[Locke]

So I'm watching more Wizard and...what is it with Kamen Rider and obnoxious civilian characters? That is once again something that put me off W. Is there something contracted that all civilian characters have to be written as annoying as physically possible? I mean I know each of them has their own ways of adding to the story but the fact that there is as much conflict on people fighting over Haruto as there is protecting the Gates is just stupid.

I'm enjoying everything else though. The action scenes are great, I love the monster designs and as clumsy and clunky as Wizard's henshins are for the most part I still appreciate that he has so many forms and special moves because it keeps things interesting. Coming from a show with teams of six, sometimes more, it isn't easy to have only one on one fights but Wizard is almost a Sentai team in one person and I dig it.

I also think the concepts of The Gates is a clever one. A lot of Toku, despite knowing the formula inside and out, still seems to spread itself very thin having to come up with contrived reasons as to why the main villains aren't defeated in the opening episodes. However because, at least at this moment in the show, the Gates are the primary focus the of the week episodes are as central to the story as anything else, meaning it almost erases filler, at least the literal definition.