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Originally Posted by MaskedRiderAsakura

A thought just occurred to me.


I haven't seen every Rider series and I could also be remembering other series that I have seen wrong, but is Mitsuzane the first Rider to have a genuine face-heel turn story arc? As in a character that starts off as a full-blown hero and ally and straight up becomes a bad guy, without the involvement of any brainwashing, possession or being misdirected by the villains.

I can think of others that started off in an antagonistic role, but I can't think of anyone who started as a straight up ally and switched sides purely by their own free will.

Well, there’s always Kusaka, but it’s hard to say how much he was ever an ally to begin with. He was definitely acting on his own, douchey free will, though.