumo’s powers work in reverse, with the reality being a mental hallucination of someone’s past, and her being the one to call out their truth before she makes her kill. In other words, while Magane’s powers twist lies inside out, Jorougumo’s powers twists the truth outside inwards.
** One could see Hotaro as one to [[Series/KamenRiderBuild Banjou Ryuga]], as both are HotBlooded Riders that use GoodOlFisticuffs with an ill girlfriend that is killed in an experiment that turned them into a monster and end up getting a magma-themed form. The only difference is that Hotaro never had a Sento to level with him, resulting in him being a lot more aggressive towards the monsters he fights, not even caring for the fact that they [[WasOnceAMan were formerly human]].
** Malacoda and Blitz are contrasts to each other. While both are {{the dragon}}s to their superiors, Vega and Altair, how they go about serving them is different. While Blitz [[UndyingLoyalty remains loyal]] to Altair despite her plans, Malacoda plots behind Vega’s back and even tells Hotaro that he’s planning on destroying Re:Shocker as revenge for making him kill his sister.
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Altair brings up how the Gods killed Yuna to Hotaro. At first, she might have meant it as “your God wrote the death of Yuna”, but as we later find out, she actually meant it as “Yuna was based off Setsuna, as such, they killed Yuna as well…”
** Hoshi states at multiple points that Hotaro and him would definitely join Alicetaria’s cause (and by extension, Altair’s) had circumstances been different, even saying how he’d destroy the world if it meant bringing Setsuna back. He’s also confronted on the issue of Alicetaria possibly manipulating Hoshi into second-guessing his allegiance. He ends up joining Alicetaria when she confronts Meteora.
** Hotaro mentions how he’s NotSoDifferent from Altair in that he wanted revenge for Yuna’s death, but realizing that using justice as an excuse to exact revenge isn’t the right route. The fact that he mentioned how he nearly went on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge might refer to Hoshi retooling the story to make it a RevengeFic.
** Malacoda is mentioned in a chapter as Hoshi reads Tachibana’s manga. Turns out he was brought to the real world with Re:Shocker.
** Throughout Cinder Road, Hoshi’s interactions with ice results in it sizzling and melting, with the Volcano Belt being placed in a high-tech briefcase made to cool it down. By the end of Cinder Road, Tachibana creates a Rider that uses ice powers specifically to counter Dante.
* ForgottenFallenFriend: Implied to be the case for Lunala, a priestess that helped Charon during the first arc of Vogelchevalier, as Altair brings up Lunala’s name and then remarks how Charon hasn’t heard that name in a long while. Otherwise {{averted}} with Setsuna and Mamika for Hoshi.
* ForgottenFirstMeeting: {{Downplayed}} and {{Justified}}. Hoshi meets up with Setsuna and Souta long before the incident that led to Setsuna’s suicide, but only remembers meeting up with Setsuna and needing a MindRape to remember Souta was there too. Souta, however, remembers Hoshi. It’s justified as it was the only in-person meeting Hoshi had with the duo.
* ForWantOfANail: Hoshi’s presence ends up revealing information of Setsuna and several Creations to the heroes earlier than when they get it in canon, thus allowing them to both gather information on the Military Uniform Princess and recruit Suruga a lot sooner as well as get Kurakuma under protection. It’s also because of him fighting Alicetaria that Meteora avoids getting critically injured.
** InSpiteOfANail: Regardless, the group has no idea how to fight Altair and their attempts to secure Kurakuma result in him still coming across Magane and dying. It didn’t help that Hoshi’s knowledge on Setsuna as well as his fond memory of her made Souta’s own problems with her that much worse. The first point is {{subverted}} by WordOfGod, who guesses that Meteora and Kikuchihara had come up with the idea for the Elimination Chamber Festival after the meeting, just that a bunch of things kept them too busy to roll it out.
* AFriendInNeed: Despite Hoshi’s relationship with Souta souring after revealing his involvement with Setsuna’s plight, Hoshi still went out of his way to protect him from Toxic Porcupine.
* FusionDance: It’s been said that belts can combine and shown that Kaizo-Majin can absorb the powers of other Kaizo-Majin, though only through [[CannibalismSuperpower devouring their Essen Crystal]] and killing them in the process.
