[gashatfreak]

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Originally Posted by Mesnick

I don`t think that this is such an unpopular opinion, it`s more likely that it was simply not voiced, but... Dark Arc only harms a secondary rider. Tycoon, having become a villain, lost his last and already few fans; Igarashi Daiji completely dropped his show from the position of average to a lower position. Even Blades and Vulcan, who were never technically villains but were in active opposition to the protagonist, received the most hate during this period. Also, I don't think there are any fans of sad Hiro in a business suit. Maybe I don't remember everything, but villainy only works for those secondary riders who were the original antagonists, like Baron and Kaixa.

This. I'm not against dark and edgy angst arcs, but for goodness sake, please write them well. They can be used for great character development if they weren't written in for the sake of just adding unnecessary angst. Daiji got shafted seriously hard in Revice.

I can forgive Blades though as he was literally questioning his entire lifestyle and he was raised to be a swordsman from a young age, not to mention that that he did finally come around and the whole arc of him finally rejecting the SoL's corruption led to him unlocking his final form (which, while not perfect, was way better executed that the complete fiasco that introduced Evility Live).