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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Yeah, I think all of the Riders leaping into the air to stop a brand-new enemy is, if anything, a more definitive ending than a lot of previous shows? It's a statement about how healthy all of the weirdos became, where they're able to see each other as friends and family. It's a happy ending, without any of the bittersweet notes of previous shows. That makes it an ending that it would... it would feel crass to do more with. Let them have their hard-earned happiness!



It... hmm.

A lot of it is just in how I write? I tend not to go into the posts with firm statements and hypotheses. It's very stream-of-consciousness, where I just let myself start typing and let whatever comes out becomes the point I wanted to make. It's sloppy, but at least it's honest.

Writing about a Kiva as a finished piece of art was... weird. There's plenty I enjoyed about watching this series (I hope I've made that clear!), but in retrospect, I found that it was a lot of random elements. Episodes about sympathetic monsters, comedic diversions, smaller moments. The sweep and scope of the series didn't feel like anything I adored. The journey of the characters was pleasant, without really being something I could rave about. I don't know.

It's less of a firm commitment to judging it and more that I had this feeling, and I hoped by talking about it I could figure out why I felt that way. There really isn't one huge problem I had (well: the last two episodes), but more a bunch of questions I had about the overall effectiveness of the series. Did the dual timelines work for the duration of the series? Did the show use its cast as well as it could've? Would I want more stories about any of them? And when they the answers I could come up with were so ambivalent, it was like... yeah, maybe this was a series that was fun to watch but still not that great.

(Also, I tried to write this response when I was in the middle of a couple things at work, and that was a huge mistake. I have to stop every other sentence to do something, and that is terrible for my train of thought. Sorry! I might have a better answer later.)



And they celebrated their new brotherly love by punching each other in the face to make their mom happy!



Glad to hear! That's some strong praise and stiff competition!

So you don't like the show?