* HerCodeNameWasMarySue: Turning the trope on its head is the premise of the entire story. Hoshi writes Kamen Rider fanfiction where he and his friends are tied up in a plot by an incarnation of Shocker where he ends up becoming Kamen Rider Dante, only for him to actually ''become'' Dante when he obtains the powers. However, it’s PlayedForDrama, as he wrote up parallels between what happened to his friends and his Kamen Rider fanfiction. This results in his story’s Setsuna dying to Re:Shocker, who he wrote as the allegory to the mob that harassed Setsuna to suicide, with her killer being an {{expy}} of Souta. Needless to say, Hoshi is horrified once he realizes what he’s done.
* HeroicBSOD: Hoshi was not too thrilled to have to remember Setsuna’s suicide, even more so once he finds out about his {{retool}} of Kamen Rider Dante into a RevengeFic. This became a full-blown FreakOut once he hears that Mamika died and borders to the DespairEventHorizon when he discovers Souta’s role in Setsuna’s suicide.
* HeroicRROD: Transforming into Dante results in Hoshi getting heat stroke. Not only that, but the more heat the belt generates, the hotter the suit and by extension, Hoshi, get. It’s only when Sakurajima is created does this become mitigated and the Volcannik Driver is made does this become a non-issue.
* HeroicSafeMode: {{Downplayed}}. While Hoshi recovered from his BSOD, he acts in a safe mode when it comes to fighting Re:Shocker, albeit without being TheStoic.
* HiddenDepth: Each of the canon Creators has revealed some sort of bit about themselves or their stories.
** Kurakuma spearheaded the movement that bullied Setsuna to suicide and was [[LaserGuidedKarma soon driven to suicide himself]] to [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled be killed by Altair]].
** Matsubara originally wanted to write a fantasy story but [[ExecutiveMeddling was forced to]] make it an isekai by his editor, thus inventing the character of Charon and leading to his reluctance to continue his fight.
** Nakanogane is painfully aware that Mono Magia was made [[MerchandiseDriven to sell toys first and foremost]] and thus was unable to write important themes like how battles affect a pilot’s psyche. However, after seeing how Rui adapted and changed, he’s glad that he didn’t go all out.
** Yatoji, on top of his knowledge of visual novels, [[IWorkAlone prefers to work by himself]] due to a falling out with a fellow mangaka leading to his first manga to be cancelled.
** Takarada had a CreatorBreakdown over Alicetaria’s darker elements and neglects to continue it, instead preferring to be a closet idol fan were it not for Alicetaria’s intervention.
* HotBlooded: {{Deconstructed}}. While it’s been pointed out that it means being passionate, something that Hotaro is, Hoshi’s version is a lot more realistic in that Dante gets powered up the angrier Hoshi gets.
* ILetGwenStacyDie: Hoshi places a lot of blame for Setsuna’s death on himself, to the point of nearly killing himself. His later experiences with people dying and getting critically injured did not help his mindset and once he hears of the Elimination Chamber Festival, passes out from thinking of going through all that again.
* INeedYouStronger: Vega makes it clear to Malacoda that the only reason they’re sparing Hoshi is so that he can make the Volcano Belt stronger. However, Vega ''also'' reveals this to Hoshi and on their next battle, [[spoiler:Hoshi intentionally overloads the Volcano Belt to destroy it and deny Vega and Malacoda the belt]].
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Each chapter follows the tradition of “lines of dialogue used as the title”, though they’re all lines from Hoshi. Meanwhile, the arcs themselves are named “Cinder X”, with X being different for each arc.
* IllGirl: Yuna is shown to be this in Hotaro’s flashbacks and, as revealed by Minos, is a qualifier to wear the Plague Belt.
* ImSoProudOfYou: Alicetaria indirectly said this to Hoshi after they teamed up to defeat Jorougumo, much to his enjoyment.
* InTheNameOfTheMoon: Much like most Kamen Riders, Dante has one depending on which person is being Dante and which form he’s in, with Hotaro’s being a shout out to ''Series/KamenRiderStronger''.
--> '''Hoshi:''' So long as the flames of passion burn inside/magma of rage surge within/winds of sorrow blow across me, I’ll protect the Land of Gods! Kamen Rider… Dante!”
--> '''Hotaro:''' The fires scream/the magma shouts/the winds cry out! They scream/shout/cry for justice! I am its divine flame/lava/wind… Kamen Rider… Dante!”
