Oh God, this makes even MORE sense.

The pieces fall together. I've seen this a dozen times in Transformers, when newer fans (regrdless of age) come into Transformers with no or minimal exposure to the brand, see G1 and assume it's some timeless classic.

It happens everywhere, and this just makes all the more sense, because unlike G1, Agito has that false sense of maturity to it I mentioned. ESPECIALLY the bit about Faiz. Faiz, and I can't say I've seen it myself, has always been the show I hear LEAST about, except maybe next to Blade. What I do hear is not always positive, so if that was all people had and then they went BACK to Agito, they would've been even MORE suseptable to it's superficial qualities. Combined with only ACCOUNTS on it's story, I cna easily see some people forming some sort of quasi-mythical status to it. Imagining it to be much better than it really was. Still without a yard stick to compare, the masses accepted it as the false icon it had been built up to be, because it's foriegn and different and if you don't like it you just don't GET it because it's from Japan.

Oh, oh this all makes so much sense.

I dunno whether you're calling me contrary but err...thanks?

My dislike for Kuuga has nothing to do with being contrary, it's with the fact that it is a bad show. Maybe people appreciate the budget, the tone of the show etc those are all subjective things. But the lack of character arcs, the terrible pace those aren't subjective, they are facts. There are much more failings with Kuuga, that aren't personal with me, than those which are.

I'd assume it was initially popular because of its culture place but that doesn't explain how people are still watching it today, while still being ignorant of the shows many, many, many failings.

Also, didn't Kuuga have a Rider Kick that could destroy the planet?

Yeah, sorry, but you cannot kick a planet and destroy it. No ammount of fake science or ridiculous mythology can overcome the shear logistics of it. That's just pure nonsense. I don't care about the context, there's nothing in the world that can make that not sound ridiculous. It's one of those aspects that just takes you right out of the fantasy of Kamen Rider and reminds you how utterly dumb it can be.

Yeah you missed her become a plot point
And I didn't like koyomi's actress I just liked the way she brought out a bit of vulnerability in haruto

And I honestly wish kaito hung around the gaim peeps more because he would totally deck Mai and tell her to suck it the hell up

I dunno, I feel like there's been much more nonsensical stuff in KR. Then again, being able to kick a plane into explosion sounds hilariously awesome to me.

ahaha

Oh God, it's even stupider than I imagined.

It's not even like it explodes when he kicks, the explosion just comes from nowhere entirely.

Also, sweet job Kuuga, you just killed countless civilians. Thumbs up!

No, sorry, you can't pull "b-b-b-b-but Kamen Rider is so sillyz!"

It's called suspension of disbelief. It's the same way I can accept that a man can fly and have super speed, but not that he can juggle moons.

Logistics still work within absurd concepts. You can visualise someone turning into a superhero. You can visualise them kicking and killing a monster. You cannot, in any way that does not look ridiculously implausible, visualise them destroying a planet by KICKING it.

It's put on the screen so poorly too, that it only becomes the more laughable. He just does a normal kick, then they fall over and go off like a nuke. So duuumb. Oh shit ninjad, curse my terrible internet. At least you guys can see these aren't personal issues entirely now. Look at that curled turd.

Yeah, except everyone who actually watches Agito still has nothing but praise for its story, its characters, and its designs. It still holds up as one of my all-time favorites after two full watches and having seen almost every other series in the franchise start to finish. Honestly, the only two Rider shows I like more are Black and the good part of Hibiki.

And there's a reason why nobody talks about Faiz. It's a show that ends by burning off any goodwill it may have created and then practically kicking the viewer in the happy-sack on the way out.

The area had been evacuated beforehand because Godai was afraid of what would happen when he used the Rising Mighty kick. And from this point onwards they always made it a point to lure enemies into secluded areas before using that finisher. The moment did lead to the police having second thoughts about their association with him, though, as well as some bad press.