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Originally Posted by Enchilada645

Also yeah now I'm recalling things that I noticed when I first watched this show. And that's Tsukasa, while he still has his noticeable edge, I don't think he ever gets as volatile as he was in the Ryuki and Blade Arcs ever again. I could be wrong since I haven't seen this show in like 9 years but hey. Because well, this is the start where I feel Tsukasa becomes more genuine in his actions? Just the fact that he was genuinely alright with Takumi and and photograph girl in AR Faiz, and only pissed off Lucky Clover while also trying to show off against Diend. The fact that he's going out of his way to help Mr. Agito here for Onodera's sake.

Especially to make it contrast more greatly with Diend who is very much slowly but surely taking the jerk role of the series. At least that's how I'm seeing it.

Tsukasa's softening definitely feels like a reaction to Kaitou joining the cast, but I sort of wish it felt more like Tsukasa changing, not the writers changing Tsukasa. There's not a lot of explicit storytelling that goes into Tsukasa suddenly having this sincere bond with Onodera (like, even Onodera is a little surprised at Tsukasa thinking they're such good friends), and it's a big enough change to the dynamic where it needed to be less subtextual.

It's a positive change - Tsukasa is at his least Awful To His Friends than we've seen him since the debut episode - but it needed a little more groundwork laid for it. Comes off a little sudden.