[AgentOrange]

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Yeah, I think it's down to how the secondary Rider's necessary antagonism is displayed. I mean, they have to be in some sort of conflict with the primary Rider, otherwise what's the point? But when that conflict moves outside the standard "want to kill monsters for different reasons" (Birth, Beast, Accel) or "has a legit grudge against the main Rider that can only be addressed through combat" (Specter, Grease), if it's not those two things and is a larger Frank Grimes-style critique of the show's premise or themes, that doesn't work as well for me. That's when I reflexively take the primary Rider and/or cast's side, and get a little cold-shoulder-y to the secondary Rider. I think Meteor's story had moves to it, it definitely grew beyond his deceptive debut, but I definitely sometimes felt like he was telling me that I shouldn't like watching Kamen Rider Fourze.

Man, the wait til you get to Kaixa is going to be killer