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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Well, what'd you think that a primary Rider type of character are expected to do, if they're told that something they know well turns out to be evil? Sachika should be obviously like them, as someone who wants to make everyone happy, she should have the type of compassion similar to people like Eiji or Houtaro.

Wouldn't it be like Ryoutarou telling Airi to stay away from Yuto? Not that Yuto is evil or anything, just Ryoutarou not wanting Airi to suffer from learning his identity.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

About the praises like Hanto being reasonable, this can be used to compare against for example, something like Kusaka never realizing that Takumi and Yuuji are good Orphnochs and still viewing them as threats that must be wiped out like the others. That something like Nago or Hanto are the right way to write a character to think rationally and Kusaka is just written in a contrived way to perpetuate/escalate conflict.

Hanto is the healthy version of Kusaka.

While Hanto, Geiz and Nago value the truth, Kusaka only values his feelings and will manipulate the truth to inconvenience people in his way.

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Originally Posted by Mesnick

Still, Kusaka is a slightly different type, since his main motive is to remain the only close person for Mari. And Kusaka began harming Takumi long before he found out that he was Orphenoch. Again, Kusaka collaborated with Smart Brain, so his hatred of the Orphenochs is not particularly strong.

Even Kusaka has his limits though, as he refused to hand over the Gears to Smart Brain, fully knowing it meant giving up on bringing back Mari. They can take away the one he loves the most, but he will still fight to protect humanity, even though he's otherwise a terrible person.