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Originally Posted by Mmicb0b

Sophia never used Jao Dragon(or Kento barely using it for that matter) because it looks so freaking cool (I Get that it's suit was used to make Solomon and later Storious).

By the way (sorry for the flood, but I want to share) I have a theory why Sofia rarely uses Kurayami and is not a full-fledged Rider of the North Base. If you remember Beyond Generations, she joined the battle at the very end, after the return of the Riders from the future. I think it has to do with how the Sword of Darkness and the visions it causes affect its wielders. That is, all the Caliburs we know before Sophia went over to the dark side. So it's no surprise that she tries to use the sword as little as possible. Here we can speculate and say that Jao Dragon is available only to villains and that is why we will not get it from good Sophia.

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I've never watched Zero-One but the BIGGEST complaint about Zero-One I've heard is how horribly wasted Yaiba was

As for me, expectations were initially too high for her (which, however, the plot contributed to). In a sense, Vulcan was also leaked, depriving him of motivation. Another thing is that resentment for the Valkyrie united with hostility towards the character, whose puppet they made her. Personally, I would remove Gai from the plot altogether, making Yaiba the head of ZAIA sponsoring A.I.M.S. for the sake of her goals..
I don't think female Riders are any worse than males. There are simply fewer of them, and none were even the secondary Rider of the season. Still, the progress in Reiwa is huge. As I already wrote, it is enough to remember that there were also female Riders in the Ghost.