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Originally Posted by mook

I'll tell you why they can't introduce riders in chunks of 2 or 3. The theme is Sengoku jidai, the plot demands for 6 people to be given belts simultaneously so that Ryouma can test the belts to make the mass-produced ones. The energy riders are all Yggdrasil employees, they have to be introduced at once, it wouldn't make sense otherwise.

If you would introduce riders like Ryuki did, then you would need to tweak the story a lot, Gaim's number one priority is plot, it's what moves every character in the show, and it's why Jounouchi and Oren are seen as irrelevant now. but if you think of the show in arcs, then it would make more sense, because not every character has to be relevant in every arc of the story. except for the main four riders.

Exactly this.

The thing with Gaim is that characters are relevant, but not all at the same time, minus the main four obviously. Then you figure if the characters are going to be utilized again in the future, you can't just kill them off.

I don't think Ryuki pulled off the multiple Riders aspect thing quite as well, and I love Ryuki. Really, the show introduced characters only to kill them off 2 episodes later (ask Imperer or Scissors). Most characters in that show don't even get the chance to leave an impact before getting tossed aside. At least characters like Bravo and Sid had their chance in the spotlight before becoming irrelevant.