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Originally Posted by vin13ish

Which Kamen Rider show that killed the dark tone of Heisei Kamen Rider?

If you watched Kuuga, Agito and Ryuki. Those 3 show were darker than recent Kamen Rider show but how come we don't get those dark tone anymore?

Because FAIZ KILLED IT! Faiz is the most boring show ever because I couldn't watch it! I even don't know if Blade was dark Kamen Rider show but I know Faiz was the reason of why Toei decides to make Recent Kamen Rider show a more kid show like Super Sentai!

Dude, have you seen Faiz? That show was dark and bleak as fuck. One of the main character's storyline begins with her being physically and emotionally abused to death by literally every person in her life and ends with her being tragically murdered after finally realizing that she's been hanging out with her secret pen pal/crush all series. It's also a show that regularly showed x-rays of people's hearts dissolving and had multiple people disintegrate into dust on-screen. I'm not sure what constitutes children's tv where you come from, but that sure ain't what I consider kiddy fare.

No, I think we canpeg the big tonal shift of the Heisei era squarely on Den-O. That's the show where comedy really became front and center. Obviously, some of the other shows had comedic moments and characters, but Den-O is the show where drama officially took a backseat to wacky hijinks.