We haven't had a lot of large scale human death in Rider since Decade. The shows since then have been really light on casualties, especially W and Fourze.

That I actually liked a lot. Let's pull out all the stops right from the start instead of the gradual power-up we get on most Rider shows.

I almost want the Wizardriver now. And I never buy roleplay toys.

My favorite part, oddly, is that he has to re-prime a side if he wants to use that hand twice. It's such a minor point, but I really appreciate that the belt follows rules like that.

^This. Having missed out on W and OOO drivers (still debating on Decadedriver, and not liking the Fourze one) I just might go all in on WizardDriver if the show continues to captivates me like the first episode.

I was gonna skip on this driver, but now if I get enough money, I may get one ^_^

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I will agree they could be done in any Rider series, but I still thought they were great. Sometimes series have had a tendency to go from really cool looking villains to wtf was that ones after a few series.

I broke down and watched the raw. I still hate magic, but damn it Kamen Rider, I can't hate you. I even got my girlfriend to watch it because she thought Haruto was hot, so I guess it's a win-win situation.

Is that really win-win? lol I've lost potential girlfriends that way

I just noticed something awesome in the henshin. When the magic circles appear, they are in the correct cardinal direction of the classical element Wizard is using (For the unfamiliar: Five elements (Japanese philosophy)). Fire to his left (East), Earth to his feet (South), and Wind above him (North). He didn't use Water, but I'll bet a donut the circle will form to his right!

If they leave you to chase after some pretty boy fantasy of theirs, then they aren't worth having in the first place, bud.

Watched the sub.
The episode as a whole was okay. The fights were pretty good, but the character moments were a tad bit weaker. After being exposed to early W CGI, I guess I'm no longer as critical to CGI moments, but the CG fight in this episode was a bit weak.

However, something I did notice is that the monster was killed in this episode. Perhaps it won't stick to the 2 episode format as religiously as most recent series?

Anyway, aside from the belt needing to shut the hell up (There's a difference between being active and just blurting out sound effects for no reason), this episode was fine and I'm willing to stick with it because I'm curious how far Haruto's powers extend.

Well that was pretty good. The action is great, the world interests me as do the characters and I like Haruto quite a bit. The only nitpick I really have is it seems the Kamen Riders in this show won't be referred to as such, but that's minor. I have a feeling I'll enjoy this show a lot more than I did Fourze.