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Originally Posted by The Chaos Entity

They did the exact same thing with Sigurd, however. Not to mention, they're hyping Dan-as-Genm-Level-0 as a good guy.
So it is, in fact, likely the same set up as the time Dan was infected with Charley...only drawn out over a few episodes.

Then again, Dan has every reason to hate the Bugsters by this point (and the scans do say he wants revenge on Parad), and he wants to be the ultimate game master - not the extinction of the human race. So I can see the clear-cut humans vs bugsters set up becoming a three-on-three battle royale, wherein any two sides might temporarily team up to fight another.

Yeah, but in Gaim, Sigurd was small fry in the long run, plus Sid was more shady than evil leading up to him becoming a rider.

As far as the whole "Dan being infected" thing, I think we all knew a betrayal was coming in some shape or form which is why they didn't bother drawing it out.