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Originally Posted by Switchblade

I waited to give my thoughts on 24 because I couldn't remember if the next episode gave an explanation for Tatsulot or not. Nope. Just another case of random shit happening on Kiva.

Tatsulot's sudden appearance is one of those things I'd love to get in on making fun of, but thinking about it... I'm honestly not sure the show needs to dwell on it too much? Like, Kivat exists to be armor for Kiva, and Tatsulot exists to be a key for that armor. The offhand mention in this one of Emperor Form being Kiva's true form and the mention last time that he woke up basically because Wataru wanted that power are ~maybe~ all you really need? At the very least, I definitely agree Tatsulot is keeping with Kiva's trends when it comes to writing the merch in, but man, for some reason, I've become way more generous towards those over time.

I will also say that I recall finding Tastulot pretty annoying? I'd probably be more mellow on his personality nowadays too, especially having heard Akira Ishida in other, significantly less grating voice roles, but his generically chipper attitude was never my favorite. (Again, the timing of that debut almost certainly did not help.) And while I'm on the subject of Wataru's living trinkets, I've always really liked Kivat as a Rider Belt who is also a character, although he became massively overshadowed in my heart once Drive started existing.