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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

FREAKS IN CHARGE

I was expecting a clash but a collaboration could be even more exciting to see where that goes. Desast was generous to offer Mei genuinely helpful advice like that, making specialized content for a platform instead of spreading too thin. I like how Mei proudly refers to herself as "Mei from the Sword of Logos!"

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

I hope people won't forget that she's being villainous here, not being merely acting tough for girls (indicating that being tough can mean stirring shit). Though Reika's villainy is more than just directly fighting but all of her schemes lately before too.

Thanks for bringing this up, as I also want to point out how depraved she behaves here. For some people, this is the episode where Reika becomes Sabela and beats up Slash and Buster as a rare strong female Rider. For me though, this will always be the episode where Reika slapped Sophia in cold torture. Like, all of her actions so far have been a mix of following Master Logos' orders and poor social skills undermining her ability to manipulate the Swordsmen and prompting them to defect. However, I cannot believe that Master Logos would give Reika orders to torture Sophia like that without any reason. Which means, Reika did that cause she's simply a terrible person who got a power trip out of abusing a person who couldn't even fight back.

I think it's terrible that people totally overlook that just cause they see Sabela as cool here, or apathy towards Sophia that you mentioned before. I mean, I don't care if they think Sophia's boring or whatever, that doesn't justify what happened to her, especially when she expressed more concerned for the Swordsmen's welfare than her own, which is another sign of her kind nature, that she's willing to endure her difficult situation as long as she knows they're still okay. In a karmic way, Sabela's debut is pretty much the peak of Reika's coolness in the show, as she gets even worse from this point and most of her fans start to see her for what she really is, a psychopath (even more than Ren) who doesn't deserve to call herself a Swordsman.

As a reminder, Reika is only my third least favorite female Rider of the Reiwa Era. Female Riders may have been getting stronger recently, but it doesn't matter to me if the character is unlikable. It should be possible to have a female Rider who is both strong and a good character, like Mage or Na-Go.