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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

That's my whole point though. Ryuki is the connective tissue between Agito and Faiz. I'm sure they could've gone straight to Faiz from Agito, the possiblility is there, but I doubt they would've felt the impetus to without Ryuki testing the waters the way it did. At the very least, I feel Faiz and Blade would've been pretty different without it.

I'm not so sure this is the case.


I mean, you have to consider that Agito and Faiz were both written by Inoue and he LOVES to have at least one total jerkass character that is "technically" heroic. In Agito, it was Hojo who was actually a part-time Rider in that show. In Faiz, it was Kaixa. In Blade, the 3 non-main riders took turns being jerks.

As such, the progression to having a full-time Rider that is also a jerkass was pretty much expected. I mean, maybe the Ryuki influence is there, but it's probably a stretch to say Faiz would be drastically different if Ouja and Knight never existed.