True. Would it kill them to give the fans what they want every once in a while?

If it serves the story it would be fine. If they scrap the series plan to reward the overly vocal "squeaky wheel" section of the fandom, then that could result in a mismatched series like Hibiki.

(Yes, I know the Hibiki problems are not because of fan catering. It's an example of what some consider a broken series.)

Add the fact that "what the fans want" has to be put in perspective. I dont know how the japanese fandom acts in that regard but the western fandom isnt going to get anything from toei. We are not the target audience. The japanese are.

And what I got from most interviews with toku actors Toei really doesnt expect anyone outside of japan to watch these shows.

Wow, Toei couldn't be more wrong. Also, you mean to tell me that fans over in Japan don't want to see more female heroes? If not then they are a bit behind. In my opinion that is.

Not the female heroes thing but the Kiriko has to be Drive thing.

Exactly this.

Also, sometimes fan entitlement issues can be exceedingly frustrating.

Doesn't that pretty much imply that Kiriko would be a better Kamen Rider than all three of the characters we have?

That's what it said to me when I found out.

So now it seems liked it's saying that the Drive System is a crutch for those that aren't strong enough. XD

That's what it says to me lol. Although another thing too is....does this mean that Shinnosuke has to pretty much remain weak in order to use Drive? Unless it becomes a plot point later on that Shinnosuke has become too strong to use Drive effectively and that's how he gets his Final Form.