[Magnugiga]

Yea, it's less of the age thing and more the show portraying these two naive kids as some hotshot newcomers who think they got it all figured out and try to act all pragmatic. The whole allusion to the corporate world is very much on the nose, what's with the 'business card' stuff and basically everything with Sano's demeanour.

I think it's equally true that the show condemns their attitude while also wanting us to sympathize with them by making sure we understand where they come from. It's not like they're Scissors or Gai; at this point of the series, I perceived them as two confused kids who just need a good mentor figure, an 'experienced senior that genuinely cares about them' type, to straighten them up. Which is... yeah...

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Originally Posted by OmegaEclipse

Honestly, in my opinion ryuki is extremely unique in the fact that I can actually REMEMBER all the different riders. They all stand out so much and have unique personalities. Half of me wants each one to have a miniseries dedicated to them, then I remember I would start defending toujou and asakuras way of thinking.

Yeah, a million times this. Something like Gaim's Gaiden character focus would've been great, but unlike Gaim, I also felt that Ryuki already did all the Rider characters justice and that there's no more story left to told for each of them; by the end of it, I felt like I've already had a perfect grasp on everyone's backstory, motivation, and entire personality. Which in itself is really impressive considering how many of them they are.