[Kurona]

I think Omega, Alpha and Neo are all in the Driver because A) You can kind of consider them all Main Riders? Omega I don't have to make a case for, but Alpha sort of shares the main protagonist role in Season 1 and then Neo is the main character we're following in Season 2. And B) all the Riders of Build and Ex-aid - the two most recent shows - except Mad Rogue are also in there. Amazons is technically both the third most recent show (it debuted during Ghost, ie between Ghost and Ex-Aid's debuts) and also just as recent given Season 2 was during Ex-Aid and the movie came out during Build -- about 5 months prior to the Ziku Driver's release!

I distinctly remember being let down by this arc both not having enough depth to Hiryu to make him an interesting villain and also the way Grand just immediately started sucking. Kind of already been gone over why those are, so just to add something slightly unique onto that...

Something I noted at the time that I still agree with is that what specifically disappointed me about Grand here is that in its debut, it was doing something extremely specific -- it wasn't just summoning Riders, it was summoning moments in time, using the full force of a Rider's finisher or what have you when they were beating up a villain. This made it extremely cool and distinguished it from other summoners, was a great visual flair and easter egg hunt, and allowed as well for funny moments like the Momotaros gag. But here... it's just normal summons, which makes Grand just feel like a glorified Diend with nothing more special to him other than that I guess he can also summon their swords. It's not like they don't try to do cool things with the summons, and they do succeed in some places; but it's such a derailment from what Grand initially seemed to be.

Also Ohma corrupting Drive resulting in a really fucked up pitched-down version of the car honk was... absurdly funny. Loved it