Ryuki has got to be the most confusing Kamen Rider series to date ... :eyebrow:
Well in the 13 Riders comic he did win the war though... so it's not like he's always fully screwed XD;
And how is dieing most of the time emo? Shinji isn't emo 0-O; When he's in doubt he always go and find the answer instead of sulking and try to cut himself.
I think the movie ends simply with Shiro resetting time again, since there's no point to continue the war if Yui died already, and that the two best friends essentially chose not to go as Shiro said they should but defend humanity.
It's just titled Ryuki because they need a single title character imo. Knight is as much as a main character as Ryuki is, and could easily be more prominent than Ryuki if Kobayashi chose to do so.
I mean...They could've just made like the first movie and honnestly have Shinji have one last fight that would be Conner vs Kurgan jr.^ Although I consider myself a HUGE Highlander fan, I think that Ryuki would've done better if it weren't for the whole Rider War thing. Just my opinion, but I think it had too tough of a time trying to balance the focus between the Rider War, destroying the mirror world, and fighting the mirror monsters.
The HK DVD was made from a television RIP months before the official R2 DVD was released. Since they only aired the one ending that's all that was on the HK DVD.I always thought that since it was a special DVD, you could choose which ending you wanted to see. But, whoever encoded the HK subs and posted them online only chose one. Guess I was wrong. I didnt know what happened in the second ending, but I like how it ties together. Ryuki was awesome like that.
Another alternate ending is shown in 13 Riders the comic manga, which has Shinji fighting as Knight actually winning the war (so when there is a victor it's almost always Knight, hahahaha)