[DreamSword]

Now 42 episodes into Kabuto, and farther in I get, the more I dislike it.

I just really can't jive with most of these characters. They're all very paper thin ontop of not being endearing at all.

Episodes 38 to 42 served as a prime example of this. The heavy focus on baseball would've been a great time to give Kagami some focus and bring up his brother from the start of the show, but no mention of said brother is ever made.

The Hopper Brothers are characters that I find incredibly annoying on both a character and narrative level, as not only are they very inconsistent(like most characters in this show), but their arcs have been incredibly inorganic. I'd throw my usual shade at Inoue if not for the fact that this is Yonemura.

And as much as I like Daisuke and Tsurugi, Daisuke is barely in the show and I'm not about to pretend that Tsurugi hasn't become more and more flanderized as the show has gone on. It's been such an odd feeling, having Inoue be the best part of a given Rider show, what with my opinions on other works he's been involved in with this franchise.

Unless this last string of episodes ends up being something incredible, I think it's safe to say that Kabuto was a show that was never going to appeal to me.