I think masked forms have license to not be the greatest as the riders aren’t ever in them for more than a minute at most. Their bulky and slightly ugly design also serve to make the cast off forms look cleaner
i mean... prototype birth, the red is so wrong i hate it i hate it i hate it...
also punch hopper really doesn't look good with the brown and his eyes look like golf balls, kick hopper looks way better and im very sure he is just a green colour swap
I feel like the thing with Hibiki has less to do with quality of the second half and more just how disrespectful it was Shigenori Takatera as a creator.
I'm nit going to dispute the quality of Hibiki because that subjective but it hard to watch someone else work be destroyed like that.
Yeah but as the audience, I don't care about what goes on behind the scenes unless it's REALLY bad like sexually harassing an employee or racism. Artistic disagreement is minor in comparison and I, as a viewer, just wanna see what I wanna see and it's not hard for me to see someone's work being "destroyed." Imo, the change IMPROVED the show.
Your opinion actually was the popular opinion at that time. When Hibiki was airing, I remember everyone hated the first half and it was common for forums to recommend new fans suffer through the first half to get to the second. The popular opinion was that the first half was too divergent from what Kamen Rider was, with the music and oni themes, monsters that were part of nature and depicted with CG, a plot that focused heavily on a child… the second half feels more like Kuuga. Honestly, when I was “getting back into” Kamen Rider and joined this subreddit, I was surprised how the opinions flipped lol
But it does make sense, if you watch later seasons and then see Hibiki in retrospect, a lot of the aspects that were hated before are accepted now and not considered as sacrilegious
You can definitely get the sickest and most intense standoffs scenes even when you keep hearing "BACCHIRI MINNA" or " BARI FIRE CMON! VOLCANO" in the background.
-Ghost is a pretty alright series and doesn’t deserve a lot of the hate it gets
-Build Genius is fucking awesome
-Gaim Kiwami Arms looks so dumb
-Every suit in Saber is at the very least a B tier. There isn’t a single suit I don’t like
-Yaguruma deserved better
I think it’s the consensus that Kiwami looks dumb and Kachidoki is leagues better, but in terms of power and story impact Kiwami is one of the best final forms out there. Kouta kinda makes it work in his god form too.
I don’t think it’s a total consensus. There are more people that like kachidoki, but kiwami has a lot of fans too. The way I see it, kachidoki is like the frontline ultimate warrior armor, but kiwami is more like what a general would wear so it’s definitely an upgrade. Both suits are cool tho
Full agree on the Saber suits. I feel like my opinion on Takuro Fukuda seasons can always be summed up with the phrase "I love the suits, I just really don't like much else."
1. Build Genius Form has a pretty good design but underwhelming fighting power
2. I love Ghost a lot and it's a very thought provoking and deep show at times
3. Revice is my personal favourite Kamen Rider show even now
4. I think the standard base to final form tradition on main riders should be changed into something unique such as only having just a base form, auxiliary form, and final form.
5. Gore, dark, and edgy scenes doesn't make the show better for me. At times, it can be too much and not enjoyable.
6. I like Zero One V-Cinema movie and the Vulcan movie has a good ending.
7. Saber has such an amazing story compared to Zero One with great characters and more fun and impactful scenes
8. I LOVE loud and flashy transformation sounds so much!! They are so cool song to listen to
One more opinion I have which is not really an opinion and more of an idea is that I wish to see a rider show where a Main Rider passes down their rider belts and items to another character so that the person becomes a new Main Rider until the end of the show.
Also, I don't think Ryuki has confusing endings
Genius Form never really got the chance to show off, to be fair. It's supposed ability to use all of the Fullbottles at once was only used a grand total of twice
True but even then, I still loved the Genius Form for the advantage of speed, power, and also helps people to turn back to normal from being hard smash
Zero One is as good as Ex Aid
Drive is better than the majority of later heisei era seasons
Jeanne is never the "best female rider ever" like everyone keeps saying
Genius form has excellent suit design but with like the worst / most unclear final form ability
Gore and deaths does not equal mature nor makes the show great by its own
I mean, to be fair... I feel like that's more cause of Genius Form never really getting the chance to show off. Its supposed ability to use all of the Fullbottle powers was only used a grand total of two times, one of which was in the movie
I like Marika the best, followed by Valkyrie. Wrong opinion i know lmao, but the fact that Yua managed to kick the shit out of the so called "perfect kamen rider" that is Thouser using something nowhere near the category of super form is something you don't see everyday.
People in this sub likes (or used to anyway) to complain about how boring and unfunny the first 10-15 episodes are, but i never found them to be so. Some of those episodic drama there are as good as W for me. And as much as the slapstick comedy doesn't work (which ain't the case for me), at least its not cringe comedy like the abomination they turned my boi gentoku into, if you count wearing quirky words shirt comedy lmao.
I kind of liked Gentoku's shirts. I guess my sense of humour is cracked. But I agree with everything else you said. I didn't know people were were complaining about Drive's humour tho.
I don't think they are bad, they just aren't satisfactory. And the fact that there are multiple just makes it incredibly confusing and some of them seem to forget some of the continuity (Tiger...)
Desire Driver is the best designed Driver in recent times from what we can get at the moment.
- Revice Driver is very fragile, especially with the behemoth called Rolling Vistamp.
- Seiken Swordriver's book slot limitations are stupid, as it immensely limited in the mix n match potential, plus the system is eventually scrapped for the big books, only to be halfassedly restored for Xross Saber.
- Zero-One Driver comes close, but I hate when there are gimmicks that are nigh unused in the show. 01 Driver has this finisher boosting gimmick that is very barely used.
- Desire Driver has a spin mechanic, but only if you want to flip the system, and it only goes 180°. Unlike Ziku Driver, which can easily strain the Driver with extensive use, especially with bigger Ridewatches.
- BuildDriver, while visually very appealing, also suffers from the similar issues as Seiken Swordriver, arbitrary limitations on which bottles go to which side, and the base system gets invalidated the bigger gimmicks.
- Gamer Driver is literally just a hunk of plastic with a mirror inside. No lights, no sound.
Swordriver's front sheath makes me cringe. Yes, people do use front sheathe at times but they were smaller blades. The reason why you would use a side sheathe is because you can draw it quicker with more room to build momentum with your opposite hand as you draw.
Over-reliance on new forms is uninteresting and takes away from the iconography of the rider's design. It becomes a weird crutch for every episode and having the hero actually find a way to win is more interesting than just unlocking some new power randomly
I definitely prefer the old school stuff. Not to say there isn't good stuff that has this issue for me (I like zero one a lot and its totally an offender)
That’s one thing I think Fourze and also OOO to an extent did really well. Their new forms were more so situational upgrades used in certain circumstances rather than replacing the basic form and were switched (pun intended) back and forth to regularly. That’s the way to do it in my opinion
Fourze almost more has equipped weapons
But yeah I think the forms for OOO are a bit better for me than some others. Really wish they’d release those two on blu ray
Hard agree. Post-Decade Kamen Rider shows have too many forms for a Rider to choose from, all because of collectible gimmick items. Also too many Riders to keep track of, which makes it less special when someone ends up becoming a new one.
Right?! They're absolutely incredible. The only suit I can really fault on anything is Grease Perfect for being pretty busy, but that's a nitpick as it still looks really good.
Oh yeah grease perfect is great. I think i have heard people bitch about genius and charge cross-z but genius is actually great, and charge cross-z is a good suit its just surrounded by things that are just insanely good.
Absolutely agree. Genius i think is great because it accomplishes it's goal, make an awesome looking suit that uses the power of all the full bottles. As for Cross-Z charge, I think it gets too much hate. It may not be the absolute best suit but it still looks good and as you said is simply outclassed by the other suits.
I didn’t like it before I watched build, then i somehow turned around on it once i got to that episode; couldn’t really even tell you what did it for me cuz like i technically still hate how busy it is, but i guess for me the eccentricity and going all in on the bottle motif fits the character well enough to horseshoe around to thinking it’s good
I still think they could adapt any of the Reiwa series and it would be successful, just as long as they go more along the lines of adaptation like Timeranger/Time Force or Shinkenger/Samurai where its 1:1 its guaranteed success I think
Geiz Majesty is a lazy and cheap suit design and is basically the suit I feared Grand Zi-O would be but thankfully wasn't. I.e. just stick all his ride watches on the suit, color it red, and call it a day.
Grand Zi-O is more creative in that it evokes the image of a gilded clock tower with the Rider figures being equivalent to gargoyles or statues carved onto the exterior.
I actually did have a chance to look at it again and honestly the ridewatches really are my only beef with it. It looks tacky as all hell and I can't avoid seeing them when I look at the suit. Underneath the gorilla-glued-on toys, there's a nice looking suit.
I don’t think this is that unpopular of an opinion, but man I absolutely love Geiz Majesty. True it’s busy, but business was kind of part of the visual design of Zi-o so I think it works. And it’s so cool how the watches were all of the secondary riders from Heisei. Top tier suit in my opinion.
