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Originally Posted by Locke

I's clear how different our tastes are, I don't think Haruto is a bad actor or emotionless, I find his subtle humour absolutely hilarious, much funnier than any of the goofball shit that toku tries to tell me is comedy the rest of the time.

These little hints into how Haruto sees the world and how his mind functions shows how good the writing is and how interesting he is as a character. He may not have as much depth as some Riders but has much more than Riders like Gen and Godai, much, much more.

It is true that most of Haruto's drama has taken place off screen and before the series started but little windows into him are always enjoyable perhaps because they are used sparingly. But still we've seen him struggle to hold things together and overcome the enemy many a time over the course of the series.

The difference with Haruto is he can actually live up to his bold claims and saves people because it's the right thing to do. They aren't world changing motivations but they are better than Godai's 'protect the smiles' (while millions of people die as he plays the piano for school kids) or Gen's (I'm gonna be friends with everyone and downplay all the drama and tension of my series while I do).

Although I will admit that now the enemies no longer kill, or even harm, it does become a lot harder to root for the heroes because there is never any real sense of danger. I mean you know they're gonna win, regardless, but their artificial struggle is only all the more artificial now they aren't really struggling against anything.

Wizard's lore still makes more sense than OOOs.

Everything you said would be just fine... if this wasn't the MAIN CHARACTER OF THE SHOW.

"Little windows into the character" is not enough when this is the hero. It is not evidence of good writing, rather the opposite. We should not be told everything important about him. We need to see it, not get second-hand accounts that could be mistaken or lying. I can't believe I need to say this, but show, don't tell.

And that's even accepting that these "little windows" exist. Again, the problem with being a bad actor with bland, forgettable dialogue means eveyrthing you do is ingenuine. None of his struggles feel, not that I ever witnessed any, feel genuine because he's not conveying any emotion. I don't mean to play therapist, but how does any of this make him FEEL? We don't know, because he never shows it. We may sometimes have one of the stupid characters tell us, but their stupid so what could they know?

I sat through sixteen episodes of Wizard and Haruto never did a damn thing. Not once. Nothing I can remember. He never saved anyone in a memorable "man, that got me" way. He puts a ring on their finger, rubs their hand on his crotch, then fights a Half-Life enemy. No pretending to be a little girl's dead father to spare her the pain of learning the truth, no risking time to make sure a family isn't broken up by a misunderstanding, just "Plain sugar." Hell, it's like the writers realise how bland he is and made him pick the blandest, most unexciting doughnut there is as some sort of commentary on their own errible writing.

I mean really I read your post and think "where the hell did you pull that from?" Because nothing you said actually happened in the time I watched the show. Subtle humour? He laughed once, but that wasn't humour. He was laughing at Stinko dressed as santa or something. There's no humour about him, subtle or not. Windows into his character? Again, WHAT WINDOWS? What exactly ever happened that made him react in any way besides "I must fight?"

Oh, and Wizard's lore, what little there is, really doesn't since "because a wizard did it" is not an explanation, nor does it make sense. At least OOO showed us most of what happened all that time in the past. Wizard gave us one badly done flashback that they repeated for a bit for, like, five episodes before apparently what the villains are doing and why isn't important. Hell, Wiseman just showed up and he, aside from looking about as threatening as the Terror Dopant, has done, said, and generally been nothing.