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Originally Posted by Tokumonkey

(By similarities, I'm talking about the on-its-face goofy theme, the collectible gimmick, the so-far-individual weapons for the Riders, the multiple-Rider-at-the-outset structure. The only thing it's missing is directly swappable armor. I expect the similarities are deliberate, but they could be just trying to replicate the success of Gaim's toy lines, rather than its atypical tone.)

One less superficial thing that jumps out to me is the similarity of GENM to Yggdrasil (big companies that clearly have some connection to the monsters the world at large doesn't know about). Though Emu has friends that are "in the know" about the plot, which lowers the potential of him being jerked around the way poor Kouta was.

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Also, IIRC, didn't you kinda love Gaim before certain specifics of its execution radically altered your opinion?

There's no "kinda" about it! Gaim was on the fast track to becoming my favorite Rider show period for most of its run.

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Originally Posted by Tokumonkey

I rewatched the early episodes of Gaim recently, though, and I'd forgotten how slapstick it sometimes was at the outset. (And periodically during. Bravo/Durian?)

I think a lot of people forget that. It's overall tone may be very serious but the comic relief tried its best to "compensate". I think it may be even more over the top than Den-O in places. In my opinion, Gaim is basically the show that planted the seeds for guys like Onari.