[Androzani84]

Just have to say that I’m 13 episodes into this show and so far, I’m NOT enjoying this.

None of the characters are resonating with me at all. Shinji comes off as a very generic guy, REN comes off as an insufferable asshole, ORE Journal strike me as a VERY bad attempt at comic relief (at least Metalder knew to get rid of the bad comic relief when it became clear they weren’t working. Unfortunately, Ore are here for the whole shebang) and I’ll talk about the other characters I have opinions on when they’re introduced.

But moving away from my wittering, I think I’ll share this bit of trivia, cribbed from TV Tropes.

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How different Ryuki was when it was new is something that goes over the heads of many because many of its ideas remained in the franchise. Non-insectoid Riders? Only Agito ever changed that. Carrying around a Transformation Trinket in their pockets like it's Super Sentai? That was out of the blue. Highlander-like plot? That's the one part that wasn't touched again until Gaim. Black and Gray Morality was also new to the series. Even the Theme Song being less 'root for the hero' and more 'J-pop song that sorta touches on the series' themes' was new. Today this series is a lot less idiosyncratic because the aforementioned elements stuck, to the point of being quite passé. But when Ryuki was new, it was very much Kamen Rider In Name Only, with nothing but the main duo having the Rider 1 and 2 poses to suggest that it was supposed to be a KR series.
* In fact, the reason The Movie is an alternate ending without going into a full-on Elseworld (like the other KR movies of the decade) or an extra-long episode (like most Toku films) is because they didn't know they were going to get a full season at that point.

For a demonstration of how different the them is, reference this video