I haven’t watched gotchard yet but what is your opinion on kudo rinne as a character in general and as a rider. I’ve seen some Redditers critique her debut as the first female secondary rider and how spanner should have been the true secondary and there is that one rinne hater on Reddit who claims her actor can’t act even though it was her debut even comparing her to Takeru Satoh when he first started acting in Den-O. Considering that she has a big impact in the franchise as the first female secondary do u think the writers did her character justice cuz from what I’ve heard the show is considered one of the least favourite among the fans(most of the hate were from geats and gavv fans but there were also valid criticism as well. I’d like to read your take on this)
I can't say I agree with most of the criticisms. I love Rinne, both as a character and as a Rider.
I don't even know why they'd want Spanner as a secondary. I found him dull and uninteresting as a rival for Houtaro. He's just a generic guy who thinks he's better than the protag because he has more credentials or some shit. And his constant put-downs of Houtaro were infuriating even if he can back them up by actually being better than Houtaro... which he doesn't.
Not to mention the main/secondary opposing each other plotline is so overdone, overrated and over-emphasized in KR anyway. So having Rinne, who remained on Houtaro's side the whole time despite their differences, is a refreshing change of pace.
(It's pretty hilarious to see people watching Zeztz now complaining about how Nox still hasn't fully sided with Baku... well people, there's a show where the main and secondary never fought each other! Wonder of wonders, I know!)
I know about the Reddit Rinne/Reiyo Matsumoto hater you're talking about. Given that they made some baseless sexual accusations about Reiyo when she was underage during Gotchard's production (she was 15 when she got cast as Rinne- she didn't even get to start high school!), they're a hardly reliable source of legitimate criticism for her acting. They got banned multiple times on the meme subreddit over it. Fuck that bastard.
I thought Reiyo did fine for a complete amateur. Was it perfect? Of course not. She's a total newbie to acting, and in a main role no less. If fans refuse to give her grace for that, it's on them for expecting immediately great acting from a show that hires newbies more often than not. And her awkwardness lent itself well to her portrayal of Rinne who herself was a pretty awkward person.
I do admit that I wish her debut was done in the show proper (rather than the winter crossover) and much earlier. Her in show debut was pretty late for a Reiwa secondary, but it's closer to how a Heisei 2 secondary would debut (some of them also making cameos in the winter crossover, albeit in suit only), which is why I didn't mind it as much. Her debut actually calls to mind Gotou Shintaro, who transformed into Birth in the W/OOO crossover but wouldn't officially become Birth until much later. Unlike Gotou though, Rinne didn't have anyone else trying to be Majade after that crossover debut.
She also had an annoying plotline of needing to "recharge" which put her out of commission, but that didn't occur as often as people (including myself) thought.
Aside from those, though? I have no qualms about how Rinne was written.
Please don't listen to the haters and watch Gotchard.
