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Izu despite having much more oppoturnity to become rider in the series and her actress even say she want to become one, didn't become a rider in the series and everyone is fine with that while Mei not become one in the series is not? Yeah sounds fair (Movie doesn't count because we're disscussing the series right now, but even then Izu got 02 not an original form)

Okay, so if Mei does become a Rider in a future movie, then people will be satisfied. But if she doesn't, then what? Unlike Zero One, Saber has had a vacant Rider System with Ikazuchi for a long time, raising expectations for somebody else to inherit it. What happened in Real Time (which I watched yesterday followed by Book of Ruin) seems more like fanservice than anything that was actually earned. I don't want Mei to just suddenly be a Rider. That's not good enough. I want her to become a Rider, to show how she has earned that title and prove to everybody else that she is capable.

Anyway, Book of Ruin was an awesome movie and I'm really interested to see if Mei's attempt to show how humanity has changed might encourage Bacht to join the heroic side.

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Plus in term of writing Mei becoming Espada over Kento is worse because:
1) Kento was Espada at the start of the series

That didn't work out so great for White Woz.

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2) Kento has a much more crucial role than Mei

I'd argue that they are both equally important, considering they were part of the promise with Touma and Rintarou.

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3) It just make no sense for anyone in the gang to give her sword and go "Let's fight together!" If they care about her safety, especially when they fight against a psychopath

Are you suggesting that Mei is too weak to fight alongside them? Remember that Touma used to rely more on his knowledge of books and roleplaying to compensate for his lack of skill as a swordsman. So with some training, I don't see why Mei couldn't eventually become a competent swordsman as well.

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4) Despite Kento using Calibur for a good chunk of the show, they also steer toward him taking back Ikazuchi as a big point for his character

Feels like going backwards to me, but I guess you can dismiss this point as my personal bias.

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5) Espada as a whole is more related to Kento than pretty much anyone in the cast

Well yeah, cause he's the only one who has ever used it in the show. That doesn't mean somebody else can't inherit it, which would have allowed Kento to continue using Kurayami.

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Beside if Mei need a rider form for the show to have a "good" writting then pretty much 90% of rider are bad because they don't make the heroine a rider.

I can't speak for everybody, but the reason why I want Mei to become Espada isn't just to add to the list of Female Riders. Sure, that's a bonus, but more importantly, I like Mei as a character and what she brings to the group and I believe she has proven herself worthy to wield her own Seiken Sword.

She deserves that way more than Reika, who apparently has as much will as Necrom Specter and only does whatever Ryouga tells her.

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This is like saying Gaim is bad because Mai didn't become a rider or something similar to that which is just pure absurdity.

Nah, Gaim is just bad in general, IMO.