Reika Shindai (Kamen Rider Saber)

Reika Shindai (神代 玲花 Shindai Reika) is a member of the Southern Base-branch of the Sword of Logos, who acts as an assistant and personal enforcer of the organization's leader, Master Logos. Due to the growing threats against the organization, she is put on active duty and transforms into Kamen Rider Sabela (仮面ライダーサーベラ Kamen Raidā Sābera) to fight against Touma Kamiyama and his team until Master Logos revealed his true colors and intentions, leading to Reika and her brother to fight against her former leader.

Why She Rocks Now

 * 1) She's an intelligent, cunning and very mysterious character.
 * 2) Angela Mei, an actress as well as a model, gamer, anime-lover and cosplayer, portrays the character very well and is very appealing to look at.
 * 3) She is very competent at her job, managing to sow discord and divide up the Northern Base Riders, as well as obtain most of the Seikens for her master.
 * 4) Her Kamen Rider form looks super cool and has an awesome transformation.
 * 5) Her debut as a Rider is cool as well, as she fought both Buster and Slash and defeated both of them.
 * 6) As a villain she's cool and mysterious. As a heroine, she's still fun.
 * 7) While loyal to Master Logos at first, she eventually starts to question him and later turns against him when his evil motives become more apparent.
 * 8) Her redemption is well built up and happens over the course of several episodes.
 * 9) As the series progressed, especially after she turns against Master Logos as mentioned in #8, she was much more willing to work with Touma and his gang than her brother, and managed to successfully obtain a book gate for Touma and Rintaro to use to confront Master Logos with.
 * 10) The hug she gave Magine in episode 20 of Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger, which was the cross-over episode with Kamen Rider Saber before the film Saber + Zenkaiger: Superhero Senki, is very wholesome to watch. The knowledge that Angela Mei is a fan of Magine further makes that scene wholesome. You can easily tell that her dream of meeting and hugging Magine became reality with that scene.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) She looks up to her older brother way too much and isn't all that willing to stand up to him when he's being foolish.
 * 2) She can be unlikable at times.