[Matrixbeast]

I think it's just shock from someone rating a non-Showa series above Double, a series so enamored I'm still complained at for making the criticism that Double's ending was shit.

Ryuki did do goofy stuff from time to time, and there was a few occasions where it felt out of place, but it did well to break up the tension. Ryuki was serious, and the sense of optimism, that the "Good guys" would win, wasn't always entirely present, despite Shinji's protests and attempts. The world wasn't full of skepticals who secretly wanted to be friends, and that was something new for someone like me (Who, at the time, had only seen Decade, Kabuto, and Den-O in full (Double was in the middle of it's run at the time, as well)).