[DreadBringer]

Guess it's because it's something new for Takahashi that he returns. Here's an interview with Takahashi on the TTFC app, where he discusses his return to writing a Rider series.

"Some people might be thinking, 'He's writing again?' but this is also a first for me. This time, I get the challenge of writing a story with only one main Rider. I hope everyone who watches and has seen my previous work will enjoy it."

I hope after this, there'd be no new things to be tried so he wouldn't return anymore, but it's good that he acknowledges people's reaction to his return.

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Depends on how Zeztz performs compared to his previous works to see if he can turn the hate around, but either way, I'd rather not still be talking about him this time in 2028. He needs to take a long break or else Reiwa Rider will become too monotonous with his favorite tropes.

Guess implementing favorite tropes is what's inevitable for the hate. As someone who approves of Gai's redemption, I wonder what'd be those tropes you refer here. And no, I'm not someone who disagrees with him needing to take a long break.

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I guess people don't bring up Saki since she was already dead from the start. Personally, I think Izu generally had a good arc, but the epilogue and summer movie diminished it for me.

But though generally, when people bring up Hiiro, people talk about him negatively, despite Ex-Aid's reputation. I guess for other comparison, Inoue also has Ozawa being overlooked when talking about him against women, despite Ozawa being universally acclaimed. Izu and Ozawa are the female characters seen as always useful and relevant all the time, where Izu seems to be able to contend with the likes of Philip to fanbase (both being rife with data for the cast progression and returning at the end).

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Well, the producer has the last word after all. Same reason why Zack survived Gaim and Yukimi survived Revice, as the writers wanted to kill them and the producers decided that was unnecessary. If Takahashi had his way, he would've killed Sara sooner, but Takebe's insistence allowed the beacon of hope to reach her peak. For conflicting productions, I guess we just have to keep paying attention to those helpful blogs.

Dunno about the comparison for killing her sooner, compared to other fridged characters that died even sooner, like Sayoko, Kasumi, or Soji. And though those characters perhaps are necessary to survive, there can also be those who think it's unnecessary to bring back dead characters and that it diminishes the stakes or something; reviving dead characters is also seen as said Takahashi trope.