[SPLIT LIP]

Honestly, even though Dragon Knight doesn't sound, like, super good, it certainly sounds interesting. Without spoiling much, Ryuki didn't feel like a show with a particularly satisfying end goal in mind. The riders were all fighting eachother, but the reasons were often unengaging and never changing. The conflict felt boring. I don't know how to put it into words, but the show just felt like it was missing conflict, despite being ENTIRELY ABOUT CONFLICT. I guess when the show's main focus is fighting, it feels like it needs an even bigger driving conflict, which there was none.

Like from the outset, Kido wants to stop the fighting. That in itself is conflict against Shiro, who wants to fighting to go on. But there's NO conflict there. Neither character gives much thought to the other, and they never REALLY clash on the issue.