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Originally Posted by vin13ish

I got question about Kamen Rider Drive Saga with Mach and Heart.

Since both Mach and Heart take place 2 years after the conclusion of Kamen Rider Drive's Finale, How can Heart become Kamen Rider despite being dead?

First option: The entire thing where he is a Rider takes place in the past and the synopsis actually only refers to Mach. Dick move, but nothing I would put past Toei.

Second option: Gou is working on reviving Chase but the technology is stolen by a Roidmude fanatic who revives a bunch of Roidmudes which go nuts, Heart is also revived but takes care of the problem by becoming a Rider to stop his friends.

Third Option: It somehow ties into the Ghost & Drive Summer crossover movie where Heart, Brain and Medic are alive.

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Originally Posted by EpsilonX

Well, the two-part format sounds a whole lot more interesting than episodic MOTW style, but I still prefer the formula that Ghost has been following. What's another series that has a good, continuous storyline? I've heard Gaim is like that, but what else?

Lots of early Heisei is like that. Like I haven't watched all of it, but if you like what Ghost is doing you'll like a lot of early Heisei stuff. They all feature a building storyline with weekly monsters thrown in the mix.

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Originally Posted by EpsilonX

Also, which series has the best two-part formula? I like the paranormal investigations aspect of Ghost, so W sounds fun with its detective work. (same with Drive)

W and OOO do it the best way IMO. W with the detective theme can keep your interest up so you actually want to know how they resolve the case next week, OOO's characters are good enough that you want to know what happens to them next.

Wizard is probably the worst example of the two-part formula since the characters are trash and the enemies are a joke. You don't care what happens to the characters and you don’t really want to know what happens next since the story goes nowhere and the enemies always die and never do anything major. Of course there are a few exceptions, but overall if a Phantom shows up you know it’s gonna fail. Not like W or OOO where you know they will find a way to win, but you don’t know how they do it. Wizard? The Phantoms are useless, Rider kick to the face, the end.

Drive isn’t as interesting as W & OOO at first, but once the show gets to the part where Shinnosuke deals with the case of his father it gets really good. That was too late for me but I still enjoyed it a little bit.