[ShiShiLeo]

I would argue that the use of monsters and/or their pacing is largely superficial to a show's uniqueness. It's no more meaningful than saying the hero doing a rider kick is formulaic.

Especially when viewed in retrospect, it is a show's overarching themes and ideals and sometimes morals that define it. The granular analyzation of individual episodes, endless comparison and ranking, or meta context, etc, unravels the simple entertainment of storytelling at the core of fiction. If you've walked away from a show entertained and perhaps gleaned whatever message the writer had for you, then you're good to go, novel or not.

Innovation is predicated on the idea that something is established. And things are often established because they are good and consistent.

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Originally Posted by Mesnick

For me, the most different from others are Hibiki, Saber, and, perhaps, Decade, because he:

Yeah I almost forgot Hibiki. That one certainly has a few caveats considering it wasn't really a Kamen Rider show to begin with.