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Originally Posted by MidoGreen

Personally, I think the reboot only affected how the episodes played out, not the course of the story. Because it never felt like Kobayashi's original plan was dumped, just sped up a bit but there was a definite tone change in episodes.

I can see that at some points but over all I dont think this is entirely true. Jins story was clearly unaffected by the retooling but characters like Enter,Escape,Yoko and Hiromu were clearly affected.
Every ten to fifteen episoes Yoko gets a completely new personality and overall is pretty unsignificant. Escape was broing and useless from the start and you clearly see that Kobayashi couldnt do with her what she probably intended to do. And the biggest change thanks to the retool was the rivalry between enter and hiromu. Until the episodes were Messiah was defeated the first time there were no signs they would go that route.
Enters and hiromus character development seemed really forced and I dont think Kobayashi planned that at all. This whole thing strikes me as Toei trying to make Hiromu a typical red from one episode to another and forcing enter into the typical rival role.
That it kinda worked out in the end is thanks to Kobayashi being a competent writer enough to pull it off but still it always felt to me like we were robbed of a more intresting story for both characters.