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Thinking back, I think my main problem with Ghost is how unorganized the whole show is. While it was always aware of what message it was trying to teach, more or less, it couldn't really decide on how it wanted to go about teaching that lesson.

On one hand, Ghost felt like it wanted to be an episodic show that focused on how every day people were effected not only by the 15 luminaries or the various supernatural events that were happening around them but also on the deeds that Takeru and his friends did for them. On the other hand, it wanted to be a more 'traditional' Kamen Rider show with a heavy focus on its plot and only really giving focus and development to characters who were able to move the story forward.

While both can be done in a single show as long as things are planned and paced properly, Ghost gave off the impression that the writers were writing by the seat of their pants the entire time and could never figure out *how* they wanted to get from point A to point B.

Hell, even original theme of the show took a hit because of this. While the show never stops being about life, that theme becomes secondary to the individuality theme that becomes the main focus of the show post-Toucon

In short, I think the lack of escalation post-Mugen is further proof that the writers had no idea what they wanted to do with the show besides telling you life and individuality are both awesome. It kind of feels like an attempt to return to the days when the show was just about a young boy teaming up with his friends to get his life back, helping people and learning more about the value of life along the way. Unfortunately for it, those days were long gone and show had transformed into something on a much larger scale. Attempting to go back to those days after such an important moment was probably one of the worst choices the show could have ever made.