[Kiwami]

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Originally Posted by ZeoRangerV

Marika is the one character I couldn't stand in Gaim. She gets respect for being the most prominent female Rider in the franchise, but she was so awfully characterised that it pretty much negates all of that.

Thank god, I’m not the only one who thinks that.

In a direct comparison between Sid and Yoko, I would still pick Sid as the better character, even though he’s just the bad bully with big ambitions.

But Yoko? All I can think is “Fangirl”. In the worst way possible. Everything she does is fanatically following a dude and when she thinks he’s not worth it anymore she follows the next one. She never does anything for herself or her own good. You may think: “She decided to do that so that’s her thing” but that’s crap. She’s even sicker then Mitsuzane if that’s all what she does.

I seriously expected her to rebel against Kaito when he lays out his plans and die fighting him because she realized what she really wanted in life (not being a doormat for someone else) but taking a blow for him only to die without achieving anything… that’s ass.

I’m really torn because her actress looks like a very nice and funny woman on the set-pictures, but I hate the role she plays.

When it comes to Rider-forms Marika is my least-favorite one in the entire show. Maybe because they gave the girl a pink peach-form. Like… really? And the looks aren’t that great either, the helmet looks really weird. What jumps the shark though are the giant boob-bags the armor has. They disappear when the armor attaches but you can clearly see what they wanted to do with this.

I wish we get another female badass Rider sometime, but with better characterization.

Sid I kind of like as the slimy dealer, I think his actor plays this well. I like the Rider-form with the Nordic tone, the crown looks a little weird but overall pretty good. Imagine someone who can actually fight in this and I like it even more.

If they do FiguArts of Marika and Sigurd I would gladly buy the later, maybe Marika too for a complete set of Next-Gen Riders. Maybe they sell them in a two-pack to make my decision easier.