[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Zatyme

That’s the core of the issue Faiz, if you aren’t invested or care about the cast the narrative choices are going to tick you off due to them being solely caused by the personality’s of the cast

If Kamen Rider has a Your Mileage May Vary series, it's likely Faiz!

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Originally Posted by AkibaSilver

You fool, you've mentioned Doctor Who, so now it is my time to chat!

The Doctor Who related thing this is reminding me of more than anything is probably Series 9 of New Who (The last Clara one). The overarching theme losely woven through is about the Doctor and Clara's relationship, whether or not it's good for them, how much it's changing them, etc, and it culminates in the final episode, Hell Bent, which is one of the most divisive episodes I know purely because of the reasons we've been talking about. It's effectively a whole episode where the plot is a device for these two characters to analyse their bond. If you vibe with the pairing, it's one of the mose heartfelt and personal episodes ever made. If you don't, it's an hour of pointless navel gazing that meanders between wasted settings. It's not a 100% similarity, but it kept coming to mind.

Yeah, I checked out of Doctor Who during the Moffat run just before Clara showed up. I really started to dislike his approach. Not to get off-topic, but he had this thing where he'd create a mystery, spend a TON of energy on it, then when it was time for the payoff he'd basically go Why Do You Care About That Dumb Thing When There's This Even BIGGER Mystery. He loved asking questions, hated giving answers. Just bugged me.

(Hilariously, I came back for Chibnall's run and quit halfway through the last series because everything felt too inconsequential to me.)

To your example, though, it's tough trying to craft a story about difficult people that doesn't end up feeling like too much work to get through. It's like, you have to hope that these people end up being worth all of this work. For Faiz, it's really only Takumi who's the difficult one, I feel. Everyone else has their failings and neuroses, by Takumi is the Hard Work character. I think he's been worth it for me?