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Originally Posted by Powerman293

Raia wasn't used that well (in my opinon) because he became Fodder for the coming of Genocider . I like Raia as a suit and a chracter, its juat that he really didn't do a whole lot except find Gai.

Just because Evildiver became a part of Genocider doesn't really make him fodder. He did a lot more than that, he had better character development than most the Riders, interacted with a good amount of them, he was also Shinji's first true ally in the Rider war, and more than anything his sacrifice was a big turning point for the show, and triggered a growth in character for Shinji.

What you're describing is way closer to Imperer and both the Alternatives, who's only real point in the show was to add character growth to Taiga, who, unlike Shinji, had a fairly self contained character arc that ends with him dying without having made any significant impact on the rest of the show.