for the bingo, thoughts on Yuki and maybe Kenta too if you want??
YUKI - i love him!! my smart son. i was honestly really interested in how they were gonna use yuki's cool astrological knowledge when he first appeared. my thoughts on yuki changed a bit when i learned that he was an ancestor, but nonetheless, i still appreciate his character. i do wish that there was a little more elaborated for him; he seemed to kind of pop up conveniently to explain the phenomenon and had a dislike of kyoya (which was honestly pretty funny. kyoya was a major asshole this whole arc). i also really like yuki's design; but i do think he does kind of work better as a dynamic instead of a whole character because we never..really see him again afterwards- also, i think anubis is cool as fuck
his relationship with kenta seemed more defined than the rest of them, kenta was looking to become a legendary blader that the team could depend on; which .. boom! yuki was right there. i feel like he was kind of a placement for kenta to look up to and explain everything going on. a trait i really like in yuki is his determination, even though he would fail, and i liked seeing that dynamic with him and gingka + ryuga! i wish that there was more.. elaboration with yuki but overall i think he's really cool and definitely goes on my "fictional children i'd adopt" list
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KENTAA... AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHUH!!! i have so much to say about him. he's literally my baby boy. my TOP son. for starters, the second kenta showed up, i knew i'd love him. i really liked the main character approach they were going for him, it led to a really nice introduction to the rest of the characters and we got to see kenta grow in the process!! kenta's growth is so insane to me, he literally is just baby boy in the start and he's a strong but still kind kid at the end of it. kenta's got a lot of really great characteristics and is overall a really nice and sweet kid for his age and plays fair, and knows what is right. he's also really good at seeing good things in people (cough ryuga) and i really loved seeing kenta become more independent and determined to become stronger.
kenta's journey in believing in himself and being stronger with his friends is such a great arc. he learns how to fend for himself and take control of his situation and detach from gingka a bit, which helps him depend more on himself and have more belief in himself which is really great for him. his goal to become a legendary blader was both courageous but also kind of sad? like if he didn't become one, then he wasn't useful - which was proved wrong eventually but it honestly was a relief seeing kenta move away from that goal for a bit. i think my favorite scene of kenta is when he's crying to ryuga about how he's not some big strong guy but he needs to be and it broke my heart so much tbh but showed something that needed to be spoken out about kenta and how low his confidence was. he grew stronger by being with ryuga and could eventually regroup with the rest of his team, and it's a character arc he really needed and i personally don't wanna change at all. they did his character really well and is able to be a standalone character tbh
i do think too that it's cute how the second any mean character sees kenta they like him immediately. like kenta just has that kind of charm. in conclusion,
