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Originally Posted by Switchblade

Rider's gotten a lot gentler in the years since Ryuki. I'm not sure they could really pull off something as violent and dark now. Stop and think: when was the last time you saw a MotW kill anybody?

Makes me kinda sad. Ryuki was just incredible. It had such a fantastic tone, it was dark, it was depressing, yet it still managed some great humor when appropriate. The monsters and other riders were able to actually feel like genuine threats, and because of the nature of the season you could actually worry that someone may die, whereas nowadays you never really feel that the lead rider might be killed off.

That said, and as I said before, I don't really want another Ryuki. That season was special. But I do want a return to some of those feelings.

Even if Gaim doesn't quite go that direction, it is off to the right start. It seems like it really wants to be the next Ryuki, what with an equivalent to the mirror world and monsters.