Good point. I'm more or less halfway through the series, and yeah. Typically Natsumi or Yuusuke (easily the show's best character) have to tell Tsukasa "You can't just let him get his butt kicked! Do something!"

Good person, bad fan means, not sure. All I know is, I can handle ANY character of any show Ive ever seen (any PR shows nonwithstanding atm), I have never hated a character... until I saw Tsukasa.

I typically hate villians. The most I've hated a character was Maverick from Tiger and Bunny.

A good person.

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Basically, shilling a character is writing it so that the world bends over backward to make them look cool.
For example, if Tsukasa could take on two riders at once, then the writers would put Diend in a situation where he'd have to fight 3, and he'd beat all 3 with no problem.
That's Character shilling. It's making a character look cool by making everyone else look weak in comparison.

That was the big problem I had with Tsukasa, and why I never agreed with the comparison to Tendou.
Kagami would ask Tendou for help and Tendou would say "No."
5 minutes later, Tendou would show up and save the day.

Character of the week would ask Tsukasa for help and Tsukasa would say "No."
5 minutes later, we cut to a scene where Natusmi or Yusuke would be dragging Tsukasa to the fight and force him to help.

Thanks for the explanation :)

Havent seen that series yet, but as many SHFs have been made of it, Im guessing Bandai wants my money if I watch! :lol

That character is a monster. I loved it.

Blade 1: They introduced 3 riders form the beginnning with defined personalities; a supporting cast and some of their backstory and a plotline for the next episode.

All in the first episode and it didn't feel rushed, that was awesome.

Wonderful! I'm glad you enjoyed the first episode!