[GoldenXtreme]

No no, it's good to disagree! I think that for a lot of fans Geats resonated with them and it's good to hear why. I do agree that there are certainly toxic fans who just want to watch the world burn, which is likely what triggered Takahashi to write this way.

Likewise I hope it is clear why stuff I feel the way I do about some things the show did. For example I think several rounds of the game has low impact for me because I found the character growth for our mains relatively lacking and they felt like they could be incorporated into other parts of the show better. Similarly, I hope you can see how the audience criticisms can feel like they cast too wide of a net and come across like Takahashi bashing on Rider fans in general, since the show doesn't really show much in the way of normal DGP fans besides allusions that the show used to be different in the past. Combined with Takahashi's very deliberate indulgence in things he has been criticized for in the past (cheap revivals especially), and it can easily come across like a defensive writer for some viewers.

I do want to emphasize too that I enjoyed the show even if I didn't think it was very good. A little like Ghost, I was oddly riveted by the whole experience!