[Layton13]

Ah... ZI-O... My sixth favorite Rider show, my favorite cast in Rider, my second favorite Main Rider, and the first show I watched start to finish live...

This is a show that means a lot to me and I simply adore, especially for how stellar the characters are, and made me cry for them multiple times...

The first six episodes all suck! Like straight up. They really struggle with the format and a lot of the character beats that are there are easily missed under all the exposition and weirdness. Even if they work way better on a rewatch since you are able to pick them up under all the... stuff, it doesn't change the fact I don't consider them good episodes.

Also, yeah, I had the exact same opinion of Sougo as you do at this time. A complete idiot who I'm surprised can tie his shoes in the morning with a dumb and stupid goal I could never take seriously.

So... Yeah, just wait and things will most likely change on that front

But I say this much, I feel like this is the reading of the character they wanted to push at this point... And it has a point.