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And you know what? Daiji's Arc being pivoted is all the better for it.

I still feel like in some ways, Hiromi sort of carved away any kind of meaningful stuff regarding the Fenix/Rider things from both Daiji and George, so they had less to work with when he just left. So like, Daiji was very much only ever going to be a sort of "there" character. Especially given his character at it's base core is very much him wanting to gravitate towards Fenix because of his sibling issues of wanting to stand out. And there's just not much to work with in Fenix when Hiromi sorta had all that already.

I assume Bandai when they made the Holy Live toy thought it'd be a fun contrast of like having an Angel Rider, and the crew seeing this toy realized "Oh i guess we have to get rid of Evil now" given there was no other thing for Evil. And then they realized "Wait in the context of everything that happens, this doesn't feel right". And like, given everything that happens immediately after Holy Live, uh yeah they were right to pivot completely.

Say what you will but the fact that people have been heatedly debating about Daiji and stuff is an actual good thing. Like it was hard for me to care about Daiji as a secondary because he... just did nothing aside from take orders from Fenix. When he finally started to go full tilt lawbro righteous and actively downward spiral, that's when I'm like, "I can see this new vision". I'd rarely see Daiji discussion at all before they made this shift. Really took him into the literal direction of the Twosidriver where he can be the best or worst character depending on the situation in the eyes of some people.