Your show sounds much worse.

Mostly because out of the problems you counted up only Nr. 5 is really a problem. Drive is a decent show, you can easily make it better by 1.) Tightening up the first half with some better, less gimmicky plots and 2.) Turn the in-your face comedy down a notch.

That’s what I disliked most about Drive, the second half was basically what the whole show should’ve been.

Absolutely not. The police element is one of the best parts of Drive and gave it a lot of its core identity, especially in regards to Shinnosuke and his dedication to helping others.

Dude, seriously: not everything has to be professional wrestling.

I can agree with this to an extent, given my antipathy towards "victim and monster of the fortnight" plots, but Drive did eventually become more serialized.

Oh hell no. Long-lost secret brothers are one of the most over-done tropes in fiction.

Eh, he grew on me after the show's midpoint when he started having more serious scenes. Finding out that he'd been playing the buffoon and was actually in on the Drive program from the start really gave me a newfound respect for the character.

See, now this is a post I can agree with.

I always enjoy how your solution to "fix" shows is usually have it shamelessly rip off something else.

1:No. The police thing makes Drive stick out more, and a speed racer would have been like the Showa Riders
2: Fuck no. Heart and Brain were enjoyable characters, and Banno, while seemingly coming from no where, actually was competent and was the whole reason we had the plot
3: 2-part isn't bad when executed well
4: That's the most overdone cliche in media with rivals
5: source?

I agree with Ann

Actually, I'm also curious about something KR fans think. What 'Big Bads' are considered the best, both in terms of plot and in terma of entertainment? I really liked Banno despite him being somewhat controversial due to his menacing colour pallette, his actions and movements

I liked Dr. Maki in OOO. I also really liked Utopia in Double, but I don't think he counted as a big bad.

Apollo Geist and Shadow Moon are probably my all-time favorites. Apollo Geist was definitely the more memorable and enjoyable character, but villain designs don't get any better than Shadow Moon.

I'd have to say Banno because he was a good mix of calculative asshole and straight sociopath. Another would have be Maki from OOO and Kaito from Gaim. Now I know Kaito wasn't a big bad until the end but that's what made him awesome to me. He was so determined to be good that in the end he changed into a monster that wanted to watch the world burn or get covered by alien flora in this case.

Also this might be the wrong thread, but should a Kabuto Zecter + Hyper Zecter be bought online if you find both at a somewhat cheap price?