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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

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.

There's also Keiwa's self-righteous guilting behavior in Episode 8, where he expected Neon to put saving Sara over her desire for true love, which Ace and Michinaga were quick to call out. Neon already received similar guilting from Irumi after all. However, since his epic speech to Giroli in Episode 16, I think Keiwa has learned to accept people's right to choose what they will risk their lives for, no more trying to choose it for them. But that's an impersonal statement, directed at all DGP participants, not only Neon.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

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).

What makes me hopeful for Kyuun's development is that he's vaguely aware of his destructive tsundere habit, which is actually an uncommon good trait for tsunderes. He used the letter to say to Neon what he couldn't bring himself to say in person, like how people feel encouraged by anonymity. He feels bad for how he treated her and probably wants to become a true fan and friend that she deserves.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

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.

Sure, there's probably a lot of fans who would give all their love to Neon if given the opportunity. So far though, Sara's the only fan who developed a friendship with her, which Neon reciprocated by declaring herself a Sara fan. Sae could've been counted once, but then she lost her memories of meeting Neon after getting Retired. Regarding those bullies from the future, yeah, they totally suck. Neon deserves better than them.