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Originally Posted by cosmicrescend0

My personal hope for the female Rider (very nice that we can casually assume there'll be one somewhere along the line, thanks Reiwa) is that they take a page out of Sophia! Calibur and Izu! Zero-Two and give us a female Rider with a more androgynous design?

As a fan of Mage, yes to more androgynous designs! Super Sentai already does the gender-coding thing, so it would make more sense for Kamen Rider to have the characters conform to the suits, not the other way around.

Not so much for Zero Two, since I'd like for characters to have unique Rider identities, not just copying a form from the Primary Rider.

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Originally Posted by Mesnick

In Fourze, I remember forgiving absolutely everyone without consequences. Again, Kento, as Calibur, was ready to sacrifice not only himself, but also Mei and Rintaro, but he was also not scolded for it. So I don't think it's about boys/girls.

The main difference is that they all apologized after seeing the error of their ways. Shun apologized for bullying his friend. Ryusei apologized for killing Gentarou. Kento apologized for trying to sacrifice people.

Sophia's owed an apology for what she had to endure, but I've never seen Reika ever feel remorse for any of her actions or attempt to make amends with the people she hurt, which is what makes her difficult for me to tolerate.

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Originally Posted by Mesnick

On account of Reika: a distinctive feature of the Shindai is their boundless devotion to the Sword of the Logos. They went against Isaac only after he himself said that he was no longer the Master of the Logos. Therefore, from the point of view of Reika and her brother, she did the right thing in the case of Sophia.

While the abduction part is consistent with the Shindais' loyalty to Master Logos, the torture part is something Reika did impulsively and it served no purpose to their goals, only to make Sophia suffer needlessly. I'd say Ryouga is actually a pretty nice person when you get to know him, just a little strict and misguided in his loyalty. But I think Reika has some serious problems, like her yandere behavior towards Touma and Mei for getting too close to her brother.

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Originally Posted by Mesnick

Sophia herself, apparently, does not hold a grudge against Reika, which is quite in the nature of this character. Sophia is very restrained, keeps her feelings to herself and even alone over the photo with her dead friends does not cry, but simply looks sad. It is quite logical that such a person will not express her own claims to Reika (for Sophia's resentment is most likely directed at Isaac) and will not tell other characters about what happened, who could just get angry with Sabella. So maybe this outcome is wrong from the point of view of justice, but it is correct specifically for these characters and context.

Sophia is a very emotionally healthy person for sure! That takes true strength, for her to put aside any feelings of resentment she'd be totally justified in having, feelings that other characters in her position might instead be inclined to act on. I've always respected Sophia for that, she's kind and forgiving, but she's not a pushover.

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Originally Posted by Mesnick

Of course, it would be great to see some kind of growth and development of Reika (especially since the potential, when exactly she defeated the Sage, was laid), but we will get this only in some kind of V-cinema / special.

I did mention that she seemed more tolerable in Beyond Generations, even sitting at the same table as Sophia without rancor. Same goes for her brief appearance in Trio of Deep Sin, actually. So maybe she softened a little offscreen in the time since Saber's finale. But it's still something I would've liked to see addressed in the show. If a V-Cinema is needed to fix a character, then something is wrong there.

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Originally Posted by Mesnick

I would not say that Jeanne and Aguilera are so bad. In fact, this is already progress. I mean, you can always remember that Faiz also had a female Rider.

I'm going to agree with Rei on this. I think Saya as Delta was a way better character than those two, for how little time she got. Honestly, she's probably my favorite Delta user.