* IncendiaryExponent: Kamen Rider Dante’s Endeavor modes involve him being wreathed in fire, though with Yellowstone and Sakurajima replacing fire with magma and heat respectively. Hoshi even has shown that he himself can undergo this when out of the suit.
* {{Kiai}}: Hotaro and Hoshi have “SHOOOTO!” as this.
* LowerDecksEpisode: Cinder Road plays out as this. For the majority of the first half of Re:Creators, of which the arc takes place, Hoshi only partakes in a few scenes from the anime, namely the battles. It doesn’t help that he joins the heroes midway through the first half. In other words, most of Hoshi’s scenes are taking place in between the scenes in the anime, if not during them as is the case with Hoshi’s fight with the Hound happening around the same time as the fight by the river in the anime.
* MeaningfulName: His forms reference volcanoes with a strong tie to the form in question.
** Hoshi mentions how Dante is [[ShoutOutThemeNaming meant to be named after]] ''Film/DantesPeak'', though the connection to Dante’s Inferno becomes meaningful when you take into consideration that the Divine Comedy is the first SelfInsertFic and is similar to Hoshi’s tale in that he interacts with the people he admires, desires to reunite with his lost love, and also [[spoiler:wished revenge on his (or in Hoshi’s case, Setsuna’s) enemies and watch them burn in hell.]]
** Hoshi brings up how he appropriately named his most destructive, magma-based form after the Yellowstone, a volcano infamously known for its world ending potential.
** Sakurajima has a triple meaning. Aside from being named after a volcano, it shares the same name as Kamen Rider Ichigo’s updated form once he returned in the show. Not to mention the sakura part of the name lending to the form’s [[RealMenWearPink pink coloring]].
** Toranity is the combination of Trinity (as in combining three of Hoshi’s forms a la [[Series/KamenRiderAgito]] and the Japanese word for tiger, reflecting the ''tiger'' salamander motif.
** The other Riders also have meaningful names.
*** Docrow sounds close to “dokuro” or skull in Japanese. Skulls often being a symbol of poison. It also has crow in the name.
*** Malacoda, TheDragon to Vega, refers to a character from Dante’s Inferno who just so happens to be a general.
* MindRape: This is how Jorougumo utilizes her powers, forcing someone to relive a memory they had and then showing their darkest moment while summing up what they truly are with a few words.
*MistakenForRomance: Hoshi recalls meeting up with Setsuna and believing that Souta was her boyfriend.
* MonsterOfTheWeek: {{Justified}} regarding Vega’s appearance into the real world. He’s just as much under the effects of the restoration powers as Altair, and as such, can only create a fully functional monster (with the help of an [[FaceMonsterTurn anchor]]) once every week. After a few months, however, he is able to make up to three at a time.
* MultiformBalance: Wouldn’t be a Kamen Rider story without one. While initially averted due to Dante’s Showa upbringing, it ends up being a subversion as each form is merely a patch for a previous form’s failings and as such fails on its own legs.
** Fuji Mount, while normally a JackOfAllStats, was intended to be the only form for Dante, evoking the Showa era Riders.
** Yellowstone Mount’s physique and high power suggests a MightyGlacier, but Hoshi at one point compared it to [[Series/KamenRiderStronger Stronger’s]] [[SuperMode Charge Up]], using it as a means to get a power boost against the other Creations. Then it manifests into the real world and is more comparable to the [[Series/KamenRiderBuild Hazard Forms]], if not ''more'' destructive.
** Sakurajima Mount would have, likewise, been a FragileSpeedster, but it works more as a literal vent for Hoshi’s pent up anger and fire, especially when he let it get to uncontrollable levels. As such, Hoshi can only use its full potential if he had Yellowstone power him up, which in turn means he’d need to get extremely pissed to the point where his body could potentially burn to a crisp.
** Toranity is the AllYourPowersCombined LightningBruiser.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Hoshi heavily berates himself after a fight in which he lets his anger get the better of him and attacked Meteora, to the point where he [[TenMinuteRetirement agrees to have Kikuchihara confiscate the belt]].
* MythologyGag: Several to Kamen Rider.
