HEROW
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If his change would have being obvious, then that would have just being bipolar. Instead, it was gradual and constant. Like it should be.
He actually did have a brief sudden personality change, especially when he became Fangire King, suddenly walking with swagger and all. Felt really out of character since a few episodes from then, he was still the nice Wataru that he was. Even if there is actual character development, Kiva executed it poorly.
Even when he was being an a$$whole, I still caught glimpse of Nago's development. Which is why I don't find it so sudden. I think the problem is that people get caught up on his comic relief phase, which makes his last bits of development seem awkward.
Then the execution is still poor since forcing the comic relief part had adverse effects on how people see his character development. It all looked like he was just crazy.
He was punished, though briefly, when he realized that he had lost everything. And at the end, he was trying to make amends for the evil he has done.
I don't remember anything mentioned that he will be making amends, it was like, all his past crimes are forgotten and everything is okay now.
I don't see that as change for Otoya, from the start he declared that he would do anything for the woman he "loved". He didn't want to die, he just wanted to keep his word and protect Maya.
As I said, he was just being stubborn throughout the series. Let's face it, Otoya totally throwing Yuri under the bus felt out of place... It would have been better story-wise if he just cheated on Yuri for Maya instead of acting like there was never anything between Yuri and him.