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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Thanks! Yeah, I just love how sweet and heartfelt his character is. I love him because he's a gigantic, earnest dork. Honestly, that's what I want out of my Riders, the main ones, anyway. I want them to be weird and courageous and slightly dopey and funny and in desperate need of people to care about them. I think that's a main reason why Wizard never really clicked with me as a Rider. He's just, like, a cool guy. He's a former soccer player who becomes a motorcycle-riding magic-using badass. He's always the coolest guy in the room, never loses his shit, doesn't look stupid, doesn't have any weird flaws besides always getting the same donut. And, even then, it's mostly how weird everyone gets about making him try different donuts, not his pickiness or whatever. He's too cool for me to care about, if that makes any sense. Shouichi's such a sweet puppy dog of a Rider that, like, I'd fight for him. I wouldn't fight for Haruto. (I mean, Beast or Rinko, god, yes.)

See, those are a lot of the reasons why I like Haruto so much. Especially coming in after several years of the main Rider being some form of goofball if was nice to have a protagonist who was more serious and straightforward, but without being a total dick like Tendou or Tsukasa. For me, Haruto is the one Heisei era Rider that feels like he’s the hero of a Showa era series. I don’t need that every year, but it was nice to see for a change.