[toughfighter83]

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Originally Posted by Enchilada645

I'll agree to disagree in regards to Rinne. I feel like she's been pretty solid in terms of her focus and she's been around more often than not. She has presence in terms of the cast.

Spanner though lol, yeah he's kind of just there. He gets his moments but he is not as entrenched in the ongoings of everything as Houtaro and Rinne are.

I do think it's a mistake to even lump the two together because Rinne absolutely feels like she has more prominence than Spanner in general. But also I think it's just insulting to say they're only "meat shields" is missing the point and it feels like a case of not watching the show if that's the takeaway.

if i remember correctly the toyline for spanner the toys that were released for him were labeled as villain. what happened with spanner was he was supposed to be a villain for most of the series that's why he's not around for much of the story since they probably had to scrap and rewrite his character as a hero

it's the same with rinnie since she wasnt supposed to be a rider and it was an add in and that's why she doesnt transform in some of episodes since she was supposed to be written as a side character and not a rider.

originally what i had heard that it was supposed to be focused just on houtaro aka kouga being the lone hero and i think they had to change everything that had to do with the poor toy sales in geats and toei/bandai probably stepped in and told the writers to change the script around which isnt easy to do especially when it comes to filming new suits and changing characters. that has to be frustrating for the writers.