It's the best picture I ever found on the internet. It's been my home pc's wallpaper for years now.

I always waffle back and forth between Kiva and Faiz for which show is at the absolute bottom of the list (not counting the last 19 episodes of Hibiki). At the moment I think it's Kiva. It has good suits and music, but the characters are all terrible (especially whiny bath boy), the plot is all recycled Inoue tropes, and the show seems to take a particular joy in aggressively refusing to explain anything.

the only problem I can even think of with Kuuga's defeating of the porcupine grongi is that they didn't draw it out longer and show off more of the cops looking really uncomfortable while Kuuga is just beating the shit out of it.

like, the cherry on top would be someone leaning over and being "uh.... should.... should we stop him?"

and Ichijou going "okay good buddy... I-I think ya got him"

Kiva has always been my guilty pleasure Kamen Rider. Very guilty ever since the second rewatch. But still kind of a pleasure.
I just can't help but love Kivat. And the designs. And the music. And the cast, except for a handful of actors I never liked.

I'm with you. Kiva had issues. But the absolute joy of that series is Wataru, Otoya, Kivat, and the music.

The only thing missing was a cop screaming "GET HIM A BODY BAG!" :p

I loved the absolute beatdown. You don't want to make Kuuga angry, but much like the Hulk, he's so much more fun to watch when he's mad :lol

Godai's anger as a whole is fun to watch, especially with how he always restrains it. He's the hero of the world basically and those around him look to him for support from these terrible occurrences to all around support for anything. And you can see it eating at him every so often, especially when he's alone. It makes Godai a bit more complex of a character and more fun to watch in my opinion. He's almost a dissection of Showa Riders, especially Kotaro. Kotaro is practically in the same situation, except he accepts the hardships he has now and fully takes on the mantle of a hero. Godai while he accepts the role almost comes to almost regret the decision in hindsight. In short I suppose, Kotaro plays with the hand dealt to him and carries on. Godai however almost forcefully plays with the hand he is dealt and keeps everything bottled in, he becoming what everybody wants; a hero and beacon of support, even if inside he constantly second guesses it.

Wait, are we talking about Agito? :P 36 episodes in and I barely have any idea of what's going on.

Also, 34 and 35 of Kuuga are great. Kuuga is probably my favorite Kamen Rider.

Different show, same author. But Agito is still worlds better than Kiva and Faiz.

It's kind of like Toshiki Inoue had syphilis: Agito was that amazing flash of brilliance, then he descended into complete insanity.