[Mesnick]

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Originally Posted by AkibaSilver

but it's odd to have the final battle be a 2-episode rush.

In Saber, the final battle took about four episodes, and the audience liked such a long ending. But as for the emptiness, I tend to blame it on the same desire to set a record for riders. Perhaps if there were fewer DGP leaders, there would be time for Sueru to develop. In general, I would make Girori the final boss, letting him alternately be Glare, Geyser, Regad and Regad Omega. After all, he pretended to be a barmaid, being a Gamemaster. So if he was pretending to be a Gamemaster while actually being Sueru (what's his position? Never mind) it would be quite in character. At the same time, an intrigue would arise: did Ace win against the will of the head of the DGP, or was he only allowed to play a game within a game?
But in general, it seems to me that it was precisely in order to add interest and emotion to the final fight that Tsumuri was introduced. The audience may be certain about Sueru's death, almost sure about Ace's fate, but they'll have to worry about Tsumuri.