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Originally Posted by Locke

Like I say, I still like Haruto and he made it enjoyable for me. There is no point going into this again but no matter how much you say he is shit like it's a fact I still stand by every bit of evidence to say otherwise. All the other characters are fairly shit tho.

Thing is we don't really disagree all that much except on Haruto.

And really, even you should understand why people wouldn't like it if the only reason to watch the show is just the main character and nothing else. You say Haruto is great yet freely admit the rets of the cast blows yet can't understand why people dislike it?

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Ankh was my least favourite main character in OOO, for the record, I only enjoyed him when he died because it was the only time his character grew.

I meant as far as a unique spin. OOO has other strengths, but my point is the reason series these days are so wildly different when approaching the Kamen Rider thing is because they have to be in order to not be bland as hell. It's gotten to the point where "I can transform into a superhero freely of my own volition without any catch or augmentation to my behavior" is really, really fucking boring. He just recives powers out of nowhere, never earning or struggling to obtain these gifts.

What does Wizard do? He puts on the belt and gains super powers. What does, say, W do? Why, W is actually two people. And he can change the different halves of his body. OOO, at first, isn't even allowed to transform whenever he wants, and he has the three sections. Den-O gets possessed and his personality overwritten by an invading spirit when he transforms. Ryuki teleports to another dimension and works with a monster that is only there to eat him when he loses. Fourze is basically Inspector Gadget. Wizard... fight monsters. He sometimes enters a person's memories... which is actually something Den-O did, and better, but wasn't as interesting to note as the possesion thing. And Wizard barely does that to the point where I don't count it as the premise.

Wizard's biggest shortcoming is, for lack of a better term, his gimmick. The magic is boring, and is pretty basic. Only a few of his spells are unique, and they're not even spells. He literally just puts a ring on. He's not a Wizard, he's not magic, he's just using tools. The entire point of the show is a lie. That isn't really the problem in and of itself, but because the rest of the show is uninspired or insipid, it's really fucking boring to watch. Putting your hand over your belt in such an unenergetic way just makes it look like he's going through the motions. Nothing is exciting, nobody even pretends to be exciting! His Henshin pose is him just sticking his arm out!

And just as a clarificational procedure, this is all merely my explanation, and hypothesis, as to why I and others don't like Wizard.