[Sins of Virtue]

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Originally Posted by Paladin

I hope they explain some things here.


He's apparently Kirikos' brother so I'd love to know why he gets a belt and she doesn't get to become a Rider. She's the best character in the show by far.

Marketing. The secondary rider is a chance for bandai to sell a plethora of brand new toys for this new rider. Unfortunately this line is marketed to mainly young boys, so bandai probably fears that if they made the new rider a woman it could possibly hurt their sales.

I have a feeling that Gaim was only able to get away with Marika because of the fact that she shared a belt(and weaponry) with three other characters, which were all boys. Gaim even used Marika's lock seed, so there was more of an incentive to buy the one toy they put out for her in the main line.