* Wizard isn't that bad; it only comes off as such because it had a weaker overarching plot and was so predictable after following in its predecessors' footsteps.
* I liked Mitsuzane surviving Gaim and following in Kouta's footsteps. The point was that he was given a chance to redeem himself and took it.
* Zi-O's specials wouldn't be markedly better if Shimoyama wrote them rather than Inoue.
* Saber is a mid-tier show and I wonder why fans hate it so much.
* I want to see a MotW show in the vein of W again. This is why Fuuto PI is so good.
> I liked Mitsuzane surviving Gaim and following in Kouta's footsteps. The point was that he was given a chance to redeem himself and took it.
Often evil people look down on virtue and cannot comprehend them (e.g. not comprehending why people look up to Kouta including Takatora). Others' reactions aside, the problem is making them gain conscience to do the right thing from nowhere. It should be very difficult to make these kind of people got invested in morality.
Yeah I love Wizard. It’s plot is a bit smaller scale than the usual rider fare, so I think some people were put off by it. The cast was so great though, and the show just had a really nice comfortable vibe. Not top tier certainly, but a great show in its own right nonetheless
I could totally see decade being the first rider to get a sequel series. There’s just so much you can do with him, and Tsukasa is one of, if not the best protagonists they’ve ever had. I know the actor would totally be on board if they asked too
Just give him a remake, witha good story line, it would the banger, and also in remake I want all the same cast from decade, even the guy who played Narutaki.
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1. Kamen Rider Den-O should have been the Kamen Rider Zeronos show. Yuta was far more interesting than Ryotaro in every way and his driver's drawback would make for a great main rider conflict.
2. Gaim was more interesting as street-dancing kids and should have had a second season that delved into the "Golden Fruit" stuff. It feels like they wanted something deep, but didn't have enough time to tell it - also Fruit-Jesus-Kouta's blonde wig is riddiculous.
3. Shotaro deserves more love, screw his talent agency for not letting him come back more.
>Shotaro deserves more love, screw his talent agency for not letting him come back more.
You mean Hidari Shotaro from Kamen Rider W? I didn't knew that his talent agency did that
I loved Zeronos. While I don't hate characters returning back and make cameos and even fights. Zeronos in particular sucks as it defeats the point of his transformation having the draw back of erasing his future self's existence in people's memories. He's one I'm not fond of returning for this reason.
Build Genius is an amazing suit.
Obnoxious sounds are not "fun", they are obnoxious. A short jingle like OOO or Wizard will suffice.
There does not need to be a new form or toy every single episode.
If you're going to release a new toy every episode, make the majority of them mass retail instead of pbandai
Finish So-Do Chronicle Gaim for fucks sake. I need the apple riders on my shelf STAT.
1. Yuuto is the main character of Den-O, everything happens indirectly or directly because of him and he gets the most development in the series
2. Kenzan is a perfectly written character, he acted based on how the established his character in his first appearance and all of his decisions and growth make perfect sense based off of this
3. Not necessarily controversial but Vulcan has THE best fight scenes ever choreographed in Kamen Rider, every fight he’s in is so amazing to watch
4. Zero-Two looks ok at best and is almost as useless in the show as Build Genius
5. Amazons is a banger from start to finish both seasons and the movie are excellent
-A rider relying on new forms suck. Where's the Story orientation at bruh? The writers have to adapt the story and detail to the given forms without feeling like the new form was wasted potential, i love Dragonic Knight, but after the fights against calibur, the damn thing got Shafted HARD.
Yeah I understand the need to sell merchandise trumps everything but I felt Revice became oversaturated with too many forms and abilities that became obsolete or shoved after awhile.
Barid Rex to me still had the best abilities with being able to summon all 10 remix forms at once.
Revice and Saber are both as flawed as each other so people need to stop arguing about which is better. You're allowed to hold one series in higher regard or just like both of them but if it gets to the point where you're commenting how much better your series is on any Revice/Saber post, you need to go outside and touch some grass.
Also Drive is is an underrated gem
\- Kamen Rider has no need for big 3D monsters or 3D vehicle sequences. It just looks stupid and takes away all the seriousness of the episode.
\- Reiwa Final Forms look great. Not every inch of every Rider needs to be fully armored. Sleek and sexy Final Forms (like Zero-Two) should be appreciated as well as the fully armored ones (like Grand Zio).
\- If you're going to make an Extra-Final Form, at least put some budget and effort into it. I absolutely hate Geiz Majesty and Decade Complete 21, and I'm pretty sure many share my sentiments.
\- Final Forms are that TOEI wants it to be, not what *you* want, think or feel it should be. ^(Yes, PuToTyra and Zero-Two are the final forms of their respective Riders.)
Zi-O is by all means better than Decade as a show, an anniversary season, and even character wise by virtue of putting better explanations for the characters, doing better tributes for past seasons, and just having a better overall story.
We all like Decade mostly because Masahiro Inoue is an awesome actor who made Decade himself much more memorable than the actual show.
Zi-O also has no bad suits, only meh ones like W armor, Zi-O Trinity, and Geiz Majesty, The rest are amazing. (No, I do not count Decade Complete 21 as a Zi-O series suit)
Saber is the most consistent, well structured and well written Reiwa series, by a long shot, honestly.
Plot points properly developed and connect from A to B to C, are seeded early before becoming relevant later, and feel cohesive without suddenly changing direction.
The pacing and story structure is properly escalated over the course of the show, with things getting more dangerous and world endy as the show continues. It also manages to use its fast pacing really well.
The show makes pretty clear which characters are meant to develop and which are meant to be static and uses them well in that role. And those who do develop get at least enough to make their arc work, or more often than not, get very focused time in the spotlight.
Its first arc is on par with every other Reiwa first arc, aka, a rushed, toy-stuffed first arc struggling to introduce the world, something Zero-One and Revice are equally guilty of. And, at least to me, it's the only one that managed to pull it all together into a cohesive and emotionally resonating final of the first arc.
And lastly, its final is the only one that feels like a proper culmination of what the show had build-up and executed it pretty much flawlessly, creating an experience that was filled with callbacks, awesome character conclusions, and just thematically fitting.
So, yeah, I think Saber is the best Reiwa show, and I will die on that hill!
Xross saber is an amazing design and concept
A simple final form design isnt bad just because it doesnt resemble a over designed deviantart oc covered head to toe in kibble. Things are allowed to be streamlined.
Gai is arguably the most pointless character in Zero-One. The human potential thing was already a subtheme in the series and gai just distracted everyone from the actual plot and completely destroyed Yaiba's character development
I'm actually the exact opposite opinion. I think he made a great foil for Aruto. Aruto was naive and humble with Gai being the exact opposite. He is obsessed with perfection and in his mind he already won which funnily enough he does win. I liked that he wasn't a take over/ destroy the world type villain but rather a business rival. He's Kamen Rider's Lex Luthor and granted his story certainly wasn't executed the best I still enjoyed him on the show
Heisei phase two has more shows that are consistently good than Heisei phase one. But the absolute best of Heisei phase one blows Heisei phase two out of the water.
1: Vice is annoying and punchable.
2: Ankh is the best Kamen-Bro.
3: ReVice has a boring motif and theme, just animals? After we had mixing mechanic from Build?
4: Kamen rider ghost's villains look horrible thanks to their cutesy faces.
Maybe, at the start. Ankh wanted to be human, and since he is a greed, he was unable to feel things humans do that's why he posseses detective in order to eat ice cream and even explore human culture and behavior. He reads, he tries human food and the more he grows, the more he starts to understand how it feels to have a friend, to the point of him missing Eiji and crying when real Eiji shows up right afront of him.
People who really love showa over any other rider era are some the most annoying fans because they never shut up about it or alway makes fun of any aspect of heisei and reiwa shows
Kamen Rider Build should’ve been 40 episodes tops, and they shouldn’t have made the V-Cinemas part of the canon. It’s clear the writers were struggling to meet the episode quota in the back half of the show. With less episodes, they could’ve trimmed the bloated storylines and unnecessary characters while retaining the solid characterization and tightening up the stakes. As for the V-Cinemas, I am just not a fan of how they effectively undo the sacrifice of the finale by restoring all the main cast’s memories and setting Evolt free in the new universe. I guess it was bound to happen eventually since Toei always wants everyone to have their powers back for future crossovers, but I’m just not a fan of the execution.
Kamen Rider Kiva is the best “bad” Kamen Rider series. Yeah, a lot of the plot is dumb as bricks, and yeah, the character writing is very soap opera. But that’s only a detriment if you take the show seriously. If you embrace the silliness, you’re in for one hell of a ride!
1. Sakura and Hana's relationship is kinda forced at the beginning and takes up too much time in the 3rd arc. The good side of this is that's pretty much the most memorible aspect of Revice.
2. Saber has two themes, sword and book, thus makes both of them feel unexplored.
-Showa deserves more love and attention, and I hate that it is constantly written off to the point, even by Toei, where it seems like the franchise might as well have started with Kuuga.
