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Originally Posted by HattoriHanzoIII

I hated gaim for the first 15 eps then it got better, but I thought the ending was dumb. Couldn't Mai just give kouta the fruit? Or was it because she went back into time, she was locked out of giving the fruit to someone until there was only one left standing?

As I recall it was because she was stuck in a realm in-between time and space due to Ryoma cutting out her heart to try and get the golden apple, and she couldn't come out until a victor was decided and claimed the apple. There was also the fact that she didn't want either of the two to die.

So she went back in time to try and stop Kouta, Mitchy, and Kaito from becoming riders. But because the fruit's power or something, she couldn't directly tell them not to become riders. And her warnings ended up being really vague so the three ended up becoming more determined to join the battle.