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Ryuki episodes 29 through 34

Most of this was filler with character devlopment. Little girl who wanted to be protected by Ouja was a fucking idiot no matter how much innocence Ryuki is throwing at me.

Megumi is a bitch. End of story.

Maybe I shouldn't watch those henshin montages because I know who Alternative is before the reveal of Alternative.

Yui is progressivley doing less and less while Shirou keeps on saying more and more "Fight Riders...... this is for you Yui, I love you." She keeps getting pushed into the background and into a fucking sterotypical woman role. She is wearing dresses and Aprons more often and at this point, is never seen outside of the shop. Hell, Yui's grandmother is more relevant to the fucking plot since she actually has personality and whips Ren and Shinji into shape. In the first few episodes, Yui was helping look for Mirror monsters, tells Shinji what the fuck to do and manipulates Ren. She started getting back on track back in the 20s episodes when she was finding information out about Shirou, but now that subplot has been given to the reporter lady who is a better character by leagues. Yui has been doing nothing and is a waste of time. Even though I hate Megumi, her relationship with Kitowa was intresting and the annoying shit with Shinji, while didn't go anywhere yet, was still entertaining.

" But you can't have Yui doing stuff all the time and her brother loves her enough for this Wackadoo Rider shit to happen isn't that enough?" No. While the show is showing me someone loves her, I need a reason to love her myself in order to care for the payoff. I look at all the characters around Yui and I love them more then I'm supposed to "love" Yui . At least the Riders have growth, Shinji is becoming less of a dumbass and a more agressive fighter, Ren's relationship with everyone could change drastically in the next few episodes, Kitowa is showing the side of him that's not a dick and Ouja..... is developing the lines he will and will not cross in the Rider war?

Sorry for this long rant but it has been building up over the last 20 episodes.

And thank god Ryuki survive showed up to move the plot again. Though compared to how Ren got his Survive card was lame.

Shirou: "Here"

Shinji: Okay

Compared to the more drawn out and honorable tone if Ren's scene.