The best thing I can say about Kiva is that it has some good and interesting ideas, it just did a terrible job of executing them.

Kiva has a great design, but the show was really bad in my opinion. I found the drama boring and the story to be very weak. Even the action was pretty boring to sit through for me. Before Drive, Kiva was the first Rider show that I dropped.

So besides the 2nd chapter of the W manga being out, the first chapter of the Kuuga manga has finally been translated.

Nago-san when he is fired and and Wataru possessed by his dad was awesome though.

Does anyone here have a girlfriend or boyfriend that likes Kamen Rider and other Toku shows? If they don't, do they find them acceptable because a lot of people will judge others if they like something that is odd to them?

I don't have a significant over, but I can tell you my experience with friends that are also nerds, geeks, or anime lover/watches. And the comment I tend to get back is the usually "So like power rangers?", I try to break the ice, by saying it's not like it at all. I start by explaining that power rangers original source material is Super Sentai, and the people who makes Super Sentai also makes Kamen Rider, and I explain them the difference between the two. With all that said, some might have some interest others are just like "Meh, lame". I have two good friends that I convinced to watch Kamen Rider, and they're excited to but I've been lazy due to giving them the files. One of them wants to watch Gaim due to how the suit looks, the other was really intrigued by Ex-Aids designs.

I think with any other hobbies it takes time to break the ice, and let people know it's different and what you enjoyed. My parents knows I like and accept Kamen Rider and Power rangers are two different things, my brothers they know about it due to me watching it, but does not go anywhere near it. At first I was made fun of it for liking KR a lot, but eventually it just grew on everyone around me, and now they think it's the norm if I bring up Kamen Rider.

Both my partners are actually really into the show too, my friends? Eh it's a mixed bag. Some think it's cool, others think it's all kinda silly. I don't let it get to me, really.

Most of my friends are into anime, but they don't care about live action shows. They are fine with me liking Kamen Rider (However I do have one friend that gives me shit about liking stuff like Devilman).

How likely is it for the S.I.C line to try adapting Ex-Aid?

Quite likely, the tone of the show is not as childish as Fourze was which is to the best of my knowledge the reason why they skipped it, adult collectors didn't care much for Fourze apparently.