Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-43281069-20190806112332/@comment-37117761-20200121200553

Aiwarn is my favorite villain of the bunch (not counting Bakenyan because he wasn't a real Notraider). The other villains take a really long time to get interesting, but Aiwarn has a memorable personality from the get-go. Kappard doesn't become interesting until episode 37, when we actually find out about his past. Tenjo starts out interesting due to her focus on strategy, but when she starts summoning monsters instead of being a battle commander, she becomes bland until episode 43, when her past is revealed. Similarly, Garuouga and Darknest are as bland as can be for most of the series. They're pretty much cardboard cutouts whose only jobs are to order the other villains around. Fortunately, Darknest does become an interesting and memorable villain, but only after her true identity is revealed.

For the most part the villains have the same problem as a lot of the other aspects of this season: they have great concepts, but the concepts are underutilized, thus causing them to come off as lackluster.