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Originally Posted by ryan

I know this point has come up a few times, but i'll repeat it, cuz why not?
Being the first in a new run of shows, they had to figure the formula out.
I've said this before, too, but I'll say it again, I felt finding out about each form was interesting, I wasn't waiting for the kill-everybody form, because I thought each new form was interesting on it's own.

Newer shows definitely pace it differently, so maybe more people feel like you, that the upgrade powers are more interesting to get to sooner than spending so much time with the other standard forms, but liked how Kuuga did it, and it just struck me that Kiva did it fairly similarly too, except he only got one upgrade form, instead of 7 or whatever Kuuga has.

Few shows start out strong from the get go, I've found almost across the board that every Kamen Rider show has the weakest story arcs at the beginning, because they have to find their groove, but once they do they all get better as time goes on. Better to start out weak and improve, than start strong and go downhill. That said, I've also found myself sufficiently drawn in by each beginning story arc so I've wanted to continue.

But certainly, don't force yourself to watch something you don't enjoy because people tell you it gets better. As has been stated, there are better things to spend your time on than something you don't enjoy. That's why I bailed on Dekaranger and Gokaiger- I gave them as long as I could, longer than I should have, and finally dropped them after 20-ish episodes because they weren't working for me. I love Kiva, but I'm not going to say somebody should force themselves through just because I thought it kept getting better and better.

I'm glad you're enjoying Kuuga enough to continue with it, hope you feel the satisfaction you're looking for once the Rising forms start hitting. Think it's time for me to watch another couple of episodes myself.

The show was definitely at its strongest when it basically a string of two parters introducing and showing off the new forms but that aspect seems to have been dropped from the show entirely, so maybe it would have actually been better for them to spread the forms out further in this first half and make each form more interesting to watch.

I probably could have appreciated the forms more if we didn't get four over ten episodes and like none over the next ten, and ironically his base White form has had more kills and uses than the Blue and Green forms combined so far, so what the hell is the point of them? Especially if these next ten episodes are set to replace them with even more powerful versions of themselves.

But I'm glad you understand, with the way the internet goes on it's like you have to force yourself through the entirety of a series you dislike just to have an opinion on it, like what a load of crap.

But yeah, I can't wait to see those new Rising Forms!