** [[AllThereInTheManual While not outright said in the fanfic]], Hoshi’s entry on the [[https://kamenriderfanfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Hoshi_Fujioka Kamen Rider Fanon Wikia]] shows that he is designated as Kamen Rider Dante ''II'', with the Japanese version translating it to Nigo. Considering how Hotaro was (albeit mortally) injured and had to pass down the title of Kamen Rider Dante, this definitely mirrors [[RealLifeWritesThePlot the real life]] reason the [[Series/KamenRider original Nigo]] took up the mantle of Kamen Rider.
*** Likewise, most of Dante I’s stories regarding Hotaro’s battles with Re:Shocker bring to mind the Showa era, with the concepts of Shocker being the BigBad, monsters being humans who are experimented upon and turned into cyborgs (with Hotaro being one himself), and even Hotaro’s mannerisms echoing that of classic Showa. The fanfic even went through a {{retool}} after its early chapters much like how the original Kamen Rider did.
** Hoshi’s inspiration for Dante, at least as far as he knows, is [[Film/KamenRiderTheNext V3’s]] moment where he walks through fire. Once CerebusSyndrome hits, though, [[Series/KamenRiderKuuga Kuuga’s]] infamous NoHoldsBarredBeatdown, as well as the fiery preview of Kuuga’s Ultimate Form soon after, are referenced numerous times as Hoshi’s ''true'' inspiration. The picture that Setsuna drew, meanwhile, reflects [[Film/TheDarkKnight Batman standing among the burning wreckage]].
*** This gets an even further mythology gag as the Kaizo-Majin that Hoshi fights in the finale to Cinder Road is a porcupine-themed monster who specializes in poisonous darts, with his transformation leading to him and the monster falling through a window and onto the pavement.
** There’s a nod to the classic Spider/Bat motif, where the first and second monsters are a spider and bat respectively. Cue Rock Spider, the first Kaizo-Majin we see (though not the first Kaizo-Majin that Hotaro or Hoshi fought) who qualify for both as he has bat wings for an upgrade.
** Wouldn’t be the first time a duo is named after the stars [[Series/KamenRiderDenO Altair and Vega]].
** Dr. Gilmore mistakes Hoshi for [[Series/KamenRider Ichigo]] due to him sharing the last name as the actor.
** The reason the first arc is called Cinder Road? As a nod to [[Film/KamenRiderZX Dragon Road]], the Showa Riders’ theme song for ''Film/HeiseiRiderVsShowaRiderKamenRiderWarsFeaturingSuperSentai''. As revealed in [[WordOfGod the commentary]], the reason for it is twofold: the minor one is that Hoshi ends up in an [[GratuitousEnglish ENDLESS FIGHT]] while the major one is to refer to the reason why the Showa Riders battled the Heisei Riders to begin with, that their grief over the dead is interfering with their duty, and that Hoshi is their perfect argument.
* PassingTheTorch: Hotaro handed the belt to Hoshi before he died, making him the next Kamen Rider Dante. Later on, Hoshi intended on invoking the trope by passing the belt to first Hanamori then to Alicetaria, only for both to reject it in their own way.
* PhlebotinumRebel: As per tradition in Kamen Rider, Hotaro came across the Volcano Belt as it was intended to be used by Re:Shocker and decided to use it against them. What ''isn’t'' per Kamen Rider tradition is that Kamen Rider Dante was intended to be the AuthorAvatar for a RevengeFic, with Hoshi managing to take the belt and turn it into a more traditional heroic Rider.
* PlayingWithFire: Deconstructed, as Meteora is quick to point out how Hoshi’s powers have the potential to be the most destructive out of all the Creations, on top of the damage it inflicts on his body.
* PoisonIsEvil: Of the characters who are remodeled into poison themed Kaizo-Majins, only ''one'' was good… [[TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth though her time as the only good poison-themed monster was limited]]…
* PoorCommunicationKills: In true Kamen Rider fashion, this happens on a few occasions, namely, poor timing is what caused the poor communication.
** Hoshi finds out about Souta’s connection to Setsuna, the deaths of Meteora’s creator and Mamika, and Magane having stolen Honoka’s phone in the worst possible way with no time to be talked to, leading him to assume Souta had something to do with Setsuna’s suicide, Meteora murdering Mamika and her creator, and Magane hurting or even killing his sister. This results in him snapping and helping Alicetaria get revenge on Meteora. Thankfully, Souta and Meteora managed to talk some sense into Hoshi before he could do serious damage.