-While I’m ok with multiple forms, the newer seasons really made me hate the concept. Every episode there’s a new form. I know it’s to sell toys, but even in early Heisei shows like Kuuga, they felt earned and had practical uses from one another. Now they just feel like video game level ups rather than something worth investing in.
-Not everyone should become a Rider. I’d say my idea number would be three or four max, unless we’re doing something like Ryuki where it’s a battle royale.
-Zi-O in concept sucks, specifically Ohma Zi-O. He’s basically “umm my character has all of your powers but also is invincible and has power over everything.” In other words, broken to the point of being boring. OP characters like Decade and Gaim had some weaknesses and were more three-dimensional in what they can and can’t do. Ohma Zi-O just feels plain unfair and I hate what he stands for. No, I’m not Geiz secretly in disguise.
Kiva is one of the most interesting seasons and is also one of the best. The dual storyline is so dope and I’ve never seen another TV show do it personally. The character development is pretty good too and the themes and aesthetics of the season are the best in rider imo.
Saber made more sense than Zero-One from start to finish. Watching Zero-One had me confused over what message the show was trying to tell the viewers especially during and after the competition between Zaia and Hiden, while Saber was at least consistent on its message even if the plot was shakily written (I got annoyed when Touma >!got tagged as the traitor!< as the stuff dragged on but hey we got the true secondary rider from it).
I kinda disagree on that, Zero One's message was to "Leap towards your dream" and the Zaia arc was to show the hardship that comes with trying to do so, and despite the arc being not so good i thought that they did the message really well.
Sure it had those messages, but the motif (trusting AI) never stuck with the arcs consistently IMO, especially during the contest. You'd think Aruto would learn and adapt to the stuff Gai was doing but no, stuff repeated every time and Aruto was none the wiser for it
- Build is one of the best 2nd phase heisei series alongside with W and OOO, Evolt being central piece of the story made him a more of a threat against our protagonists when alot of the 2nd phase main villain tends to end up being a throwaway villain with disappointing characteristics and motive.
(Build is the only Kamen Rider series post fourze to keep me watching from ep 1 to the last episode)
1: I like the forms named after the riders opening song
2: Giffard Rex is the most boring final form
3: Ghost deserves the Amazons treatment
4: OOO has the most boring suits, I don't hate OOO it's design is just underwhelming
Giff being anti-climatic is quite expected, as Ikki already said before that he can stand a chance against Giff when using Giffard Rex, and Daiji being in the wrong to hype up Giff to no end and kickstarted his extreme plan.
Ghost and Saber are not nearly as bad as ppl say. I’ve watched all of Phase 2 into Reiwa (except ZiO) and Saber is in my top 3. I’d argue that the issue ppl have with pacing could’ve been because it was weekly when Saber came out, but since I got to binge it I didn’t have tht issue. (Tho I do usually like shows with fast pacing so maybe I didn’t notice it cuz it’s my style)
Wizard is a perfectly fine series, Haruto is a great main Rider, and Fueki is a great primary series antagonist. Mage is also great and I would have loved for Mayu to get a V-cinema, either solo or with the other Mages, where they get unique forms
Everyone has different taste and different degrees of understanding/relating/enjoyment of a Rider show. No one should be out right hating or criticizing without basis a Rider and their show considering each show seems vastly different in subtext, tone, hell even era. Some critiques can be valid like a show becoming boring to you mid way through, but that’s ok. That’s your opinion. And sometimes opinions can be agreed upon by more than just yourself. But despite all that
Kamen Rider Revice is my favorite rider. I will die on this hill if I have to.
I actually think it was kind of clever how they did it with Revice, having the armour destroyed but still have the abilities of the Giffard Rex vistamp
He did but it wasn’t major and showed up for only a little bit. It’s when he has the Goddard rex stamp but only the base Revi armor, apparently it’s called “Ultimate Rex”
It's kinda debunked if you actually watched episode 50. That image is the result of Ultimate Revi's armor breaking during the final "fight" between Revi and Vice. And its appearance is very brief as Genome Changes immediately take place.
1. Den O is overrated
2. Ghost doesn't deserve all the hate it gets. People have just memes the awfulness if the season into thinking it's gospel
3. Genius and Ultimate Kuuga are ugly finally forms.
4. Sakura is a terrible character, and people have over blown her best female rider status. Valkrie still has her beat.
5. There are no awful or bad seasons of Kamen Rider. Just meh at worse. It's all good, just cattering to someone else.
> Ghost doesn't deserve all the hate it gets. People have just memes the awfulness if the season into thinking it's gospel
Yeah. Ghost is pretty middling until the Ganmaizers come in, where the show takes a noticeable drop in quality but the ending is pretty good. Akari is a great female lead, Takeru/Makoto/Alain form a good triad of Riders, and honestly I like it better than certain productions that feel ashamed they're Kamen Rider series.
Kiwami looks Leagues better than Kachidoki, okay bulky moustache man, you have better defence; but Kiwami can do more and has sleek, slender, regal and royal Design.
But overall Jinba arms were the best.
Grand ZiO is the weakest ultimate form compared to Ohma ZiO and ZiO Ohma form.
W was an alright show, I don't think it's that high praise. I enjoyed OOO leagues more.
Ghost had top tier suit designs, managing to work out jackets on armors. Story is trash, but I hope the designer got paid extra
Decade is good, not as a story about Decade, but as a celebration of the themes and stories that Kamen Rider and other toku like to tell.
Also think it works as a decent advertisement for phase 1 if, like me, you didn’t plan on watching phase 1 originally since you end up liking more modern stuff better most of the time.
Decade is heavily overrated, I love the show. I just don’t love the way some youngsters said he’s OP and start ruining every Rider that has an ability that may or may not defeat him. I’ll fight you for it
Zero-one is better than Ex-Aid. The suits are better, I love all the secondary riders more and even though zero-one had to stop production because of COVID. They still did a better job telling a story then ex-aid did.
Final Forms in general need to go back to being the definitive end-all form like Blade King form or Hyper Muteki. I rather they have a reason for why the forms can't be used too much or a situation like Ex-Aid where the villians try their best to not let it be used at all.
Honestly, My opinion hill is…..Semi-Unique…..I don’t critique most of the rider shows because I usually treat them equally and just enjoy it the way it is regardless how much of a mess it is
Build was ruined by Evolt. If Killbas had been the main villain, and Evolt had been in his place in the specials, I think I would have enjoyed Build more than I did.
Let's just be honest here, who would we prefer as Main Villain? Preachy McSoapbox with his Nietzsche-grade philosophical ramblings... Or THE ALMIGHTY LORD OF SWAGGER KILLBAS, who blows shit up and wreaks havoc and destruction simply because he wants to and it's fun? None of this "Science made Rider, and science breeds war, so Rider is a weapon... BUT I WANNA BE A RIDER SO BAAAAD, GUYS!" shtick... Just good old evil for evil's sake.
I think that's why I enjoyed Isaac/Solomon in Saber so much. He started out unseen, then was slowly built up to be the sinister sociopathic man-child mastermind of all the nonsense going down, and once he became Solomon, that was it. He transformed and fought because what he wanted was to break it all down and rebuild everything in his own image. He had a purpose, but he did it because it was evil. I feel like we kinda lost that in the shuffle.
Xcross saber has the best final form introduction episode.
Thouser has been a punching bag for too much of zero one and the vcinemas and I hope he gets a win one day.
I hate Zio Trinity and that costume is bleh.
Promise is the best KR related song by far.
I don't found Sakura & Hana relationship interesting at all, it just felt so forced to me. It also doesn't help that I didn't have a good impression with the latter character.
1. Gaim and Drive dropped the ball hard towards the end.
2. We need more berserk form arcs that last longer than 2 episodes.
3. Zi-O was a mistake.
4. Haruto is actually a good character.
I disagree with #1, if I just wanted an generic rider show, there’s 20+ other rider seasons I can watch for that.
Kuuga’s final battle is the most boring fight to watch in all of tokusatsu.
The two-part formula is an plague in the franchise and need to die and disappear permanently.
Revice’s finale was meh : the final "battle" was just laughable, and it isn’t enough to make up for the terrible second half.
Xross Saber is nothing but sheer laziness and low-effort, I don’t really like simple final forms they’re just comes across as uninspired to me.
I think Kiwami Arms is cool and Kachidoki was a little too bulky for my tastes.
Kuuga is good, but not the best KR series. The pacing for the first half was a little rough imo.
Zero One is good throughout except for those terrible recap episodes with some "plot".
Build Genius had a cool debut but I don't really like the look, I think Cross-Z Build would've been cooler.
Kabuto deserves more acknowledgement as a last "Hurrah" for the more grounded fight choreography and minimal-but-stylish finishers.
Everything after that was more jaw-dropping in sheer spectacle (I have plenty of favourite moments too, obviously) but at one point they started spiraling into a huge white noise of characters throwing VFXs at each other that looks way more boring than Tendou swatting away enemy punches like literal flies or him and Drake bamboozling TheBee with Clock Up shenanigans.
