[Mesnick]

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Mooks shouldn't actually tire a regular Rider, let alone a huge upgrade on that. Peak humans like Sakura (at the very first episode) took them no problem and later Ikki too. But then again, are the Giff Juniors actually drastically buffed now (Phase 1 Deadmans like Kimura's Rafflesia are actually said as stronger, not this one)? Any Riders fighting them seems to be exhausted despite beating each of them without problem, either it Holy Live (if it's the reason he performed worse than Jeanne, depends on how much Hell Gifterian was toying with them), or also Hikaru (still as Over Demons) and Aguilera here. Aguilera got exhausted more than her debut against Vail?

Many ants will overcome an elephant. In the first episodes, the Riders were not the target of the mooks. They attacked people in general and caused chaos, and only those who were in close proximity fought Rider. Now they are purposefully set against the Riders.

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Don't know how Daiji is more pure here. He actually pulled something worse than anything he did before to support Akaishi and looking down on other's worldview. He became more of a douche than ever, now similar to many secondary Riders. Daiji never pulled something like this with Kagerou around. So Daiji has become 'badder' than ever without Kagerou around, or that Kagerou must manifest stronger than ever with how fallen Daiji has been now.

Bad angels have long been more common than good ones. But in my opinion, Daiji's position is still different from the position of most secondary douches. They, as a rule, are driven by selfish motives, when they do not care about everyone except those close to them. And Daiji just ignores his loved ones in order to save more lives. In this regard, he is just closer to the altruistic main Riders, only he is put in a losing position in advance. But of course everything falls apart as Akaishi doesn't even pretend that he and Gif can be merciful to people.