That's what I always say. They used Ryutaro as a template for Wataru in the same that they wanted to cash in on the Taros with Kivas' Arms Monsters. The characters wind up being similar but still satisfying in my opinion. I like Kiva even with the few faults it has.

Wataru is a whimp? Okay let's take a look at him. This is Wataru right?
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AGrf_rMI3Y.../s400/1546.jpg

Okay now tell me something, does Wataru Kurenai look at all like this?
http://www.omega-level.net/wp-conten...HE-WONDER..png

No? Then he is not a whimp.

Ryuki. No contest.

I agree. I'm going to compare them now.

Garuru/Jirou: Kind of like Momotaros, but they are different. Momotaros is more of the crazy tough guy, whereas Jirou is more of "he's the tough guy you don't want to mess with, because he'll mess you up [spoiler],or rather consume your soul[./spoiler]

Bashaa: The only similarities I see is: They're both the kid of their respective groups, and they talk with a similar...dialect...I guess?

Dogga: Kind of like Kintaros in they're both the strong one, but besides that there's not much else.

:lolol

It's not even that they have similar personalities. Toei saw the huge success of Den-O and the Taros and wanted to try that formula again. See if they could get the same results. The Arms Monsters come off fine though Jirou is the only one with real personality.

Yeah.

Anyway Kiva episode 16:

It was pretty good. Throughout the whole thing, I was afraaid of something bad happening when "Dai-chan" regained his memory. It did...he killed that girl :( Powered IXA was cool. As for 1986...it was good too. It kind of sucked how one sided Jirou and Otoya's fight was. I have a question guys...(this applies to the IXA Knuckle as well) in Den-O. If one has a Rider Pass...does the Den-O belt just materialize when they have it? Because it seems implied that that's the case (take Negataros and Gaoh for example).

EDIT: episode 17:

Again, prety good. Nago screaming "that buton is mine!" Was kind of funny. That sucks that the archer girl witnessed her partner die at the hands of a Fangire. Is it wrong that I really want to uy a motorcycle and have it customized to look like Kiva's? Anyway, I find it weird that Nago was able to fake out the Garuru Saber, since it seems like it's like New Den-O in that Jirou is the Garuru Saber. Anyway...DoGaBaki form appears in the next episode!

I would personally recommend Ryuki to anyone, I love that series. It has a great number of interesting characters and the plot, well, its interesting to the very end.

Anyway I've finished the first 3 episodes of Faiz and is it just me or the pacing of this show is a tad slow? I mean 3 episodes in and I can't still make a feel for Takumi, ok he's different from Godai, Shouichi and Shinji in that he's reluctant to be rider but other than that he's still a bit flat as a character. Heck in the first episode I thought Yuji was the main character. Now in episode 3 they've introduced 2 more characters that would probably be relevant to the story but it still a bit vague. And what's up with that Yuka girl's family? That's messed up.

I don't know if its because I'm coming from a high from Ryuki or Faiz is just slow story wise but I'm still waiting for it to hook me in. Well its just 3 episodes in so maybe it'll get better, hopefully.

And never again!

Decade 3.
Nope. Not that good either.
However, I will admit that Decade wasn't written as a god among men that we all should worship, so that's a step in the right direction.

Decade 4.
What the fuck. Decade just up and kills Rook (Ignoring the fact that he can kill Rook in the first place) and doesn't get called out on it? They're not just monsters in this universe. They live alongside humans in coexistence. Why wasn't Decade punished for his actions? He essentially killed a cop who was chasing a criminal because the criminal was a pretty lady.