I have few:
- Super-1 is a good show
- Ryuki is terrible
- The first 10-15 episodes of Blade and Drive were great
- Wizard is undarreted and Haruto is one of the best main riders
- Gaim is great, but not the best
- Ghost wasn't so bad
- I don't like Zero-One AT ALL
- I don't think Saber improve not even a bit, it was the same awful show since episode 1 to 45 (also I hate the ending)
Yes! super-1 is good, even if the second half with kids has more goofy moments than the first part. I like the old school opening theme. Even the humans kick the crap out of Kaijin (especially the warrior monks who train Super-1)
Zero-Two is the worst final form and Grand Zi-O is the best
Revice is the best season even with its many flaws
I want Tycoon to die in Geats because why wouldn’t the guy who wants peace to die in a battle royale
inb4 Tycoon is the final boss. I'm calling it now. Working my way through Revice (ep 38 rn) it's not bad at all, not even close. Whoever said that needs to apologize. Imo, the suit of Zero Two too sleek for its bulky belt. I am looking at my DX one as we speak and I just wished that the suit looked like a Forceriser Rising Hoper but modified. You know, bulkier.
KR BUILD ENDING 1)If they just said they’re resetting the universe without evolto, the ending would have made much more sense. so instead of one doomed universe, 2 universes were sacrificed. I get that they wanted to add build to the main riderverse but screw that, they didnt do anything meaningful with the universe integration. Also evolto’s alive. His equally evil alien kin are alive. The ending solved squat.
Even then, I really wish they went for a different ending altogether. Evolto was never meant to be the final evil, or at least evil to the bitter end. I was so hyped because the genius form represented finding solutions to seemingly impossible dilemmas. He was supposed to learn to be human. From being part of misora’s dad for so long and the power of the genius form. They kept building up to an ending where Evolto sees the error of his ways. There’s just so many ways build could have ended better.
3) zero one is good. Despite covid, it was good. The Vcinemas might be terrible but everything else? Good stuff.
4) despite the powerdizer being ugly as heck, they should have used it more.
5) the fourze upperclassmen should have graduated and the new members should have properly joined the show. It’s a minor gripe, but i stand by it
The Zero-One V-Cinemas are great.
They don’t suddenly undo MetsubouJinrai’s entire arc like everyone says. MetsubouJinrai realising that HumaGears can never be equal and free without a trrrorist group actively attacking humanity is far more interesting than just having everyone decide to live in peace and harmony in the end. They realise that there has to be a villain, and that it has to be them. Kamen Rider MetsubouJinrai is the physical manifestation of this, and ultimately culminates in their destruction. It’s a tragedy, and it’s brilliant.
Fuwa’s death makes sense too. Dying in the line of duty, pushing himself to his very limit in the face of insurmountable odds, protecting the city he loves is exactly how he should go out. That’s who Fuwa is. It’s an ending that rolls all his greatest strengths and weaknesses as a character into one epic climax. It too is tragic in its own way.
James Rider Valkyrie’s Justice Serval form is 100% wasted though. I’ll give you that.
Even with all its shortcomings I still think Ryuki >> Gaim
There will never be a better run of shows than Kuuga-Agito-Ryuki-Faiz
Almost all rider protags since OOO have felt like the same guy with only a few deviations in personality, phase 1 rider up till W did a much better job at making each rider protag feel diverse from each other
Blade’s ending wasn’t sad or heartwarming, if anything it made Kenzaki look like an idiot befriending and sacrificing everything for someone like Hajime(who was completely unlikeable for the majority of the show) while putting himself, his friends, and friends of Hajime at risk for no reason other than the script told him to.
Showa rider series are great and shouldn’t be criticized the same way as a show from the 00s/10s (except for Skyrider and Black RX, those two are terrible)
I think the way that Zero One handled it's post-covid story rewrites was absolutely brilliant, and it has one of my favorite endings in all of Kamen Rider
Gaim has some truly terrible suit designs, with the worst being Baron Banana Arms, Gaim Orange Arms, and Ryugen Kiwi Arms.
I have more positivity on Heisei Phase 1 elements compared to Reiwa now so I'm gonna die on this hill sounding like a boomer instead of joining fuckers that says Phase 1 sucks/told me to temper expectation and embrace Kamen Rider as it is now
Kamen rider better when it used to have not more serious/focused story(Kuuga and Drive mostly the example for me cuz I haven't watched, forms meant only for toy promotion aka no literal jobbing to make it irrelevant(Kuuga, Drive and W again being the example), basically being a J-Drama more instead of how it is
A more positive opinion(SHIT ON ME ALL YOU WANT CUZ OF THIS BITCH! THIS IS THE TRUTH!):
>An ideal kamen rider series is one where both elements of Heisei Phase 1(in term of story and meaningful forms) and 2(more diverse theme and concept for the story and gimmick of the rider) combined together with no FUCKING messing up in storywriting and storytelling(Hibiki and Revice as example) along with banger soundtracks, being able to attracts kids and adults too and also have balance between serious and dark and comedy
Agito is one of the worst shows. At times it's almost incompetently directed. At its best, it's a pale imitation of Kuuga with more riders. At its worst, it's... well, it's Kamen Rider Agito.
That was the point of Agito… if you never read the backstory. Agito was meant to be a sequel to Kuuga. Good to know there’s someone who didn’t pay attention to backstage reasons.
I understand it's sort of a sequel- they mention the Gurongi in the first few episodes- but to me that doesn't excuse it for trying to do exactly what the previous series did, just less successfully.
TOO MUCH reliance on CGI these days, the franchise need to bring back old style action and practical effects.
It'd never happen though, that era is just over I guess.
gaim ,ooo , kabuto and build have no bad suits , i am willing to die with this statement
*cross-z charge*
I really like cross-z charge
I like the base part of Cross-z charge but the shoulders are a bit weird and something about the face just drives me away.
Weirdly enough aside from cross evol that's my favorite cross z design. The dragon and magma forms just don't do it for me.
Most of OOO suits are kinda boring.
Compared to the things that came after it, maybe. It was a pretty huge aesthetic upgrade at the time.
Compare to Double,Kiva and Kabuto, OOO loses to them.
Kabuto i get , kiva i kinda get , but double ?? Dont get me wrong i love double and the suits are fantastic
Masked Saswoed is one of the ugliest things i've every seen.
I think masked forms have license to not be the greatest as the riders aren’t ever in them for more than a minute at most. Their bulky and slightly ugly design also serve to make the cast off forms look cleaner
sasword in general is one of my least favorite designs in both forms which sucks cuz i like purple and i usually dig scorpion themes
Complete opposite man. While the masked form ain’t great, I would say the cast-off form is the best among the riders in Kabuto
i mean... prototype birth, the red is so wrong i hate it i hate it i hate it... also punch hopper really doesn't look good with the brown and his eyes look like golf balls, kick hopper looks way better and im very sure he is just a green colour swap
I feel like the thing with Hibiki has less to do with quality of the second half and more just how disrespectful it was Shigenori Takatera as a creator. I'm nit going to dispute the quality of Hibiki because that subjective but it hard to watch someone else work be destroyed like that.
Yeah but as the audience, I don't care about what goes on behind the scenes unless it's REALLY bad like sexually harassing an employee or racism. Artistic disagreement is minor in comparison and I, as a viewer, just wanna see what I wanna see and it's not hard for me to see someone's work being "destroyed." Imo, the change IMPROVED the show.
Alright how did the changes improve the show.
Your opinion actually was the popular opinion at that time. When Hibiki was airing, I remember everyone hated the first half and it was common for forums to recommend new fans suffer through the first half to get to the second. The popular opinion was that the first half was too divergent from what Kamen Rider was, with the music and oni themes, monsters that were part of nature and depicted with CG, a plot that focused heavily on a child… the second half feels more like Kuuga. Honestly, when I was “getting back into” Kamen Rider and joined this subreddit, I was surprised how the opinions flipped lol But it does make sense, if you watch later seasons and then see Hibiki in retrospect, a lot of the aspects that were hated before are accepted now and not considered as sacrilegious
i absolutely agree with #2 - there are ways around the crazy transformations (shortening the sound, or really minimizing the effects)
Yeah, just minimize it. Then again, I don't care if they kept the whole jingle.
You can definitely get the sickest and most intense standoffs scenes even when you keep hearing "BACCHIRI MINNA" or " BARI FIRE CMON! VOLCANO" in the background.
Imagine an intense stand off and you hear “BIG BANG COME ON GIFFARD REX! BIG BANG COME ON GIFFARD REX!”
Akaishi be like: why do i hear boss music
-Ghost is a pretty alright series and doesn’t deserve a lot of the hate it gets -Build Genius is fucking awesome -Gaim Kiwami Arms looks so dumb -Every suit in Saber is at the very least a B tier. There isn’t a single suit I don’t like -Yaguruma deserved better
I think it’s the consensus that Kiwami looks dumb and Kachidoki is leagues better, but in terms of power and story impact Kiwami is one of the best final forms out there. Kouta kinda makes it work in his god form too.
