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Originally Posted by MKDremare

And Fukuda isn't a bad writer, considering that the parts of Ghost that he DID write are some of the strongest parts of Ghost, besides Alain's arc (which I don't think he directly wrote).

And let's be fair, all writers have had their high and low points.

I hope you're right. Other than Alain's arc, I found Ghost to be a huge disappointment, and a lot of what bothered me were concept-stage flaws. (How many of those concepts came from Fukuda and how many were dictated by Bandai/Toei, I couldn't say.) The rest were execution: our hero dying in the first episode and living on as a ghost could have led to lots of terrific story beats, but the series often seemed to forget this part of its premise. The show never explored its more intriguing ideas, so I worry that Saber, too, could suffer from squandered-potential.

...ugh. Sorry. It's hard for me not to rant about Ghost because I watched the whole gosh-darned thing and felt like my time had been wasted. (I also understand that some people enjoyed Ghost a lot, and I'm happy for them.) We've been mostly very lucky since Ghost, with Ex-Aid, Build, and Zero-One featuring relatively strong writing. I wish we'd gotten someone with a track record that inspires confidence from more people.

I shouldn't feel all gloom-and-doom. Ghost was Fukuda's first crack at Kamen Rider; it's entirely possible he's learned from what didn't work in Ghost. Saber doesn't sound like it'll be loaded down with some of Ghost's concept baggage.

Alas, singing Drivers ahoy. Goodbye, Zero-One's slightly more restrained Driver noises.