[Locke]

It was nice as well because it was a climactic moment outside of the fighting, as weird as it sounds the more toku I watch the more the two halves of the shows feel disconnected. This was a pure character drama moment, he wasn't getting his ass kicked and pulled himself together and saved the day with a new power, it was a human realisation and drama built entirely out of character focus. This was almost a new challenge for a Rider, who rarely has to overcome things outside of the suit.

I think this is one thing that Wizard has done well in general, there is a real sense that just because the fighting is over, the conflict isn't. Haruto is always on Phantom patrol, the new Phantoms each week mean the villains are always active and plotting. We may not see it but often in Rider shows the Riders feel reactionary, twiddling their thumbs and waiting for a victim before they snap into action and then as soon as the monster is done they just go back to thumb twiddling, here it feels like Haruto is actually having an active involvement in the whole hero shebang and even when the fight is done the conflict continues to plague him.

Not only has Koyomi done nothing but she's barely been in the show, often standing in the background has been her only purpose, you could probably have just a cardboard standee of her on set and it'll do as much as she is currently doing. So how the hell can I care for her? I'm as emotionally engaged with her as the seats they sit on. And I wouldn't blame the actress but why the hell did Wizard bother hiring someone who is clearly rarely available in the first place?