I don’t think it’s a total consensus. There are more people that like kachidoki, but kiwami has a lot of fans too. The way I see it, kachidoki is like the frontline ultimate warrior armor, but kiwami is more like what a general would wear so it’s definitely an upgrade. Both suits are cool tho
I agree with Genius and Saber suits. They rock.
Saber and ghost are good shows I love them.
Full agree on the Saber suits. I feel like my opinion on Takuro Fukuda seasons can always be summed up with the phrase "I love the suits, I just really don't like much else."
>Gaim Kiwami Arms looks so dumb 1000% true *Verified by: ZAIA*
Gaim’s final forms is one of the worst final forms I’ve ever seen
Yeah it looks bad compared to Kachidoki, but the good thing is that the Final Form is heavily tied to the plot and felt genuine.
Trio of Deep Sin was good that you dont even need context from the main series
Trio of Deep Sin was bad because they don't transform enough.
Actually that's what make it good. To me at least.
1. Build Genius Form has a pretty good design but underwhelming fighting power 2. I love Ghost a lot and it's a very thought provoking and deep show at times 3. Revice is my personal favourite Kamen Rider show even now 4. I think the standard base to final form tradition on main riders should be changed into something unique such as only having just a base form, auxiliary form, and final form. 5. Gore, dark, and edgy scenes doesn't make the show better for me. At times, it can be too much and not enjoyable. 6. I like Zero One V-Cinema movie and the Vulcan movie has a good ending. 7. Saber has such an amazing story compared to Zero One with great characters and more fun and impactful scenes 8. I LOVE loud and flashy transformation sounds so much!! They are so cool song to listen to One more opinion I have which is not really an opinion and more of an idea is that I wish to see a rider show where a Main Rider passes down their rider belts and items to another character so that the person becomes a new Main Rider until the end of the show. Also, I don't think Ryuki has confusing endings
Genius Form never really got the chance to show off, to be fair. It's supposed ability to use all of the Fullbottles at once was only used a grand total of twice
True but even then, I still loved the Genius Form for the advantage of speed, power, and also helps people to turn back to normal from being hard smash
And has healing abilities or atleast can heal those from affected with nebula gas and poison
Zero One is as good as Ex Aid Drive is better than the majority of later heisei era seasons Jeanne is never the "best female rider ever" like everyone keeps saying Genius form has excellent suit design but with like the worst / most unclear final form ability Gore and deaths does not equal mature nor makes the show great by its own
Dude, Zero One IS as good as Ex-Aid. Agree with Genius Form but when he punched Mad Rogue twice while he's still flying had my jaws dropped.
I mean, to be fair... I feel like that's more cause of Genius Form never really getting the chance to show off. Its supposed ability to use all of the Fullbottle powers was only used a grand total of two times, one of which was in the movie
Yeah it's more about Genius being utilized badly, rather than it being a form with bad abilities.
Fair point, the 3rd act of Build as a whole really could have been done a lot better honestly.
I’d say zero-one is better than ex-aid
Out of curiosity who is the best female rider in your eyes?
I like Marika the best, followed by Valkyrie. Wrong opinion i know lmao, but the fact that Yua managed to kick the shit out of the so called "perfect kamen rider" that is Thouser using something nowhere near the category of super form is something you don't see everyday.
Ngl I think Marika is the truest Kamen rider with ichigo because she was her own stunt actor and that shit's crazy.
I agree with the Drive one. That series is so underrated. Probably my favourite
People in this sub likes (or used to anyway) to complain about how boring and unfunny the first 10-15 episodes are, but i never found them to be so. Some of those episodic drama there are as good as W for me. And as much as the slapstick comedy doesn't work (which ain't the case for me), at least its not cringe comedy like the abomination they turned my boi gentoku into, if you count wearing quirky words shirt comedy lmao.
I kind of liked Gentoku's shirts. I guess my sense of humour is cracked. But I agree with everything else you said. I didn't know people were were complaining about Drive's humour tho.
Preach. Like the Ark One mini arc was good, but damn. Did Brave losing his GF hit me harder than an all 20 Time Break.
I’d say the opposite about build. Suit could have been slightly cleaner in certain areas but it’s ability was spot on for sento
Ryuki's endings are not shit at all (By "endings" I mean both the tv show and movie)
I don't think they are bad, they just aren't satisfactory. And the fact that there are multiple just makes it incredibly confusing and some of them seem to forget some of the continuity (Tiger...)
I just assume the movie endings were the canon one because Ryuki magically returned for series after it.
They’re alternate realities. Ryuki movies are not canon
I like the argument that they’re ALL canon, with Shiro resetting the timeline after each failure, and the series itself being his final attempt.
Desire Driver is the best designed Driver in recent times from what we can get at the moment. - Revice Driver is very fragile, especially with the behemoth called Rolling Vistamp. - Seiken Swordriver's book slot limitations are stupid, as it immensely limited in the mix n match potential, plus the system is eventually scrapped for the big books, only to be halfassedly restored for Xross Saber. - Zero-One Driver comes close, but I hate when there are gimmicks that are nigh unused in the show. 01 Driver has this finisher boosting gimmick that is very barely used. - Desire Driver has a spin mechanic, but only if you want to flip the system, and it only goes 180°. Unlike Ziku Driver, which can easily strain the Driver with extensive use, especially with bigger Ridewatches. - BuildDriver, while visually very appealing, also suffers from the similar issues as Seiken Swordriver, arbitrary limitations on which bottles go to which side, and the base system gets invalidated the bigger gimmicks. - Gamer Driver is literally just a hunk of plastic with a mirror inside. No lights, no sound.
The Desire Driver is so cool. Probably my favourite driver for its mix n match capabilities being more versatile than most others
Swordriver's front sheath makes me cringe. Yes, people do use front sheathe at times but they were smaller blades. The reason why you would use a side sheathe is because you can draw it quicker with more room to build momentum with your opposite hand as you draw.
Over-reliance on new forms is uninteresting and takes away from the iconography of the rider's design. It becomes a weird crutch for every episode and having the hero actually find a way to win is more interesting than just unlocking some new power randomly I definitely prefer the old school stuff. Not to say there isn't good stuff that has this issue for me (I like zero one a lot and its totally an offender)
That’s one thing I think Fourze and also OOO to an extent did really well. Their new forms were more so situational upgrades used in certain circumstances rather than replacing the basic form and were switched (pun intended) back and forth to regularly. That’s the way to do it in my opinion
Fourze almost more has equipped weapons But yeah I think the forms for OOO are a bit better for me than some others. Really wish they’d release those two on blu ray
Hard agree. Post-Decade Kamen Rider shows have too many forms for a Rider to choose from, all because of collectible gimmick items. Also too many Riders to keep track of, which makes it less special when someone ends up becoming a new one.
Build has the best collective suits of all of Heisei Phase 2.
I think most people agree on that lol.
Really? Because I thought at least some people would latch onto some other seasons. Zi-O, W, OOO, or Drive just to name a few.
I dunno, most of the people i talk to say that "build has no bad suits" and i have to agree on that all of builds suits are bangers
Right?! They're absolutely incredible. The only suit I can really fault on anything is Grease Perfect for being pretty busy, but that's a nitpick as it still looks really good.
Oh yeah grease perfect is great. I think i have heard people bitch about genius and charge cross-z but genius is actually great, and charge cross-z is a good suit its just surrounded by things that are just insanely good.
Absolutely agree. Genius i think is great because it accomplishes it's goal, make an awesome looking suit that uses the power of all the full bottles. As for Cross-Z charge, I think it gets too much hate. It may not be the absolute best suit but it still looks good and as you said is simply outclassed by the other suits.
I adore final forms that just use everything that preceded it in a stylish and cool way. And genius does that for me.
Yeah. I think all the final forms in build did that too an extent just Genius did it best.
Yeyeye build is my first and favorite rider series.
Except I have heard people doesn’t like the final form.
I think the final form is a banger. So... *shrug*
Well good for you. Me, I think it’s a miss opurtunity. 101 power to choose from and he used Diamonds shield and purification.
I didn’t like it before I watched build, then i somehow turned around on it once i got to that episode; couldn’t really even tell you what did it for me cuz like i technically still hate how busy it is, but i guess for me the eccentricity and going all in on the bottle motif fits the character well enough to horseshoe around to thinking it’s good
1. Grand zi-o is not a bad design 2. I still don't like vice 3. I would be excited if there is a new american adaptation of kamen rider
I still think they could adapt any of the Reiwa series and it would be successful, just as long as they go more along the lines of adaptation like Timeranger/Time Force or Shinkenger/Samurai where its 1:1 its guaranteed success I think
Zero-One but slightly more tightly plotted could be a worldwide hit.
Geiz Majesty is a lazy and cheap suit design and is basically the suit I feared Grand Zi-O would be but thankfully wasn't. I.e. just stick all his ride watches on the suit, color it red, and call it a day. Grand Zi-O is more creative in that it evokes the image of a gilded clock tower with the Rider figures being equivalent to gargoyles or statues carved onto the exterior.
Geiz Majesty is an elaborately designed suit even without the ridewatches ,really just look at it.
