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Originally Posted by Switchblade

I like Gaim quite a bit, but best Rider series ever? Nah, I can't go there yet. Not after only 11 episodes.

Even then, it will never be Hibiki. Or Black. Or Agito.

I'm still not sure where I rank Hibiki myself. It's off to a very strong start, but I think it is just a testament to the quality of the series (or at least the seasons that I've watched) that it becomes difficult to place them aside from the clear best and clear not best.

Ryuki being far and away my favorite season. Wizard being my least favorite, despite being what got me into the franchise.

Fourze was just plain fun, it was incredibly lighthearted but in a way that just made you feel good and that just kinda worked. It even managed some really good, genuinely sad moments.

W struck a nice balance and had some fantastic characters and interesting story arcs.

Hibiki has incredible cinematography, again some great characters that play off of each other wonderfully, and the use of sound and music just feels good to me.

Gaim is still ongoing and in the very early stages of its run, but the story seems to be at a point where it really can just go anywhere, the characters are great, with Bravo being my favorite rider since Zolda, and it actually makes its absurdity work. Doesn't hurt that aspects of it really remind me of Ryuki.

As with Split Lip, I like them all for some rather different reasons, with the primary similarity being the characters, and that just makes picking one over another tough.