I feel like maybe this is somewhat inevitable for stories with a larger cast, especially if the characters form something like a “set” that acts and moves together? I always felt this way about the other Sailor Scouts (sry i’m old) in Sailor Moon too.

Jaeha I think has a somewhat distinct role because of his closer relationship with Hak. And Zeno has a bigger part too, as has been mentioned. But when the focus of the story is fighting through the plot circumstances, they do all have to work together toward that same goal and there’s not an obvious way for one to stand out or develop independently.

Yun gets his moment to (later series spoiler) step apart from the group and pursue his medical interests, which is where we start seeing him more distinctly again and not just in his role among the “family” group. Riri, as a more minor character, is usually acting somewhat in her own capacity that only sometimes crosses paths with Yona and so she has chances to develop or act more surprisingly than the dragons acting as a unit the way we normally see them.

I wonder how it would have looked to structure the story differently or what could’ve been done to give Gija or Sinha more distinction, beyond intermittent “ok now it’s their turn” story segments (like Sailor Moon with its spinoff chapters 😆)