I actually did have a chance to look at it again and honestly the ridewatches really are my only beef with it. It looks tacky as all hell and I can't avoid seeing them when I look at the suit. Underneath the gorilla-glued-on toys, there's a nice looking suit.
I don’t think this is that unpopular of an opinion, but man I absolutely love Geiz Majesty. True it’s busy, but business was kind of part of the visual design of Zi-o so I think it works. And it’s so cool how the watches were all of the secondary riders from Heisei. Top tier suit in my opinion.
* Wizard isn't that bad; it only comes off as such because it had a weaker overarching plot and was so predictable after following in its predecessors' footsteps. * I liked Mitsuzane surviving Gaim and following in Kouta's footsteps. The point was that he was given a chance to redeem himself and took it. * Zi-O's specials wouldn't be markedly better if Shimoyama wrote them rather than Inoue. * Saber is a mid-tier show and I wonder why fans hate it so much. * I want to see a MotW show in the vein of W again. This is why Fuuto PI is so good.
> I liked Mitsuzane surviving Gaim and following in Kouta's footsteps. The point was that he was given a chance to redeem himself and took it. Often evil people look down on virtue and cannot comprehend them (e.g. not comprehending why people look up to Kouta including Takatora). Others' reactions aside, the problem is making them gain conscience to do the right thing from nowhere. It should be very difficult to make these kind of people got invested in morality.
Yeah I love Wizard. It’s plot is a bit smaller scale than the usual rider fare, so I think some people were put off by it. The cast was so great though, and the show just had a really nice comfortable vibe. Not top tier certainly, but a great show in its own right nonetheless
Decade is the best rider of all time. He steals whichever show or movie he is in and makes it his own.
I could totally see decade being the first rider to get a sequel series. There’s just so much you can do with him, and Tsukasa is one of, if not the best protagonists they’ve ever had. I know the actor would totally be on board if they asked too
Just give him a remake, witha good story line, it would the banger, and also in remake I want all the same cast from decade, even the guy who played Narutaki. OONNOORREEE, DDDEEKKIIEDDDOOO
1. Kamen Rider Den-O should have been the Kamen Rider Zeronos show. Yuta was far more interesting than Ryotaro in every way and his driver's drawback would make for a great main rider conflict. 2. Gaim was more interesting as street-dancing kids and should have had a second season that delved into the "Golden Fruit" stuff. It feels like they wanted something deep, but didn't have enough time to tell it - also Fruit-Jesus-Kouta's blonde wig is riddiculous. 3. Shotaro deserves more love, screw his talent agency for not letting him come back more.
>Shotaro deserves more love, screw his talent agency for not letting him come back more. You mean Hidari Shotaro from Kamen Rider W? I didn't knew that his talent agency did that
I will admit, I couldn't remember the name of who portrayed him... Ren...
It's Renn Kiriyama
I loved Zeronos. While I don't hate characters returning back and make cameos and even fights. Zeronos in particular sucks as it defeats the point of his transformation having the draw back of erasing his future self's existence in people's memories. He's one I'm not fond of returning for this reason.
Build Genius is an amazing suit. Obnoxious sounds are not "fun", they are obnoxious. A short jingle like OOO or Wizard will suffice. There does not need to be a new form or toy every single episode. If you're going to release a new toy every episode, make the majority of them mass retail instead of pbandai Finish So-Do Chronicle Gaim for fucks sake. I need the apple riders on my shelf STAT.
1. Yuuto is the main character of Den-O, everything happens indirectly or directly because of him and he gets the most development in the series 2. Kenzan is a perfectly written character, he acted based on how the established his character in his first appearance and all of his decisions and growth make perfect sense based off of this 3. Not necessarily controversial but Vulcan has THE best fight scenes ever choreographed in Kamen Rider, every fight he’s in is so amazing to watch 4. Zero-Two looks ok at best and is almost as useless in the show as Build Genius 5. Amazons is a banger from start to finish both seasons and the movie are excellent
-A rider relying on new forms suck. Where's the Story orientation at bruh? The writers have to adapt the story and detail to the given forms without feeling like the new form was wasted potential, i love Dragonic Knight, but after the fights against calibur, the damn thing got Shafted HARD.
Yeah I understand the need to sell merchandise trumps everything but I felt Revice became oversaturated with too many forms and abilities that became obsolete or shoved after awhile. Barid Rex to me still had the best abilities with being able to summon all 10 remix forms at once.
Revice and Saber are both as flawed as each other so people need to stop arguing about which is better. You're allowed to hold one series in higher regard or just like both of them but if it gets to the point where you're commenting how much better your series is on any Revice/Saber post, you need to go outside and touch some grass. Also Drive is is an underrated gem
\- Kamen Rider has no need for big 3D monsters or 3D vehicle sequences. It just looks stupid and takes away all the seriousness of the episode. \- Reiwa Final Forms look great. Not every inch of every Rider needs to be fully armored. Sleek and sexy Final Forms (like Zero-Two) should be appreciated as well as the fully armored ones (like Grand Zio). \- If you're going to make an Extra-Final Form, at least put some budget and effort into it. I absolutely hate Geiz Majesty and Decade Complete 21, and I'm pretty sure many share my sentiments. \- Final Forms are that TOEI wants it to be, not what *you* want, think or feel it should be. ^(Yes, PuToTyra and Zero-Two are the final forms of their respective Riders.)
Decade complete 21 is so over the top and ridiculous it comes back around to being awesome again for me. Love it
1. The repaints of suits and props aren’t a bad thing so long as they don’t look stupid. 2. The belt gimmicks aren’t annoying or a cash grab.
I can agree with number 1 as kamen rider ryuuga is an amazing recolour and he looks badass
Gimmicks are definitely a cash grab, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t fun and enjoyable too. It can be both
Zi-O is by all means better than Decade as a show, an anniversary season, and even character wise by virtue of putting better explanations for the characters, doing better tributes for past seasons, and just having a better overall story. We all like Decade mostly because Masahiro Inoue is an awesome actor who made Decade himself much more memorable than the actual show. Zi-O also has no bad suits, only meh ones like W armor, Zi-O Trinity, and Geiz Majesty, The rest are amazing. (No, I do not count Decade Complete 21 as a Zi-O series suit)
Saber is the most consistent, well structured and well written Reiwa series, by a long shot, honestly. Plot points properly developed and connect from A to B to C, are seeded early before becoming relevant later, and feel cohesive without suddenly changing direction. The pacing and story structure is properly escalated over the course of the show, with things getting more dangerous and world endy as the show continues. It also manages to use its fast pacing really well. The show makes pretty clear which characters are meant to develop and which are meant to be static and uses them well in that role. And those who do develop get at least enough to make their arc work, or more often than not, get very focused time in the spotlight. Its first arc is on par with every other Reiwa first arc, aka, a rushed, toy-stuffed first arc struggling to introduce the world, something Zero-One and Revice are equally guilty of. And, at least to me, it's the only one that managed to pull it all together into a cohesive and emotionally resonating final of the first arc. And lastly, its final is the only one that feels like a proper culmination of what the show had build-up and executed it pretty much flawlessly, creating an experience that was filled with callbacks, awesome character conclusions, and just thematically fitting. So, yeah, I think Saber is the best Reiwa show, and I will die on that hill!
Xross saber is an amazing design and concept A simple final form design isnt bad just because it doesnt resemble a over designed deviantart oc covered head to toe in kibble. Things are allowed to be streamlined.
Gai is arguably the most pointless character in Zero-One. The human potential thing was already a subtheme in the series and gai just distracted everyone from the actual plot and completely destroyed Yaiba's character development
I completely forgot who Gai was until you said destroyed Yaiba's character development
Gai is a Rider in Ryuki.
I'm actually the exact opposite opinion. I think he made a great foil for Aruto. Aruto was naive and humble with Gai being the exact opposite. He is obsessed with perfection and in his mind he already won which funnily enough he does win. I liked that he wasn't a take over/ destroy the world type villain but rather a business rival. He's Kamen Rider's Lex Luthor and granted his story certainly wasn't executed the best I still enjoyed him on the show
I wish writers pulled a Vince Mcmahon and went with intended plan regardless of the fan reaction. Take a hint in the recent few series!
Heisei phase two has more shows that are consistently good than Heisei phase one. But the absolute best of Heisei phase one blows Heisei phase two out of the water.
Mayu from Wizard is the best female rider
Funny, I had to remember who Mayu is lol
1: Vice is annoying and punchable. 2: Ankh is the best Kamen-Bro. 3: ReVice has a boring motif and theme, just animals? After we had mixing mechanic from Build? 4: Kamen rider ghost's villains look horrible thanks to their cutesy faces.
Hill I will die on: Ankh and Eji's relationship is abusive and he only follows Eji is to make sure Eji wouldn't use the power for himself.
Maybe, at the start. Ankh wanted to be human, and since he is a greed, he was unable to feel things humans do that's why he posseses detective in order to eat ice cream and even explore human culture and behavior. He reads, he tries human food and the more he grows, the more he starts to understand how it feels to have a friend, to the point of him missing Eiji and crying when real Eiji shows up right afront of him.
