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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

Yeah, but Another Agito was introduced relatively late in Agito and is still ultimately, distinctly, a good guy.

Chalice wasn't really evil though. His Joker form was out of control, sure, but Hajime himself was a good guy through and through.

Kaixa is more debatable but he was ultimately on the "good" side, even if it's only by comparison to the actual villains.

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In Ryuki onwards, it's a frequent thing, and the Riders have beef as people too. Faiz and Kaixa may not actually fight a whole lot, but Takumi and Kusaka are constantly bickering. This didn't happen AT ALL in Agito. The whole dramatic irony at play in that show was that the three leads didn't know each others' identities at first, and actually got along just fine.

The reason why the Riders had beef in Ryuki is because most of them were objectively horrible people outside of Shinji and Ren. The whole point of Ryuki was that, this time, the Riders were the monsters. That's not really a trait that's carried on into other Rider series (outside of Gaim). Modern Rider series follow the mold of "We fight at first, realize it was all a big misunderstanding and then team up in the end", which is moreso a trait from Agito.