[Layton13]

Zeztz continues to fire on all cylinders, pushing established pieces into very fresh, new directions that wouldn't have been possible if not for the twist.

I agree that Dawn seems to be a character that represents the second half, but I think that is great.

He is the underlying darkness of CODE brought to the forefront once the dream has been fully washed away. He's the ugly reality crashing into the dream and he is delightful.

That said, while he seems one-note, I honestly doubt it will stay that way for the rest of the show. There is nothing to fully get that from, but let's just call it a hunch based on how Rider is usually structured. Especially since Takahashi is really good at building characters that seem to be one-note into far more multilayered characters like Genm, Thouser, and Glare.

And even if he is, Dawn is already forcing other characters to reveal more sides to themself, so he's already justified his presence for me.