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Originally Posted by Blade Fang

But....Akashi didn't want to kill Igarashi siblings because Igarashi siblings are related to Gifu despite Vail really wants to kill Igarashi siblings. Well, maybe this is one of plot armor for heroes?

No, but probably villains shouldn't be oversimplified as merely 'heroes obstacle that is hellbent to kill them' and have their characterization ignored entirely, regardless of personal feelings. Akaishi's goal isn't about gathering as many kill counts as possible, but even has some well-intentioned extremist type of keeping humanity alive, with what he think is only able to be done by asskissing Giff. Him not killing someone isn't plot armor case as Akaishi isn't about murder as many as he can. While he did murder here, he only did if it's necessary to advance his schemes (main goal is broadcasting Giff's power, not killing as many as he can).

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Originally Posted by GoldenXtreme

In spite of generally feeling like Daiji is the least interesting Rider in this show, lately the show has been going some interesting directions with him. I really like the angle that killing off Kagerou has pushed him to be dangerously righteous without some of his "negative" traits to keep it in check. I could see this going a few ways, from Daiji becoming a villain, to him getting killed, to even just him magically reviving Kagerou somehow. Excited to see this play out.

That'd mean they successfully handled Daiji, at least to you. Daiji was always set up as cleaning up Fenix from its corruption, so him being 'least interesting' previously probably was about Daiji never getting his proper turn of screentime. If Daiji becomes a villain, probably he'd inherently revive Kagerou back, because it'd not be a 'balance' anymore, but too much evil inside him instead and Kagerou is the evil side in him, even Kagerou was about corrupting him at his death.

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Originally Posted by BrokenDreams

I really hope Hikaru doesn't remain as Over Demons. He's literally just like... the absolute worst choice for a Rider. Like even Mihara, regardless of how boring he is, is set up as the main Delta user because he's a coward and doesn't want to fight therefore he is immune to the Delta Gear addiction. Hikaru is genuinely a non-character with absolutely no personality, outside of his seeming one-sided infatuation with Sakura, who really shows absolutely no interest in him.

While Hikaru may be a bad (or nowhere near enough utilized) character, there's no such thing as no personality. That term should be stopped thrown around to, for example, people who doesn?t stimulate or interest them, or to anyone who isn't extroverted, loud, or extravagant (many of those fan-favorite characters being like that like Kagerou) thus is harder to figure their personality, it doesn?t exist. That's also actually a lazy view and very superficial judgement. Personality isn't about who stands out/"open" the most, they may be more little hidden if they are very shy, or more reserved, or acting more like normal person (and can seem 'more boring'), but they have a personality.

And just because you hate him, doesn't mean other people/characters feels the same like you or such like Sakura also hates him or such (if it's what you imply for 'absolutely no interest').

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Originally Posted by Enchilada645

Cause I'm sorry and hot take but wow is Hiromi probably the most overrated character I've seen in the longest time. Especially for someone who is like a genuinely pretty alright character and nothing standout either. And like, I like the dude but I've seen people go way too overboard with their love for him.

Ironically, Hiromi (and Sakura perhaps, if she's the creator's, Kinoshita's, pet) had the least presence at the beginning of Revice, and people here iirc only talked about him when he became Demons. There's little talk about Hiromi failing to become Revice, despite that it was reportedly the reason to keep Hiromi in the show.

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

I'm not quite as big a Demons fan as some people, but I am a huge Knuckle aficionado, and Zack's surprise popularity in Gaim was a similar enough situation that I can relate completely. Some side characters just end up being a lot of fun to root for, you know?

And have their faults in writing overlooked for side characters (double standard to main characters, even if main characters has bigger expectation). Zack seems to be totally re-writen into a sudden upstanding nice guy, the time where he became Knuckle.... and the time he got to act on his own again (so there seems to be no development for him as a vicious cheater before). Hiromi too, had several people nothing that Hiromi was written poorly in the last time he appeared other than his love.

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

I think what helps Hiromi endear himself to everyone was just a combination of his earnestness despite being kicked around constantly (Both on and off the battlefield), as well as his honesty. Dude wanted to be a hero, and for most people watching this franchise, regardless of age, it's a sentiment we can get behind.

Hiromi's reaction/sentiment seems to be somehow different from many of the primary Riders, despite about how Hiromi's that type, or to be specific, Hiromi's showa protagonists type. That a handful of people are sick of primary Riders due to them being the type who wants to be heroic.