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Originally Posted by Grupletruge

Is everyone just afraid it will be a repeat of previous over-used writers? IDK, maybe I'm over-interpreting it, but it seems like a uni-lateral cry of "Oh NO! what if they overuse Takahashi!?!"

Pretty much and I think this is a perfectly valid concern. I'm glad you have no problem, but many others have noticed a clear decline in writing quality in the second half of his shows and I see that problem getting worse, not better, the more that Toei bring him back, unless they do something about it, like adding more secondary writers to help him.

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Originally Posted by MKDremare

My problem with Zeztz so far is that he might be grasshopper-themed. We've had two main Riders with grasshoppers as their main theme (01 and Gotchard), and I really wish we could get back to off-the-wall ones, since Gavv was such a nice breath of fresh air from having 5 straight animal-themed seasons.

Oh, we've actually had a lot more than only 2 grasshopper-themed Primary Riders! As far as I can recall, there's also Rider 1, 2, V3, SkyRider, Shin, ZO, J, Double and OOO. I guess I just made your problem worse, huh.

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

I wouldn't be thrilled. I love Ex-Aid, but each show since then has been consistently diminishing returns.

I have the opposite opinion that each show he's written has been an improvement, albeit by such small margins that it becomes meh.

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Originally Posted by Mesnick

In terms of tropes, while Inoue's weakest point is the finales, Takahashi's is the 30th episodes. That period is generally considered the worst point in a year-long show, but when you look at the entire franchise, it's actually in Takahashi's work when it's really bad. Other writers handle it better, if not great.

Yeah, I remember that blog where Takebe mentioned how Takahashi got impatient with the Sakurai siblings' arc during the 30s and she basically had to calm him down. Sounds like Takahashi is difficult to work with, due to how complex he writes his plots. However, I think we should forgive him for Zero One's 30s, since real life was the main problem. I think another show whose quality seriously suffers in the 30s is Kabuto.