[DreadBringer]

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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

And yeah, true love can be any kind of love, all of which Neon is lacking in her life. She has a father who supports her desire, a mother who doesn't want to lose her, fans who love to watch her streams, but none of them love her as a person, except maybe Ace, Sara and Kyuun and yet out of those three, only Sara is actually honest about it.

If you're still hung up with Keiwa's reaction in first episode to not include him here, then I have to say here regarding him compared to Kyuun; Keiwa's honest and open to her without being mean about it (e.g. explaining how he figured out she was the DezaStar), versus Kyuun who went out of his way to be abrasive about it including making blatantly false but purely negative judgments about her.

Overall (also above helps) Neon is comfortable with Keiwa (though Keiwa did learn to not only offer her weak platitudes in ep. 4, but it was long ago) to spend a bit of downtime in his company, while Kyuun for obvious reason makes Neon uncomfortable whenever he shows up.

Keiwa doesn't hesitate to back her up (and for this Neon got some hate over ep. 22, even though.. DezaStar missions are forced, of which it seems to be ignored by people for some reason - and in this episode she also attempts to help him, which should show that her sabotaging him wasn't her taking him for granted but fulfilling game requirement), while Kyuun, although he's Neon's supporter, he hasn't actually gone out of his way to help her the way Ziin, Kekera, or even Beroba do for their Riders.

Keiwa being shown to accept Ace for who he is in this episode obviously will show that he'd be the same for Neon too.

Think I'm also saying this because while her future fans are terrible, I don't want for Kyuun's behavior to be validated either only because of the comparison to them. He's a tsundere for sure, but, tsundere is often an overlooked toxic trope where they regularly verbally/physically abuse people, typically the person they like, and it's actually an example of a story making their wrongdoings go unpunished (especially for females) and let them continue to be a problem for others, perhaps to depict the characters as "tough" or the scene as "comedic" (slapstick type). I also don't want for rude behaviors to be depicted as inherently being honest and blunt (including blaming anyone for being upset of being treated rudely as "snowflakes"), like Kyuun's to blindly take his words as gospel (like on ep. 22), or for other characters, people like Michinaga.

Sara is a part of "fans who love to watch her streams" so.... there should be potentially more for those who love her as a person among those fans (perhaps the fans who turned on her are future fans? because regular people are kept in the dark about the DGP) if you'd count Sara. And there's also Sae who love her as a person before too, Neon's the only Rider she's soft towards.