[TheRaizin]

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Originally Posted by Enchilada645

That being said biggest change that was probably my favorite and the original probably would have made me more meh on Saber originally. Swordsmen being at odds with each other. Them being co-workers and working together and developing small bonds before being split up and Touma having to work to get them back together is probably one of the more unique multi-rider show aspects. I'm just tired of the classic "Oh yeah there's a bunch of Riders and they're just antagonistic towards each other constantly". So stuff like Rintaro being super friendly, etc, was such a change to the norm that the Rider vs Rider stuff in Q2 ended up being more effective.

Which is funny cause I don't think people can make up their minds. Saw people being like "Ugh, why aren't they fighting?" then Episode 16 or so rolls up and people are like, "Ugh, Rider vs Rider, this is lame!"

Agree with this! The riders being already a group at the start, definitely helped the Rider v Rider conflicts later in the show and is a nice change of pace. Going back-to-back with the show, they honestly executed it fairly well despite the 'Rona issues.

Yeah, they're working together, but there's just enough space to suggest distance between the riders, which would definitely spark conflict for the second arc. Rintarou's conflicting between Touma and his family, Ren being Ren, the swordsmen retsuden where Kento talks about Touma's lack of swordsmanship but creativity with books allowing it to be explored with Daishinji, I feel Ogami doesn't have much in that regard since his main issue with Touma was already solved in the first arc.

One thing I kinda wish they kept was Touma already training before the show began. A Reiwa Tendou of sorts. Definitely would have fixed that slight issue in the main arc about him being skilled with the sword already.