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Originally Posted by Androzani84

I’m in much the same boat as you. The second half does have its ups and its downs, but I wouldn’t call it objectively terrible. That tweet I quoted a while back? He later said that Hibiki had become his favourite Heisei Rider series (displacing Kuuga) partially because of it.

By contrast, the next series, which is handled by the same writers and producer team as this second half, I’d put it in my top 5. I’ll go into why as you go through that watch along, but most of the time on that thread, I’ll be pointing out what past Rider every Rider in the show is a homage to and any (possible) similarities.

Y'know, the funny thing is that I remember being very disappointed by Hibiki's second half. After rewatching the show, I've re-evaluated my opinion to mildly disappointed. I've seen Inoue do better, he wrote my favorite show, but I've also seen him do worse. I can tell he was at least trying to do something here. Maybe it didn't totally work but the stuff that worked was worth watching for.

But Kabuto? Used to be in my top 5 as well. It was the second Rider show I watched after Decade. Something changed though, when I rewatched it in 2016. I was aware of the stuff I disliked from the first time and maybe that diminished my enjoyment. I couldn't enjoy certain things cause I knew they would be ruined later. I won't be as active in the Kabuto thread since I'm not watching along this time (instead, I'm going to rewatch my 4th favorite Rider show, Kamen Rider Ghost!), but I do have a few things to say and fortunately, not all of them are complaints.