[Matrixbeast]

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Originally Posted by Brainchild

Reeling people into watching a bad show? You're despicable.

Well, you have to watch Kabuto to see how a proper side character is done.
Kagami is the the greatest secondary character in any series, ever (Well, KR series). Greater than Date, greater than Nago, greater than Ren. Kagami is so amazing he's pretty much the lead character.
Tendou isn't a bad character, but he's a poor one.
Kamen Rider Kabuto is a series that hampers itself down by having an amazing back up cast following an uninteresting hero. Tendou is perfect, and he's not afraid to prove it. That leads to the issue that, because your main character is legitimately perfect, fights are predictable and overall, boring because there's no tension. However, that's not necessarily a bad thing. A lot of the humor of the show is derived from the auxiliary cast's (Mostly Kagami's) interactions with Tendou.
But the largest problem is the development. The story is (Much like everything else in the universe) centered around Tendou, but Kagami is the one who grows from it. Kagami is the character receiving the development a normal character would receive while the infallible Tendou merely walks right on by, plot following hot on his coat tails. Tendou feels more like a plot piece than an actual character, until very close to the final act when he starts to display actual growth.

And I love every second of it.

...Wow...I could probably write a Kabuto review...