** Later, he finds out about the Elimination Chamber Festival just after he had someone die in his arms and still hadn’t gotten over the trauma he endured from his battles as Dante. Thankfully, this is {{subverted}}, as Tachibana and Marine are able to clearly explain to Hoshi what’s going to happen and encourage him to partake.
* RealityEnsues: A {{justified}} trope for the most part, as the tropes playing out are in the real world.
** Being able to lob around fire and have it go around you, especially when you’re in a suit of armor, is going to result in the body heating up. The only reason Hoshi isn’t cooked alive inside the suit is because he added a small detail about how the armor protects the wearer from the fire, though not its heat.
** Altair being a meme character results in that fact being found out a lot quicker thanks to someone who frequents the main source of her powers being part of the group.
** Throwing a temper tantrum, no matter how brief, is going to result in consequences. Kikuchihara claims that ''part'' of the reason why they took the Volcano Belt away is because of Hoshi’s FreakOut. The other part was due to the above case being cranked up to eleven. Hoshi himself ends up getting traumatized from the experience, calling himself a monster afterwards and trying all his might to not have to wear the belt again just to avoid having another upset.
** Revealing your stance on a controversial subject matter ''along'' with revealing your true identity in the modern times is going to result in someone attacking you. {{Downplayed}}, as a person merely vandalized a bit of Hoshi’s apartment complex with little to no effect, all while Hoshi wasn’t there to begin with.
** Mamika’s fight with Celesia, while being treated as RealityEnsues in its own show, gets a double whammy as one of the consequences for it was her own Creators being forced to cancel her show and replace it with a spin-off.
** Much like with other characters in the show, Hoshi doesn’t instantly put two and two together of the Creations actually ''being'' the Creations until he either is told or sees what they’re capable of with few exceptions. ''Unlike'' most of the others in the show, though, he doesn’t mistake them for cosplayers and believes they’re actual people. This becomes apparent when, for a good chunk of a chapter, Hoshi didn’t know he was with Mamika until he directly compared a picture of Mamika to her actual self. Similarly, he’s just as clueless when it comes to Hikayu and he had to have [[ItMakesSenseInContext the search results for her school]] tell him she’s a Creation.
** Likewise, Tachibana instantly catches on that something isn’t right when Kamen Rider Dante appears in the real world out of nowhere and dismisses the idea that it’s cosplay.
** Subverted in regards to [[ShowWithinAShow the Kamen Rider Dante doujin]]. While Tachibana dreads that his doujin would get a cease and desist order from Toei, Shimashima reassures him that he did everything in his power to prevent that to avoid angering the fans. [[DoubleSubverted Instead,]] Toei took the premise and decided to make a live-action version as per their contribution to the Elimination Chamber Festival.
** As mentioned in the commentary for Cinder Road, this is {{averted}} for Hoshi’s driving of a motorbike despite earlier saying how he doesn’t have a license to drive, let alone for a motorcycle.
** The epilogue to Cinder Road reveals (from the ''yakuza'', no less) that people ''are'' becoming aware of the chaos that is unfolding, even if the government is trying to cover it up.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Hoshi gives one to Souta in Chapter 13 before he redirects it to a HeroicSelfDeprication.
--> “''You want me to say it? Fine. I hate you, Mizushino Souta. I utterly despise you. Setsuna came to you for advice and you decided to leave her to the wolves. Then you decided to pretend that she never existed while her friends and family grieved. How long would that have lasted if this whole thing never happened? One, maybe two years before you crack and realize what you've done was horrible? While you were out trying to be blissfully unaware of her existence, I had to contend with the lingering feeling of regret. I could have defended her, but I chose not to… That's why… Of all the people I hate the most… It isn't you.''”
* RevengeFic: InUniverse with Kamen Rider Dante, as Hoshi wrote the villains to mirror that of the people who criticized Setsuna.
* RookieRedRanger: {{Subverted}}. While Hoshi fulfills the traits of this trope, not only is he barely a member of the group in the brief few days he was in it, but also ends up temporarily leaving the group, both as a Creator ''and'' a Creation.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Hoshi insists this time and again in regards to his relationship with Alicetaria, to the point where they both say “we’re not dating!” to Honoka.
* ShowWithinAShow: While the universe of Re:Creators has a plethora of this, attention is drawn to Kamen Rider Dante, a fanfic turned doujin that ends up getting a live-action adaptation.
