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Originally Posted by Kiwami

I really like Wizard’s supporting cast.

Wow, that's insane. I always get the feeling the supporting cast is the single most hated part of Wizard by pretty much everyone. Obviously I love them too but I couldn't really defend Shunpei too hard if you asked me to. Honestly I think Onari is kind of what Shunpei was trying to be.

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Originally Posted by Kiwami

Rinko works for me too. Mostly because she was allowed to work outside of magic-stuff and do some detective work.

I'm also quite fond of the sudden bit of realism where she repeatedly gets chewed out for not showing up to work until Section Zero explicitly tells the cops to just ignore her.

Rinko in general is basically a comic-relief version of Ichijou from Kuuga and I think she's easily the best of the supporting characters in Wizard.

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Originally Posted by Annuga

Wizard: CGI

Can you elaborate on that one? It always seemed the CG was pretty much on par with any other show. No better, no worse.

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

Kenzaki is truly one of the best just for how far he would go~

Ahhhh, the memories. I haven't seen Blade's finale in years. I should give it a watch again and then cry for several hours.

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Originally Posted by EpsilonX

I'm so turned off by Blade because I hate the suit design, but I guess I'll have to give it a chance sometime

YES ABSOLUTELY DO IT! In case you can't tell, Blade inspires some pretty devoted fans to this day. I consider it one of the best Rider shows and one that "should" be my favorite even though it isn't. It's way better than Wizard, anyway.

Just remember, if you like it from the first couple episodes you'll love it by the end. If you don't like it right away I simply cannot imagine you will regret sticking with it anyway. There's really no losing.

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Originally Posted by MrJexis

I don't know, I can gush forever it seems like when it comes to Wizard, but I think you get my drift. I was hooked until the very end.

I'll take over for a bit then.

So I think probably the biggest reason Wizard is my favorite show, since it hangs over the whole series, is the general tone and style of it.

Wizard got a lot of hate at the time for sticking to the Double formula (light-hearted, all two-parters, etc.), but I think it's the closest Rider has ever gotten to recapturing the soap-operatic magic of the early Hesei shows. It's got a generally laid-back feel with a lot of scenes of the characters just hanging out and being goofy, mixed in with some serious drama and dangerous villains.

It's not nearly as over the top as the shows surrounding it (if you didn't like the goofy sound-effects in Drive, know that Gaim started it), and while I can understand how that made it stale and boring to people, it's really up my alley. It's basically my ideal balance of capital P PLOT and character-building side stuff.

Wizard shared a head-writer with Hibiki's first half and in my opinion it has the exact same sort of qualities that make Hibiki the cult-classic it is. I can only hope it gets a bit of a reevaluation some day.

Also, I'm still only scratching the surface of how much I love this show. Ask me about the Christmas special!

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Originally Posted by Annuga

>Wizard
>Ghost
Prepare to be eaten alive

S'all good, I got your back bro.

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Originally Posted by MrJexis

People hate all over Go-Busters too, and I don't get it.

On that note, if anyone tries to poop on Go-Busters, I will end them. Except not really, you're entitled to your opinion, no hard feelings.