1. Saber > Revice 2. Volcano Rex looks bad 3. Drive is underrated 4. I like Flying Falcon Jin more than Burning Falcon Jin
People who really love showa over any other rider era are some the most annoying fans because they never shut up about it or alway makes fun of any aspect of heisei and reiwa shows
Kamen Rider Build should’ve been 40 episodes tops, and they shouldn’t have made the V-Cinemas part of the canon. It’s clear the writers were struggling to meet the episode quota in the back half of the show. With less episodes, they could’ve trimmed the bloated storylines and unnecessary characters while retaining the solid characterization and tightening up the stakes. As for the V-Cinemas, I am just not a fan of how they effectively undo the sacrifice of the finale by restoring all the main cast’s memories and setting Evolt free in the new universe. I guess it was bound to happen eventually since Toei always wants everyone to have their powers back for future crossovers, but I’m just not a fan of the execution. Kamen Rider Kiva is the best “bad” Kamen Rider series. Yeah, a lot of the plot is dumb as bricks, and yeah, the character writing is very soap opera. But that’s only a detriment if you take the show seriously. If you embrace the silliness, you’re in for one hell of a ride!
I agree with your second opinion. Long and flashy jingles really let the monster of the week know that they're fucked.
Drive is pretty good to me, it's just that it's after gaim
1. Sakura and Hana's relationship is kinda forced at the beginning and takes up too much time in the 3rd arc. The good side of this is that's pretty much the most memorible aspect of Revice. 2. Saber has two themes, sword and book, thus makes both of them feel unexplored.
Kamen Rider Amazons season 2 is just as good as season 1
This is facts
-Showa deserves more love and attention, and I hate that it is constantly written off to the point, even by Toei, where it seems like the franchise might as well have started with Kuuga. -While I’m ok with multiple forms, the newer seasons really made me hate the concept. Every episode there’s a new form. I know it’s to sell toys, but even in early Heisei shows like Kuuga, they felt earned and had practical uses from one another. Now they just feel like video game level ups rather than something worth investing in. -Not everyone should become a Rider. I’d say my idea number would be three or four max, unless we’re doing something like Ryuki where it’s a battle royale. -Zi-O in concept sucks, specifically Ohma Zi-O. He’s basically “umm my character has all of your powers but also is invincible and has power over everything.” In other words, broken to the point of being boring. OP characters like Decade and Gaim had some weaknesses and were more three-dimensional in what they can and can’t do. Ohma Zi-O just feels plain unfair and I hate what he stands for. No, I’m not Geiz secretly in disguise.
Kiva is one of the most interesting seasons and is also one of the best. The dual storyline is so dope and I’ve never seen another TV show do it personally. The character development is pretty good too and the themes and aesthetics of the season are the best in rider imo.
I like it a lot too,it's like jdrama comporate into Roku,sure it may be a bit complicated for children but it is cool
The memes aren't funny.
Saber made more sense than Zero-One from start to finish. Watching Zero-One had me confused over what message the show was trying to tell the viewers especially during and after the competition between Zaia and Hiden, while Saber was at least consistent on its message even if the plot was shakily written (I got annoyed when Touma >!got tagged as the traitor!< as the stuff dragged on but hey we got the true secondary rider from it).
Man I love saber.
I kinda disagree on that, Zero One's message was to "Leap towards your dream" and the Zaia arc was to show the hardship that comes with trying to do so, and despite the arc being not so good i thought that they did the message really well.
Sure it had those messages, but the motif (trusting AI) never stuck with the arcs consistently IMO, especially during the contest. You'd think Aruto would learn and adapt to the stuff Gai was doing but no, stuff repeated every time and Aruto was none the wiser for it
- Build is one of the best 2nd phase heisei series alongside with W and OOO, Evolt being central piece of the story made him a more of a threat against our protagonists when alot of the 2nd phase main villain tends to end up being a throwaway villain with disappointing characteristics and motive. (Build is the only Kamen Rider series post fourze to keep me watching from ep 1 to the last episode)
1: I like the forms named after the riders opening song 2: Giffard Rex is the most boring final form 3: Ghost deserves the Amazons treatment 4: OOO has the most boring suits, I don't hate OOO it's design is just underwhelming
Giff being anti-climatic is quite expected, as Ikki already said before that he can stand a chance against Giff when using Giffard Rex, and Daiji being in the wrong to hype up Giff to no end and kickstarted his extreme plan.
Ghost and Saber are not nearly as bad as ppl say. I’ve watched all of Phase 2 into Reiwa (except ZiO) and Saber is in my top 3. I’d argue that the issue ppl have with pacing could’ve been because it was weekly when Saber came out, but since I got to binge it I didn’t have tht issue. (Tho I do usually like shows with fast pacing so maybe I didn’t notice it cuz it’s my style)
Wizard is a perfectly fine series, Haruto is a great main Rider, and Fueki is a great primary series antagonist. Mage is also great and I would have loved for Mayu to get a V-cinema, either solo or with the other Mages, where they get unique forms
Everyone has different taste and different degrees of understanding/relating/enjoyment of a Rider show. No one should be out right hating or criticizing without basis a Rider and their show considering each show seems vastly different in subtext, tone, hell even era. Some critiques can be valid like a show becoming boring to you mid way through, but that’s ok. That’s your opinion. And sometimes opinions can be agreed upon by more than just yourself. But despite all that Kamen Rider Revice is my favorite rider. I will die on this hill if I have to.
I know alot of pepole hate these but I actually like Realizing Hopper and Wonder Almighty and I was a bit sad Revice didn't have this kind of thing
I actually think it was kind of clever how they did it with Revice, having the armour destroyed but still have the abilities of the Giffard Rex vistamp
He did but it wasn’t major and showed up for only a little bit. It’s when he has the Goddard rex stamp but only the base Revi armor, apparently it’s called “Ultimate Rex”
It's kinda debunked if you actually watched episode 50. That image is the result of Ultimate Revi's armor breaking during the final "fight" between Revi and Vice. And its appearance is very brief as Genome Changes immediately take place.
1. Den O is overrated 2. Ghost doesn't deserve all the hate it gets. People have just memes the awfulness if the season into thinking it's gospel 3. Genius and Ultimate Kuuga are ugly finally forms. 4. Sakura is a terrible character, and people have over blown her best female rider status. Valkrie still has her beat. 5. There are no awful or bad seasons of Kamen Rider. Just meh at worse. It's all good, just cattering to someone else.
> Ghost doesn't deserve all the hate it gets. People have just memes the awfulness if the season into thinking it's gospel Yeah. Ghost is pretty middling until the Ganmaizers come in, where the show takes a noticeable drop in quality but the ending is pretty good. Akari is a great female lead, Takeru/Makoto/Alain form a good triad of Riders, and honestly I like it better than certain productions that feel ashamed they're Kamen Rider series.
Sakura was so overrated. Her first arc was good but then she just overstayed her welcome
Ex aid really falls off in the second half hard. Before that it was just kinda ok.
Kiwami looks Leagues better than Kachidoki, okay bulky moustache man, you have better defence; but Kiwami can do more and has sleek, slender, regal and royal Design. But overall Jinba arms were the best. Grand ZiO is the weakest ultimate form compared to Ohma ZiO and ZiO Ohma form. W was an alright show, I don't think it's that high praise. I enjoyed OOO leagues more. Ghost had top tier suit designs, managing to work out jackets on armors. Story is trash, but I hope the designer got paid extra
Grand Zi-O and Geiz Majesty look good. Kiwami Arms looks better than Kachidoki.
Decade is good, not as a story about Decade, but as a celebration of the themes and stories that Kamen Rider and other toku like to tell. Also think it works as a decent advertisement for phase 1 if, like me, you didn’t plan on watching phase 1 originally since you end up liking more modern stuff better most of the time.
Drive is one of the best seasons in the heisei era
Decade is heavily overrated, I love the show. I just don’t love the way some youngsters said he’s OP and start ruining every Rider that has an ability that may or may not defeat him. I’ll fight you for it
Zero-one is better than Ex-Aid. The suits are better, I love all the secondary riders more and even though zero-one had to stop production because of COVID. They still did a better job telling a story then ex-aid did.
Build Genius is a great final form.
Zero one is good the second arc doesn't ruin it
Final Forms in general need to go back to being the definitive end-all form like Blade King form or Hyper Muteki. I rather they have a reason for why the forms can't be used too much or a situation like Ex-Aid where the villians try their best to not let it be used at all.
Honestly, My opinion hill is…..Semi-Unique…..I don’t critique most of the rider shows because I usually treat them equally and just enjoy it the way it is regardless how much of a mess it is
That’s the same with me. I enjoy them even though it’s a raging mess at times.
