Which neo-heisei KR series had the best story?
 

Which had the best story?

OOO was great! Wizard... mixed feelings but it was good.

Should Gaim be in the running?

Sorry. Should I start over?

Ignoring Gaim since it's way too early to tell how well it will stick the landing, I'm going to go with Wizard.

Now I will not argue for a minute that Wizard's story wasn't very poorly paced and drawn out, but the basic core story was really solid and tied together beautifully.

Fueki's daughter dies and he can't cope with it so he turns to magic to try and revive her, succeeding only in creating a bunch of soulless Phantoms. One of the victims is strong enough to overcome the Phantom, though, and is able to use its mana to wield magic. So Fueki decides to use the Phantoms to awaken other wizards that he can use as batteries for reviving his daughter. He then spends the entire series playing the Phantoms and Haruto off each other until he can get the four Wizards he needs to revive Koyomi. When all of this comes out in the open, Haruto has to decide how much he's personally willing to sacrifice to save Koyomi. At least until he finds out just how big the price is going to be to power the spell.

It's good stuff and I think that it would be a modern classic if it had been executed even half as well as conceived. But the show was locked into the Den-O episode structure, there was way too much forced comedy, and the actress who played the central character was too busy with her idol work to film more than a minute or two of footage per episode. The story itself was still really, really sound, though.

I'm going with Wizard - wait, don't bite my head off let me finish!

Firstly, Gaim way too early, secondly W is still on my list of Rider shows I need to give another chance. With those out of the way.

Both Fourze and OOO had incredible characters, but their respective mythologies were a garbled mess and their plots near non-existent.

Wizard on the other hand, had lots of plot and lots of mythology. Sure the pacing was so bad it basically crippled every single good idea it had but it was still there.

It was an Urban Fantasy story of a mad scientist with no morals are ethics trying to bring his Daughter back to life, falling into a world of magic and monsters. It's a pretty classic - almost clichéd story - but there was something operatic and almost Shakespearean in the way the show came together that sheds a whole fresh light on everything that came before it. I really do kinda wanna watch Wizard again, with the ending in mind the whole time.

I want to watch W, Fourze and Wizard before I vote, but OOO is one of my favorite series and Gaim has been amazing so far.

Judging by the poll results up there, any hope for actual discussion is already lost. This isn't a popularity contest, it's which show has the best story, so I have no idea why Gaim is up there as it hasn't finished yet.

W so far.

That show taught us that nobody's perfect, that real men aren't heartless machines that never falter or make mistakes, that to be a real man means rising to the challenge, and being decisive.

I think those who voted for Gaim meant: What happened so far was good. I think Gaim should be a choice, because it hasn't been many episodes, but we do have an idea what's going on.

Personally, OOO is still my favorite out of those. I liked the overall fantasy-feel of the whole thing and I loved the concepts of the Greeed. Also, Ankh's backstory was amazingly deep and touching. Same goes for Eiji.

I also think that of what we have so far, Gaim did a good job. It has done much better than Wizard or Fourze at that point and I really hope Urobuchi can keep up with the pace this year.

The poll as a whole automatically turns it into a popularity contest in my opinion.