[Baltan II]

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Originally Posted by Locke

Where even low ratings can't seem to stop it, where they literally have no gaps between the shows - same with Kamen Rider - and it's just always been there.

In Kamen Rider's case, no, there's been plenty of gaps, and it's soon 15 series behind Super Sentai despite Sentai coming into the picture later. Long-time Kamen Rider fans could tell you all about the dark days of the 90s where little happened with the franchise. It's an amusing turn of events that fans onboard with the Heisei era think of Rider as perennial as it's become these days.

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Originally Posted by Locke

Wizard was the cool series to hate, so people who picked it up late in the game spent their entire watches looking for things that lived up to the expectations, rather than just watching it without bias, to make up their own opinion.

I couldn't say for specific examples with Wizard, but usually I find that those who watch something after it's been around and had a lot of negative opinions thrown at it often find themselves more accepting of it than they may have been had they watched it new. Finding the media in question to not live up to the scorn of peers seems to happen often, just as shows can be oversold and overhyped.

Can't make heads or tails of the liking Gaim because of hating Wizard theory, but regrettably can't weigh in beyond this, as I've neither finished Wizard nor started Gaim, for reasons entirely unrelated to the quality of either Rider show (or Kyoryuger, Garo, or even Akiba 2...!). I fully intend to catch up on both Rider series eventually, once I no longer feel SHT-fatigued. And I actually really liked Wizard.