Oh my goodness, I always knew Mihara was useless but not this bad! I rewatched the fight against the Arc Orphnoch in Faiz and Mihara's entire presence there can be summed up like this:

He "tries" to save Mari and gang, but is casually tossed aside (and I don't mean he holds the Orphnoch off for a few seconds, I mean he starts running at it and literally the next cut is him getting thrown into a pillar and de-henshin'd).

Then he does a triple Rider henshin with Yuji and Takumi then attempts to do a double Rider kick with Kiba which gets deflected and gets knocked out for the remainder of the fight.


For goodness sake, Auto Vajin ended up doing more in his 5 seconds of screentime than Mihara did the entire fight. That is both comical and sad at the same time.

You words echo my feelings on Miura almost perfectly. Miura's whole situation is fascinating in that, despite making it very clear several times that he doesn't really want any to do with Orphnoch situation, he's forced into the role by Masato despite the fact that there are people who actually want the power Delta has. The whole situation is made even more hilariously sad when you remember that, when he finally does become Delta, he's worthless in battle and exists for no other reason then to be knock around by whatever enemy the group is fighting that day. At the top of my head, he as a character is second only to Necrom P in being the most worthless Kamen Rider to ever appear in this franchise.

The scene in episode 11 of Kabuto where Misaki gets off of a spring ride and they just focus on it flipping out for five whole seconds while she walks dramatically towards Tendou may be the greatest thing I've ever seen.

I'd probably still put Necrom P over Mihara. Yeah she lasted less than 5 minutes but at least as a character, I found Aria to be a bit more memorable. Mihara feels like he solely exist just so that they can have someone to be a good guy Delta. If they wanted to do that, I honestly think they should of made Keitaro the new Delta. The previous arc about how the Delta gear supposedly corrupts its users would of worked well with Keitaro status as the most morally good person in the entire show.

My sister just finished showing my mom and I Kamen Rider Kabuto. That was certainly something. The plot, pacing, and characters were all good. I probably would have been a bit more confused if my sister hadn't been there to fill in a few gaps, like how the purple worms worked.

After that, my sister and I binged the first 17 episodes of Kamen Rider Wizard . It's completely stupid and I love it. We are currently arguing over who is hotter: Rinko or Medusa. (I think Medusa's hotter. Fight me.)

It probably wont come as too much of a shock to most of you that I have dragged a family member into toku hell.

Indeed. Blade and Ryuki are the absolute gems of the first half of Heisei, as are W and Gaim for the second, IMO.

@Shyguy: I loved Hibiki, but I don't think it's well loved by the fanbase as a whole. It wasn't actually meant to be a "Kamen Rider" show and that definitely is apparent while watching it, but I just found it really charming. I even bought toys from it, which I won't do unless I really like the series.

On the second to last episode of Fourze. This series truly has been very charming, though I don't know where to rank it in terms of my favourites

Gentaro is Fourze. No other show has had such a charming and lovable protagonist, and that makes all the difference, I think. There's a lot of decent series, but if you don't really care about the main character, you just won't connect with it in the same way.

If all the other elements of Fourze (suit, gimmick, Driver, bike, story, bad guys, etc) were above average it would be my absolute favorite, hands down. As it stands, however, a few others, due to being superior as a whole, keep it from the very top of my list.

The idea that Hibiki wasn't meant to be a Kamen Rider series is a common misconception. While it was originally conceived of as an update on one of Ishinomori's other shows, it was adopted as a Kamen Rider series very early in its conception and was always intended to be Blade's follow-up. It was never a case of Toei suddenly slapping the "Kamen Rider" name on it well after development had started.