* ShoutOut:
** The name of the form when Dante’s gloves, boots, and uniform light on fire? [[Manga/BokuNoHeroAcademia Endeavor]]. Even moreso since Hotaro’s {{kiai}} is “SHOOOTOOO!”. Adding to the nods, Souta compared Dante storing anger and flames as akin to an egg in a microwave.
*** WordOfGod then proceeds to joke that Docrow is based off Overhaul.
** Hoshi’s alibi for hanging around with the government, at least from what his sister said, is that he’s in [[Film/SpidermanHomecoming an internship]].
*** A second dose of this comes in the form of Hoshi’s conversation with Kikuchihara after the latter [[spoiler:informs him of the confiscation of his belt]] and how Hoshi’s lines mirror that of [[spoiler:Tony’s when he confronted Peter and took his suit]], though with the twist being that it’s [[spoiler:Hoshi is calling out ''himself'']]. Doubly so when [[spoiler:he tells his sister about losing the internship (though voluntarily giving it up)]].
** The first victim of Jorougumo we see has his epithet be “[[Literature/CharlottesWeb Some Pig]]”.
** Hoshi snapping at Souta in a nightmare he had references [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII Axel’s own snapping at Roxas]], complete with the area bursting into flames. WordOfGod even states this might be the reason why Kamen Rider Dante has [[PlayingWithFire fire powers]] in the first place.
** There are many nods to Kamen Rider in general, with a prominent one being that one of Hoshi’s allies is named Tachibana. Ex-Aid is mentioned in an early chapter as well as a CallForward to Zi-O.
** There’s quite a few nods to {{Franchise/Pokemon}}, such as the ant-themed metallic {{mooks}} being called Durants or how there’s eighteen belts and of the few seen, seem to mirror that of the eighteen types in Pokemon.
** The Kaizo-Majins’ [Element] [Animal] motifs bring to mind [[VideoGame/MegaManX Mavericks]]. Not helped by the fact that the BigBad of Re:Shocker is named [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Vega]] and that TheDragon is [[TheGunslinger a gunslinger]] whose name comes right out of the Divine Comedy, much like another [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Capcom protagonist]].
** Among the voices that Hoshi hears during [[spoiler:his time as Flaming Tigermander]], one of them commands him to [[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses kill every last one of [Setsuna’s attackers].]]
** WordOfGod reveals that Malacoda’s bullets are named [[VideoGame/Persona5 Sinful Shells]]. Making this more of a shout out is that the bullets he’s showcased are named after each of the sins featured in the game, even the ones that aren’t part of the SevenDeadlySins.
** Akagi brings up how Hoshi and him working together is their own Super Hero Taisen.
** Almost all of the Kaizo-Majin are shoutouts, sometimes to Kamen Rider itself.
*** Rock Spider borrows the idea of [[StarterVillain the first monsters]] always being a spider and a bat.
*** Desert Tanuki and Blaze Neko are the first two [[Manga/Naruto tailed beasts]].
*** Martial Panda, while obviously a nod to ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'', is also one to [[Series/KamenRiderBuild the Press Smash]]. Likewise, Formula Rex is based off the unused Best Match, [=F1Saurus=].
*** Toxic Porcupine is [[Series/KamenRiderKuuga Go-Jaraji-Da]], though WordOfGod also reveals that a bit of it is also based off [[Film/DeathNote2017 Ryuk]].
*** Flaming Tigermander is [[Series/KamenRiderZeroOne Flaming Tiger]].
*** Frying Alpaca is [[Series/HikoninSentaiAkibaranger the Alpaca monsters]], while Thunder Ladybug is one to Tento Raiger.
*** Barracuda Blade, while not based off a monster, is based off [[Series/PowerRangerSamurai Antonio’s weapon]].
*** Yoshi’s monster form, especially once he consumes two Essen Crystals, is basically [[Series/KamenRiderRyuki Genocider]]. For bonus points, his monster form is called [[Series/KamenRiderDragonKnight Strike]] Cobra. Naturally, Stone Rhino and Diving Stingray are Metalgelas and Evildiver. A third layer comes up, though, as Yoshi has the tendency to say “chabok”, similarly to how Arbok [[PokemonSpeak says its name]] in the Pokémon [[{{Anime/Pokemon}} anime]]. Similarly, Stone Rhino and Diving Stingray are Rhyhorn and Mantine respectively.
