[Sentai]

I think I'll start by explaining what I consider a good Rider series. I've watched Kuuga, Fourze, W, OOO, some of Den-O, a few episodes of Kiva, and most of Decade. And out of all of them Fourze is my absolute favorite. OOO is a close second.

That being said I'm not twenty one episodes into Wizard. I'm not enjoying it as much as I did Fourze. When I was watching Fourze for the first time, I couldn't wait until the next episode. I was downing them five at a time. Wizard though isn't a bad series. I'm enjoying it. But I can barely it through two episodes at a time before I'm looking for something else to do.
I completely understand now why people complain about the belt. And I have the perfect example. The final fight with Phoenix. And the fight with Phoenix when Rinko is laying bleeding on the ground. You'd think Haruto would learn to Henshin quick enough it only gets out Shaba and then he presses down the Henshin ring of his choice.
Fourze's useless Switches have nothing on some of the Useless Rings that Wizard employs. Sleep I can see being useful once or twice. But Dress Up? Outside of the one time he used the Ring, I don't see it being very useful. One thing Wizard does have over Fourze is Fourze had more useless switches. But Gentaro made up for that by making them useful towards the end. Haruto has yet to display that level of imagination.
Shunpei is the only character I wish that Haruto would've let fall into despair. Though Gosei only knows the kind of annoying Phantom he'd become. I just don't like him. Rinko, atleast, has been useful. And a good character all around.
The absolute Joy of this series has been Kamen Rider Beast himself, Nosuke Nito. His helmet still looks like a shaven Ratorata but I love him. I love him, I love his Kimaira, and I absolutely love his capes. I just wish they were a little longer.
I do enjoy the villians too. Medusa and Phoenix especially. It still bothers me how they copped out destroying Phoenix. The fight was far to short and unsatisfying. And how they destroyed him really bothers me. It just feels like Haruto would've thought of that sooner, or let Beast eat him before he could regen.

I'm enjoying the series enough to finish it out. But it doesn't get me excited to come home and watch like Fourze did. And it doesn't have the depth of story of Kuuga. Or as threatening villians.