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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

I'd imagine the majority of outright hate for Wizard comes pretty specifically from the people who were getting very tired of its formula week after week for the entire year it aired? I feel like for fans coming in after the fact, in this post-Gaim world we now live in, reactions to it tend to be more mild. At least from what I've personally seen. Especially after Ghost (because of course), I see a lot more people willing to, if not say they like Wizard, acknowledge that it wasn't a show without redeeming qualities.

(And I mean, you know, it's still my second favorite Rider show, too, in case anyone needed a reminder.)

This is where I come at the show from. I remember defending it a lot as it aired (and I will still stand up for Haruto against anyone who calls him boring), but I eventually hit a point where I realized that I actually didn't even like it all that much. It was definitely the formulaic nature; even making the serious Rider the lead and the goofball the secondary didn't really shake things up. I think Gaim is really overrated, but it definitely came around when it needed to.