out of Kiva, Ryuki and Faiz, which has the least j-drama?
 

Same as above. I was hoping one of them would pick up in pace and action time. Which does this the most?

I also just might watch dragon knight

Ryuki, no contest. Faiz is easily the worst of the three in that regard and Kiva has many of Faiz's problems.

Another vote for Ryuki here.

Ryuki is more of a Japanese "kill everyone else to get power/godhood/a new car" than a j-drama, and I know we have stuff like Hunger Games or Avengers Arena, but watch enough anime, play enough JRPG's or watching at least Ryuki and Gaim, and you'll notice this is a genre they like to use a lot (case in point, Battle Royale).

Faiz IS a j-drama. There is so little relevant Rider action compared to the characters dicking around with bullshit that, if you don't get into within the first 5 episodes, you'll be left bored and staring at the clock.
Fights are pointlessly glued on because Toei probably had a one fight per episode requirement. They may get more relevant as the series progresses, but fights in the first quarter seem so tacked on it's jarring.

Definetly reccommending ryuki since it has the least problems out of the two with it also being a good series in my opinion and not because I biased towards it, no, not at all.

Ryuki is my pick also.

Of those 3 I've only seen Kiva, but yes it can get J-dramatastic. For example, Otoya and Maya constructing the Bloody Rose comes across like a love affair, plus there's Taiga and Wataru's headbutting over Mio and Fangire Kingship and the revelation that they are brothers, Yuri's desire to kill Rook and Megumi's quest to finish what her mother started, Nago's identity crisis after having his IXA privleges revoked, I didn't think it was that bad though.

Lots of Ryuki votes. Which I was hoping for. Cool. I'll push through the amazingly slow and dull beginning then,

Ryuuki has the LEAST J-Drama out of those 3. But it's not free of it.

None are without their issues, but Ryuki is probably the best of the three. Although, Kiva is pretty damn awesome. Nevertheless, their issues are:


Ryuki - Reset button ending and they only had 10 riders.

555 - Last 10 episodes sucked and there was no ending.

Kiva - Time traveling plot that came out in the last 20 episodes took away from it.

I haven't seen Kiva but I feel pretty confident in saying it's Ryuki. It has its moments but I feel like, at least compared to Faiz, the Riders are pretty much meat of the show and not the drama.

I never found the time travel stuff to be that bad, to be honest.

Ryuki. As it deals with actual adults and has a lot if serious storylines.

I love Faiz because of the j-drama/angst. Not because I find it cool, but in an ironic way.

I think overall, faiz is the best despite all of the cons against it..
I kind of preferring the dualism between Kiba and Takumi, and the way conflict around them changing their perspective.
And yes the ending is a real sequel bait, but between those three (Faiz, Ryuuki, and Kiva) It definitely the lesser evil.

But on the topic which one have the least J drama, probably Ryuki.
It got too many things going through, too many riders to develop their story...

Kiva and Faiz is quite chock full of drama stuff all in all..

Kiva would need a coherent story for it to count as drama. (I love Kiva but.. yea, that story got holes)

I would like to know what exactly is the definition for "j-drama" here

Those are the three series I couldn't finish. I watched more episodes of Kiva, but I think that was largely because Kivat is awesome.

Kivat is imho the best thing about Kiva. (Though not the only thing I like. The show had some more good points, but also some pretty bad ones)

The music in Kiva was enjoyable, too, and I liked the concept of basing things on classic monsters. As you say, there were definitely good points.

FWIW, my wife watched through the whole series; I just got the recap from her and swooped back in for the last bit.

Fourze? Heck, that show was what if the child of Saved By The Bell + MMPR had a child with Kamen Rider.

Oh those 3? Ryuki.

If you want a light hearted Rider show Den-O,RX,Fourze and Kuuga would probably suffice.

Kuuga? Light-hearted? :confused:

I guess some people consider demons playing a murder game light? I wouldn't call Kuuga light, but it does have a bit of a warm feel to it if that makes sense.

In the sense that the main Rider isn't emo or uber serious.

If we go by that rule, I would say Den-O isn't always light-hearted, because honestly, Ryoutaro has some pretty emo moments too.

A light-hearted protagonist doesn't make the show light-hearted (Kuuga, Agito, Blade) and a serious protagonist isn't necessary an indicator for a serious show.