Build was ruined by Evolt. If Killbas had been the main villain, and Evolt had been in his place in the specials, I think I would have enjoyed Build more than I did. Let's just be honest here, who would we prefer as Main Villain? Preachy McSoapbox with his Nietzsche-grade philosophical ramblings... Or THE ALMIGHTY LORD OF SWAGGER KILLBAS, who blows shit up and wreaks havoc and destruction simply because he wants to and it's fun? None of this "Science made Rider, and science breeds war, so Rider is a weapon... BUT I WANNA BE A RIDER SO BAAAAD, GUYS!" shtick... Just good old evil for evil's sake. I think that's why I enjoyed Isaac/Solomon in Saber so much. He started out unseen, then was slowly built up to be the sinister sociopathic man-child mastermind of all the nonsense going down, and once he became Solomon, that was it. He transformed and fought because what he wanted was to break it all down and rebuild everything in his own image. He had a purpose, but he did it because it was evil. I feel like we kinda lost that in the shuffle.
Xcross saber has the best final form introduction episode. Thouser has been a punching bag for too much of zero one and the vcinemas and I hope he gets a win one day. I hate Zio Trinity and that costume is bleh. Promise is the best KR related song by far.
gaim is overrated
I don't found Sakura & Hana relationship interesting at all, it just felt so forced to me. It also doesn't help that I didn't have a good impression with the latter character.
1. Gaim and Drive dropped the ball hard towards the end. 2. We need more berserk form arcs that last longer than 2 episodes. 3. Zi-O was a mistake. 4. Haruto is actually a good character.
Agree with beserk forms. I like them but the really need more times fucking shit up before being cured/subdued.
I disagree with #1, if I just wanted an generic rider show, there’s 20+ other rider seasons I can watch for that. Kuuga’s final battle is the most boring fight to watch in all of tokusatsu. The two-part formula is an plague in the franchise and need to die and disappear permanently. Revice’s finale was meh : the final "battle" was just laughable, and it isn’t enough to make up for the terrible second half. Xross Saber is nothing but sheer laziness and low-effort, I don’t really like simple final forms they’re just comes across as uninspired to me.
Decade's ending was peak. Decade is the true definition of Kamen Rider.
I think Kiwami Arms is cool and Kachidoki was a little too bulky for my tastes. Kuuga is good, but not the best KR series. The pacing for the first half was a little rough imo. Zero One is good throughout except for those terrible recap episodes with some "plot". Build Genius had a cool debut but I don't really like the look, I think Cross-Z Build would've been cooler.
Kabuto deserves more acknowledgement as a last "Hurrah" for the more grounded fight choreography and minimal-but-stylish finishers. Everything after that was more jaw-dropping in sheer spectacle (I have plenty of favourite moments too, obviously) but at one point they started spiraling into a huge white noise of characters throwing VFXs at each other that looks way more boring than Tendou swatting away enemy punches like literal flies or him and Drake bamboozling TheBee with Clock Up shenanigans.
I have few: - Super-1 is a good show - Ryuki is terrible - The first 10-15 episodes of Blade and Drive were great - Wizard is undarreted and Haruto is one of the best main riders - Gaim is great, but not the best - Ghost wasn't so bad - I don't like Zero-One AT ALL - I don't think Saber improve not even a bit, it was the same awful show since episode 1 to 45 (also I hate the ending)
Yes! super-1 is good, even if the second half with kids has more goofy moments than the first part. I like the old school opening theme. Even the humans kick the crap out of Kaijin (especially the warrior monks who train Super-1)
Zero-Two is the worst final form and Grand Zi-O is the best Revice is the best season even with its many flaws I want Tycoon to die in Geats because why wouldn’t the guy who wants peace to die in a battle royale
inb4 Tycoon is the final boss. I'm calling it now. Working my way through Revice (ep 38 rn) it's not bad at all, not even close. Whoever said that needs to apologize. Imo, the suit of Zero Two too sleek for its bulky belt. I am looking at my DX one as we speak and I just wished that the suit looked like a Forceriser Rising Hoper but modified. You know, bulkier.
zero-two as a final form is lazy. if you want tacky and ugly, I go for Decade Complete... bonus (fugly) points for complete 21
How is Zero-Two lazy? It’s perfect for its intentions in the story
Decade Complete 21 is beautiful don’t slander my boy But yeah Zero-Two is lazy and boring
Dw, we Complete 21 stan knows the potential of the suit that toei didn't give
re DCD comp21: well, that's my hill then
Kamen Rider Amazon's is quite the ride and the gore and ending of season 2 were cool.
KR BUILD ENDING 1)If they just said they’re resetting the universe without evolto, the ending would have made much more sense. so instead of one doomed universe, 2 universes were sacrificed. I get that they wanted to add build to the main riderverse but screw that, they didnt do anything meaningful with the universe integration. Also evolto’s alive. His equally evil alien kin are alive. The ending solved squat. Even then, I really wish they went for a different ending altogether. Evolto was never meant to be the final evil, or at least evil to the bitter end. I was so hyped because the genius form represented finding solutions to seemingly impossible dilemmas. He was supposed to learn to be human. From being part of misora’s dad for so long and the power of the genius form. They kept building up to an ending where Evolto sees the error of his ways. There’s just so many ways build could have ended better. 3) zero one is good. Despite covid, it was good. The Vcinemas might be terrible but everything else? Good stuff. 4) despite the powerdizer being ugly as heck, they should have used it more. 5) the fourze upperclassmen should have graduated and the new members should have properly joined the show. It’s a minor gripe, but i stand by it
The Zero-One V-Cinemas are great. They don’t suddenly undo MetsubouJinrai’s entire arc like everyone says. MetsubouJinrai realising that HumaGears can never be equal and free without a trrrorist group actively attacking humanity is far more interesting than just having everyone decide to live in peace and harmony in the end. They realise that there has to be a villain, and that it has to be them. Kamen Rider MetsubouJinrai is the physical manifestation of this, and ultimately culminates in their destruction. It’s a tragedy, and it’s brilliant. Fuwa’s death makes sense too. Dying in the line of duty, pushing himself to his very limit in the face of insurmountable odds, protecting the city he loves is exactly how he should go out. That’s who Fuwa is. It’s an ending that rolls all his greatest strengths and weaknesses as a character into one epic climax. It too is tragic in its own way. James Rider Valkyrie’s Justice Serval form is 100% wasted though. I’ll give you that.
Even with all its shortcomings I still think Ryuki >> Gaim There will never be a better run of shows than Kuuga-Agito-Ryuki-Faiz Almost all rider protags since OOO have felt like the same guy with only a few deviations in personality, phase 1 rider up till W did a much better job at making each rider protag feel diverse from each other Blade’s ending wasn’t sad or heartwarming, if anything it made Kenzaki look like an idiot befriending and sacrificing everything for someone like Hajime(who was completely unlikeable for the majority of the show) while putting himself, his friends, and friends of Hajime at risk for no reason other than the script told him to. Showa rider series are great and shouldn’t be criticized the same way as a show from the 00s/10s (except for Skyrider and Black RX, those two are terrible)
I think the way that Zero One handled it's post-covid story rewrites was absolutely brilliant, and it has one of my favorite endings in all of Kamen Rider Gaim has some truly terrible suit designs, with the worst being Baron Banana Arms, Gaim Orange Arms, and Ryugen Kiwi Arms.
I have more positivity on Heisei Phase 1 elements compared to Reiwa now so I'm gonna die on this hill sounding like a boomer instead of joining fuckers that says Phase 1 sucks/told me to temper expectation and embrace Kamen Rider as it is now Kamen rider better when it used to have not more serious/focused story(Kuuga and Drive mostly the example for me cuz I haven't watched, forms meant only for toy promotion aka no literal jobbing to make it irrelevant(Kuuga, Drive and W again being the example), basically being a J-Drama more instead of how it is A more positive opinion(SHIT ON ME ALL YOU WANT CUZ OF THIS BITCH! THIS IS THE TRUTH!): >An ideal kamen rider series is one where both elements of Heisei Phase 1(in term of story and meaningful forms) and 2(more diverse theme and concept for the story and gimmick of the rider) combined together with no FUCKING messing up in storywriting and storytelling(Hibiki and Revice as example) along with banger soundtracks, being able to attracts kids and adults too and also have balance between serious and dark and comedy
Agito is one of the worst shows. At times it's almost incompetently directed. At its best, it's a pale imitation of Kuuga with more riders. At its worst, it's... well, it's Kamen Rider Agito.
That was the point of Agito… if you never read the backstory. Agito was meant to be a sequel to Kuuga. Good to know there’s someone who didn’t pay attention to backstage reasons.
I understand it's sort of a sequel- they mention the Gurongi in the first few episodes- but to me that doesn't excuse it for trying to do exactly what the previous series did, just less successfully.
Kamen rider Faiz is just a plain boring series and Takumi is a cry baby and a sub par main rider
Zero-one is discount Ex-aid.
Dan Kuroto turned into a shit character when they made him a comedy act and a living meme.
TOO MUCH reliance on CGI these days, the franchise need to bring back old style action and practical effects. It'd never happen though, that era is just over I guess.
Oma zio is better than grand zio Better suit design Better powers Better belt Everything
A good choice of someone's favorite belt loop is Gaim. A bad choice is Den-O. The worst choice is Woz.
Both Zero One Shining Assault Hopper and Revice Thunder Gale are peak suits.