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Originally Posted by HenshinTrouble

Current Rider show I've been watching:

Kamen Rider W: I've finished the first six episodes and have been enjoying it so far. I didn't realize it would be so funny though. I wasn't expecting something dark and edgy, but this one seems almost like KR Ghost with all the mugging from the supporting cast. I'm sticking with this one, so KR Kiva will have to wait.

Akiko is pretty much the character that established the loud gurning slapstick sidekick as an integral part of Kamen Rider. Yuuki, Shunpei, pretty much the entire cast of Drive, and Onari are all her fault. That said, where she stands above most of those other examples is that she could still be a sympathetic and likable character. Not very likable, mind you, but she's still probably the most fleshed out and dimensional obnoxious comic relief character. I really hated her at first, but by the end of the series I was really surprised to find that I'd grown a soft spot in my heart for the shrieking little moron.