* StationsOfTheCanon: Quadruple subverted. The fanfic begins after episode five of Re:Creators, as we see that the government have already allied themselves with the heroes by the start of the story, and delays the events of the next episode in favor of original plots. Even ''when'' episode six ends up happening, Hoshi is only called in for the climax of the fight that happens (which occurs in episode seven), still partaking in original storylines and dealing with a loose thread. Despite this, the canon still happens as intended up until Episode 12, where it is halted for the time being while the original storyline continued until chapter 14 brought Hoshi back with the group in time for them to recruit Hikayu, though very briefly before it kicks off another original storyline.
* StoryArc: The story is split into different arcs. Each arc is split into miniarcs.
** Cinder Road: Covering Cour 1 of Re:Creators (Episodes 1-12) and Hoshi’s beginnings as Kamen Rider Dante, warts and all.
*** Becoming Dante (Chapters 1-3): Hoshi becoming Dante for the first time and fighting his first foes.
*** Hunting Jorougumo (Chapters 4-5): Hoshi teams up with Alicetaria to take on a spider monster.
*** Dante’s Justice (Chapters 6-11): Hoshi creates Yellowstone Mount and quickly discovers his greatest strength is also his greatest weakness. Not only that, but he finds out about Dante’s dark past that prompts him to figure out what exactly is Dante’s justice.
*** Akihabara’s Wind (Chapters 12-13): Hoshi retired to Akihabara with the intent of PassingTheTorch to another person. However, the appearance of Re:shocker complicates that.
** Cinder Fall: Covering episodes 14, 15 and 16 of Re:Creators, but mostly sticking to Re:Shocker’s emergence.
*** Return To Internship (Chapters 14-16): Hoshi is soon brought back into the internship with a new recruit, Hikayu.
* StrikeMeDownWithAllOfYourHatred: Malacoda outright says this trope to Hoshi as the latter [[spoiler:turns into a monster]].
* TenMinuteRetirement: Hoshi ends up retiring both as a writer and a Rider shortly after he realizes just how enraged he was over Souta’s role in Setsuna’s death. The only reason he came out of his retirement was because Altair handed him his belt and even ''then'' he considers PassingTheTorch to both Hanamori and Alicetaria. [[spoiler:It’s only when Honoka is shot does he decide to fully come out as Dante.]]
* ThemeMusicPowerUp: As per usual Kamen Rider tradition, Dante and the other Riders have their own songs. Though, what makes this particular is that two of Dante’s insert themes, specifically Yellowstone and Sakurajima’s songs, are from Re:Creators, Layers and Brave the Ocean respectively. Going into analysis…
** Fuji’s theme is [[https://soundcloud.com/smithdanigans/mobian-mashups-what-are-we-scared-for What Are We Scared For?]], a mashup using a song from ''Anime/AldnoahZero'', an anime made by the same team behind Re:Creators. One of the recurring lines in the song is “there’s no difference, you and me”, reflecting Hoshi’s NotSoDifferent situation regarding himself and the Creations who want better endings.
** Yellowstone and Sakurajima’s songs follow the same idea as the original idea, with Layers being Altair’s song and Brave the Ocean being Selesia’s: Yellowstone is a destructive force, something that Altair wants, while Sakurajima is made when Hoshi tries to rise above the feelings of hate.
** Malacoda’s song is [[Anime/FireForce Mayday]], a song that’s just as brutal as the character, with the added caveat of the lyrics being what he thinks of Hoshi or even what ''Hoshi'' thinks of Souta, given how [[spoiler:Malacoda’s human form was based off Souta]].
** Even Machine Itasha’s theme is played when Hoshi ends up combining his bike with the Itasha Robo.
* ThemeNaming: The belts that Re:Shocker makes are named after disasters that are caused by the element they’re made by, Volcano Belt for the fire themed Dante, Plague Belt for the poison themed Docrow...
* UnfamiliarCeiling: Much like the namesake, Hoshi ends up hospitalized quite a bit. It’s to the point where, the first time he visits the hospital, he calls the ceiling unfamiliar.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Had Yuuya not purposefully egg Hoshi on into using Yellowstone form, Hoshi wouldn’t have realized that Dante was his own RevengeFic and thus causing him to have a much darker mindset in regards to his powers, that or it would have taken him longer to realize.
