It did happen. You're the only one who isn't seeing this, as this topic shows, in which I'm inclined to believe you are just being stubborn. Micchy even outright states at several points in the story how much it irks him that Kouta and others won't do as he says. It's pretty obvious that control is his main issue, and Takatora says early on that he's tried to control Micchy his entire life, but Micchy has started rebelling, which explains his massive power trip.

Like I said, arrogantly dismissing it as a fan theory, without any real counterpoints doesn't make it invalid.

We're just going in circles, I disagree with you a thousand percent and stand by my genuine criticism of the show until it stops being one. You have your own personal readings of the show? Fine, but I have my genuine criticisms too.

The problem is your "genuine criticisms" are based on flat out lies. I don't care if you don't like the show, I just wish you made a lick of god damn sense while doing it. If you had any ACTUAL genuine, well thought out criticisms, I'd respect them. But as it stands, you don't. Or at least you haven't show us them.
It has nothing to do with "personal readings." It has to do with paying attention, which you clearly aren't doing. Maybe go back and watch every episode again up to this point, then come back and have this conversation once you've actually caught up. Obviously you missed out on some key details the first time around.

I was lying about thinking they are undeveloped? I didn't realise!

I actually enjoy Gaim a lot, I just think it's praised for more than it has actually achieved. It is probably one of the best Rider shows ever made, but there are still massive spaces for improvement and it's not the show that should have Rider "just give up as it's never going to be better than this".

I would like to watch the show again from the start at some point, it does seem like the sort of show that would flow much better in a marathon viewing as opposed to week by week.

Make the teenagers in Faiz feel like teenagers.

Seriously, you got people that age and asides from the angst you got them to do nothing else they do that age! Its really the only Rider show I've seen (asides from maybe Gaim) where it focuses on teenagers' lives rather then adults (Although both are very loose words as the "adults tend to be around 19-20 maybe 25 max if you're Godai). And Fourze is too squeaky clean to count.

I mean there was that two parter where the main characters all liked the wrong person but that never went anywhere except for Mari's stuff. (Which she didn't advance in a relationship, she just got Kusaka and Sawada to creep out over her.) I don't know, have Mari and Yuji in a relationship or something?

The only time I felt they were teenagers was when they were kicking that ball around at the Ryusei school reunion. I could totally see me doing something dumb like that with my friends.

Fourze is too clean to count? Fourze is teenager problems galore and not only that but also shows that most teenager problems are no big deal after they're solved. If you want a show that shows how teenagers really deal with their stuff, then Fourze is just the thing to watch.

Besides, no wonder that the people in Faiz don't act like real people. The writer was Toshiki Inoue after all. That guy is more the person for insane drama then authentic characters.