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Originally Posted by 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 neer REALLY clash on the issue.

I don't wanna be "that guy" but it does often feel like DK's problems stem from Ryuki itself. Even without a single shred of plot, there is a LOT going on in the Ryuki action footage, and so the show does its best to make use of the footage and when it can't use it it makes its own. But there is also a reality that you can only push against the direction of the original series so far, and eventually the show has to try and catch up. Especially with a show like Ryuki which apparently has a pretty much revolving door of characters entering and exiting in the way it comes across in the adapted footage.

I mean think about it, twelve Riders? Sure that is awesome, twelve Rider's woo! (Well really its like twenty with all the Riders who are unofficial or from other universes or whatever the fuck is going on) but then imagine trying to tell a story where you've got Riders constantly going out, constantly coming in and where with each new character pretty much the entire dynamics of the show shift and change.

I mean it's unprofessional of the writers to struggle I guess but I don't really blame them either as how do you physically connect a character to the audience and make anything they do seem worthwhile if they only have brief appearances in under five episodes?

Footage limitations mean adaptations can only do so much, especially when they aren't given much money to play with. I honestly am surprised DK has as much original footage as it does because apparently no one behind the scenes in the suits had any faith in this and didn't want to put any money behind it.