* WhamEpisode: Towards the end of Cinder Road, there’s a bit of a wham arc.
** Chapter 7 has Yuuya reveal to Hoshi that Kamen Rider Dante was nothing more than a weapon to attack people who had attacked Setsuna] Hoshi’s reaction to it confirming his theory. Not only that, but [Hoshi slowly realizes he didn’t base Dante off V3 but rather [[Series/KamenRiderKuuga a different Rider entirely]]. To add another twist onto the cake, Altair commands Magane to make Hoshi and Souta suffer for what they did to Setsuna.
** Chapter 8 even more so with a myriad of revelations: Tachibana is Setsuna’s brother and a combination of bad timing and jumping to conclusions caused Hoshi to snap and [[FaceHeelTurn join Alicetaria]] in her curbstomp of Meteora, on top of fully embracing the idea of Dante being a tool for vengeance, at least until he snaps out of his anger one chapter later.
** Chapter 10, while a break from the fight in Chapter 9, has Hoshi’s belt be taken away (with his blessings) and he finds out Souta’s side of what happened to Setsuna, resulting in Hoshi having a meltdown and crying out that he doesn’t want to be a Kamen Rider anymore.
** Chapter 11 is more of a depressing episode where Hoshi finds out that [indeed, he ''has'' utilized Dante as his revenge fantasy and after realizing he wrote what amounts to an angry letter to Souta, decides to put his story on hiatus and leave the group, eventually heading to Akihabara. Making matters worse is that Re:Shocker has been summoned to the world, implied to have happened without Altair’s assistance. All this while Hoshi gains access to a new form.
** Chapter 13 is a doozy and a hell of a way to close out the Cinder Road arc, starting from TheReveal of a new Kamen Rider made to counter Dante’s powers, Hoshi getting an unconventional upgrade in the form of the [[RevolversAreJustBetter Volcannik Driver]] [[spoiler:which ends up replacing the Volcano Belt that got destroyed]], a Zenmetsuna member becoming a Kaizo-Majin and Honoka being introduced to Celesia and Meteora, before ending with [[spoiler:Honoka nearly getting killed by Malacoda, Hoshi becoming a Kaizo-Majin due to prolonged exposure to the belt, Malacoda being not only Yudai (Kamen Rider Docrow from Chapter 11), but also made in the image of Souta, Hoshi telling Souta that he hates him, then meeting up with [[Manga/Cyborg009 Dr. Isaac Gilmore]] and finding out that Akagi is [[Series/HikoninSentaiAkibaranger also a Creation]], and Altair having recruited the aforementioned new Rider]].
* WhamLine: A few.
** The first official chapter ends with one that establishes how exactly Hoshi is tied into the plot of Re:Creators, resolves a plot thread that would have taken a few more episodes to address in canon, and sets up how the fanfic is going to go down.
-->-- “My friend killed herself!”
** Kurakuma, in the midst of begging for safety, drops a line that changed the circumstances of Setsuna’s bullying and ultimately leads to Hoshi finding out about the dark side of Kamen Rider Dante:
-->-- "It's not Magane I'm concerned about… It's her. The woman in the black coat. […] She's acting out her vengeance on us all! It's because of what we did to her!"
** In Chapter 8 of Cinder Road, ''this'' is how we get the confirmation of Mamika’s death:
-->-- “You didn’t tell anyone about what you did to Mamika, did you!?”
** Chapter 11 has Hoshi go to Setsuna’s grave and, struggling to find the right words, breaks down and cries to who he thinks is Marine that he misses Setsuna. The response that tips Hoshi off to who is actually holding him?
-->-- “I miss her too.”
* WhatTheHellHero:
** Meteora and Kikuchihara give a few to Hoshi for his behavior, namely his reluctance to fight Alicetaria and his temporary, rage-induced betrayal respectively.
** Hoshi pulls this off half-way. While he writes a rant out to Souta about his handling of Setsuna and the Military Uniform Princess situation, he never actually sends it to him. He ends up giving a more subdued one to him soon enough.
** Celesia gives one to Hoshi after seeing that [[spoiler:Malacoda’s likeness is based around Souta. She even refuses to let Hoshi be alone with Souta]].
