[Matrixbeast]

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Originally Posted by SPLIT LIP

Considering how Fourze was, and how Wizard is, I'm kind of afraid that Kamen Rider is getting a bit... ridiculous. W and OOO managed to be light-hearted without being pandering or annoying, but this is getting too much. I really think every additional cast member thrown into the central plot (the "in the know" group) weakens it. In W we basically had just three, then four, good guys related to the central plot. (and even then, Philip and Shotaro were a single detective) In OOO we had five counting Hina and Date and Brotou, but that was lessened by the Birth pair being a team that functioned as one. Wizard has, like, five people already and I haven't even gotten to Beast. Plus, unlike those other post-Decade shows I've watched, only Hairytoes is useful in any way being the rider. So we've got four people who are essentially baggage, two without any crutch to fall back on.

Well...I guess fingers crossed for the next Rider.
The background cast have been getting ridiculously large (Nothing beats Fourze's, though ), and when they mostly consist of people to stand around and go "OH" during fights, yeah, it really feels like they don't have much point.

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

That's pretty much Riderman's fault. As the first real "secondary Rider" his storyline followed that whole "initially at odds with the hero, but eventually a true friend and ally... oops, he's dead" arc that would, apart from that last bit, be the standard for secondary Riders of the Heisei era.

That's one of the things I like about Wizard. Nitou tried to do that whole "rival" thing, but he's too big of a goofball and Haturo doesn't give enough of a damn for it to have ever really worked.

I just hate that, outside of a rare, shining few examples (Nitou, Date, Kagami), they've all been played straight and typical.

I loved Nitou for doing something different. Especially after Ryuusei.