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Originally Posted by SPLIT LIP

Date's "death" was great, especially his X] face.

Date was, IMO, a brillliant move for making Brotou the secondary rider. You may not like it Den-O, but neither did Gotou. If he had been Birth from the start, he would've just been another punk secondary rider who maybe loosens up later. Here he actually struggles and achieves his goal and makes him a better character.

I thought he was just acting really bad but then when he sat up I realised it was in character and on purpose. Normally I hate 'cop outs' like this but I almost squealed with relief when he sat up, never been happier for a character to turn out okay.

I guess the only real disappointment is that as much as I love Brotou and how much he has grown as a character, I was so enamoured with Date that I can't really be excited for Brotou taking the mantle because I didn't want Date to lose it.

I'm just glad to know he will be back.