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Best moment ever in OOO when Kiyo-chan dives into a vat of oden. :lolol

I'd agree that every Kamen Rider show slumps at least a bit somewhere, but I think where varies greatly. With Drive it's the second quarter (I still maintain the first is perfect), with OOO it's the middle, and then there's shows like Blade that essentially start in their slump.

I didn't feel that OOO had a slump, personally. It did slow down, yes, but the pacing was well, the Medals were still shifting, so fights were always kept relatively fresh, and most of the actions the villains took were relevant to the plot. While there were certainly filler episodes, OOO never felt dull or boring to me.

Blade is a different case. It's not a slump, it's just that the first arc of the series is about Tachibana/Garren, rather than the titular Blade or the popular Chalice. So it feels like Blade is more of a set piece to Garren's story while sewing the seeds to Chalice's story at the start, which is why it feels slower or less interesting.
I personally liked it, since Garren's relevance drops off once Chalice and Leangle hit the scene, you still know who Garren is and what all he's been through during these events as the series starts the real ride.

Of course!

And, yeah, Drive kinda slumped early and then course corrected.

I like Blade's early episodes too, but I think they have problems beyond not being "about" Kenzaki. The way I'd put it is he's the audience surrogate, trying to piece the mystery of Board's downfall together, and there is plenty of character building with him early on, so he's not the issue. I haven't seen the show in long enough that it's hard to put my finger on, but the execution of that first arc just felt generally rough in a way the rest of the show wasn't. It's maybe not as drastic as it's sometimes made out to be, though. Just sort of like the show was struggling a bit to find its "voice".

I love both Drive and Blade. For Blade, I know the first quarter could be quite dull since the pacing was quite slow and it shows how hammy Tachibana was. But, oh boy, you are so dead wrong if he became a slump later since he totally ROCKED and BADASS later. You can't say uncool to how Tachibana was very cool when he met Isaka and asking if the Undead killed his girlfriend calmly before badassery insued. I would say Blade's weakest point was around 20s since it only focus the Rider mainly as, well, Rider fighting MOTW. But after, episode 30, everything got so hooked up later, especially due to the awesome King Form! Even Blade has the most awesome and tear-jerker ending in the entire franchise. Basically, Blade is really solid despite a really dull start.

Drive itself is a much better version of Blade in my opinion. It has a very good pacing in the start and toys weren't getting in the way to the plot. Even, they handled Handle-Ken and Door-Ju's debut so properly. It's quite rare for a Rider series to exclusively make a debut episode for weapons. Though, it was quite a bit stall since Gou's debut since he merely appeared to be Shin's sidekick for whatsoever. But, it's indeed Chase is the best character in Drive due to his development from a monster machine to try to be a human. I must say after Gou's involvement with Banno and Nira got in the scene, the series had been escalated so much better. They even fleshed out Shinnosuke's character much better here too.

The villain was interesting too, especially Heart. Boy, you couldn't say no to Heart-sama. He could be one of the most interesting and developed villain from all franchise. Indeed, he's a villain but he is so noble and not cheapskate unlike his comrades. For Brain and Medic, nothing to say except they got more developed later in the 3rd quarter. I'm just disappointed due to how well the villain was written but they were executed in so poor manner, especially Medic. Due to all built up to her, I think she should desrve a much better death than that.

Who here tried a food that was featured in Kamen Rider?
I for one tried saba miso from Kabuto numerous times in the past.

I tried a Durian once,




It was fucking disgusting

I heard there are ways to get rid of the smell before cracking it open.

Do you considered Ganma a waste of potential?

When the show start out, I thought they are a demon or Yokai like Kakuranger, Shinkenger and even Ninninger but turn out, Ganma is nothing but a bunch of humans that tried to be monsters like W and Fourze!

Gamnas are humans from 17th century or whatever decades they are!

I felt Writers didn't bother to watch Kakuranger, Shinkenger or even Ninninger since our heroes are bunch of monks!