No, I refuse to believe that. It's from the real show, Gou is dead, and everything is going to be awesome.

No matter where it's from, it kinda makes me sad :(

Me too :(

I don't know what you guys have as an overall opinion of Drive thus far, but in all honesty, 21 episodes in and I think it is just about as bad as Wizard. In fact, right now, I think it is one of the worst Kamen Rider series out there. Not as bad as Decade, but still pretty bad. I think the problem is that Toei got into this comfort zone and are playing it safe. Yes, we have Gaim, but it seems like Gaim was a fluke because after Gaim, they went right back to the standard formula they have been doing for the last several years.

I'm starting to think it's the worst Rider show since Kiva. Decade was deeply, deeply flawed, but at least it could be fun. Drive rarely rises above boring and frequently dips down into aggressively obnoxious. I keep hoping that it will have some kind of Blade-esque upswing in quality, but as the show goes on that's looking less and less likely.

Upon thinking about it you could be right. Hell, I own the Decade Figuart, but I regret preordering the Drive ones. If it weren't for Drive coming in my order with Vader and the STs, and risking my entire AmiAmi account in general, I'd cancel all of my preorders. I just hope that by the time at least Chaser ships in May, Drive has redeemed itself.

It sucks because Drive has a few moments of brilliance but ends up screwing it all up and just makes it a chore to watch through.


Like I've said before, we're 21 episodes in and we still don't know anything about the main Rider.

And I agree about Decade. For all of Decade's stupidity, it was still a damn fun Rider series to watch. Drive is just...ehh.

I am just wondering, is anyone confused at how the Roidmudes evolution thingy work?

The writing just feels really lazy and half-assed this season, as best exemplified by how Type Formula's introduction has been handled. I hate to say it, but I'm starting to think that Riku Sanjo is the next Toshiki Inoue: one masterpiece of a series (W/Agito) followed by a trainwreck (Faiz/Drive). At this rate, I'm not sure I'd want to see him helm another series.

If Drive sticks with the act with Shinnosuke & Hayase, it'd be much better, a great chance for the character development. However sadly after episode 6, they completely ignored it and just threw new Shift Cars in new episodes. They just stop focusing on Shinnosuke after episode 6, really.
Maybe this is a trade off for having a great support character (Kiriko) in recent years.