It's more about how you shouldn't judge the show for the main characters look than how Gaim looks more like a Rider than Ex-Aid nor not.

Because the concept of fruit armor and street dancing screams for a lighthearted theme, but we ended up with something unique that had a mature tone. I'm just saying Ex-Aid could do the exact same for all we know, it's too early to tell, that's why I’m comparing it to Gaim.

But I agree, Ex-Aid lacks some Rider indicators I like, and I think Hibiki looked better too.

Color me intrigued cause these designs look like something I would've drawn :lol.
BUT my one critique is the belt. I know it's supposed to be the same belt for all the riders, but it screams too much Ex-Aid. This'll be the first time since Wizard that I've skipped buying a belt...I'll buy an OOO related henshin trinket though. No doubt lol.

That's because Hibiki wasn't originally meant to be a Kamen Rider.

I think that was just a rumor.

Gaim had the advantage of having Urobuchi announced early as its writer, so for every "he's a Malaysian knock-off" comment there was also either ridiculous praise of the Madoka writer or tempered interest because he had previously turned a magical girl series dark (which yes I know, is more common than people think, but he got more people to hear about it), so people believed he could handle a mandated "fruit ninja" season.

Gaim didn't happen on its own, it worked because the writer took what he felt worked from the "toys", and barely used what he clearly didn't like (those hopper mechs the Kurokages got). So yeah, I liked Gaim from the get go, even during the happy looking dance arc. That's because I knew early on who was writing this and he wrote the story well. I don't have to look at a book and guess who's writing it, it's there with the ridiculous image on top. So if I see something that looks completely stupid, but I see Mark Waid or Alan Moore, or Brian Jacques had wrote it, I'd give a chance based on what they personally have done, regardless of what company they were under. Ex-Aid doesn't get that trust Gaim or Redwall does until I hear who's writing it, and even then we'll see how much Toei forces them to "sell the toys". Which normally wouldn't bother me so much if they didn't look like Happy Meal quality toys.

I am so incredibly torn on this.

I kinda hate all of this but at the same time I'm kinda loving it for the exact same reasons :lol

I'm not that big a fan of Ex-Aid himself but I like the look of both Brave and Snipe. I'm kind of curious of how ridiculous some of the forms will get seeing it's a video game theme.

I think people believe that Kamen Rider tends to have more serious story lines and will have a dark atmosphere compare to Super Sentai. I see people said that Super Sentai for the most part always flight more light hearted and silly compare to Kamen Rider.

Same! These are the most outlandish toku hero designs I've seen in ages and that really excites me. Just the genuine creativity, the originality of these looks, it really gets me going.

I don't care about you guys whining about the suit design!

I am more whining about who will be the HEAD-WRITER of Ex-Aid!

All of them are OUT! Yasuko Kobayashi might write Kamen Rider Amazons' Second Season, I heard Riku Sanjo is taking a break from writing a Toku show to write his new manga, Takuro Fukuda is NOT returning for Ex-Aid! All of them are out!

I am concern about who will be the head-writer of Ex-Aid