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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

I guess I just don't don't have a problem with that kind of thing. You know, like a lot of you are complaining that the show is wasting time with standard VotW plots but I don't really see why you need a reason to show your hero helping people out. I think it's actually really fitting for the kind of character Takeru is that he'd have half a week left and still be bothered to help some random person out. Same deal with that episode where refuses to accept that the heroic Eyecons are last quarter's toys.

I consider it less a failure of the show to focus on the Plot and more the show not trying to focus on the Plot. I really don't feel every show has to be hyper-serialized, and for that matter, the VotW stuff directly connects to the main Plot, so this isn't even the worst example.

While I will agree that this isn't the WORST example of a VotW Episode(it did at least not COMPLETELY focus on that kid, and his problem did tie into the main conflict of the Episode & the entire plan of the Ganma), regardless, the issue isn't that he's helping people. That's nice & all, but this stuff shouldn't be consistent within the WRAP-UP OF THE SERIES. This is around when this show should be coming to a closure somehow. The stakes should be raising, and more importantly concerning this discussion, we should be wrapping up the character development of our main character. If our last Episodes are still centered around helping other people, then that takes away time for our main character to grow. And no, this isn't just a problem Ghost has, but many other Kamen Rider Series also have this issue. (Though at least most of those didn't run VotW stuff through to their last couple Episodes...)

I know it's kinda a low blow to bring up another Rider Series in comparison to this, but I just gotta say this. Know why Gaim did so well with its portrayal of story & characterization? Because it literally had little-to-NO VotW Episodes. The story was literally written to focus around our MAIN CHARACTERS ONLY. This is something I really wish other Kamen Rider Series would follow suit with in their storytelling format. It forces the writing to actually develop our lead protagonist, instead of having them be just a frickin preacher towards someone else and make them end up looking like a Gary Stu. Ghost on the other hand still has us dealing with lame VotW stuff when this show's gonna end in less than 10 Episodes....and Takeru is STILL a stick in the mud in terms of his characterization, and due to all these VotW Episodes, he's now become a dull Gary Stu character with no character development under his belt. This is why, like I said in a previous Episode thread, that I REALLY wished that the Episodes after Mugen's debut would revolve around Takeru HIMSELF actually emphasizing & feeling each of the emotions that Mugen Soul uses. This would be opportunity for CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT!!! But nope, instead, Takeru is simply observing other people express these emotions & preaching to them on what they should & shouldn't do....

SIGH.....I'm sorry this turned into such a rant, but I'm just sorely disappointed in how this Series has gotten. I had high anticipation for this show when I first saw Ghost's appearance & Form Changes(I still say Ghost has one of the best designs of recent times), but....the storytelling has gotten REALLY bad to where I can't defend it at this point.