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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

How was it over hyped? Everyone went into it very skeptical. Having the writing and character development to prove itself is not being over hyped.

I understand that fruit armored Riders after the cliche-fest that was Wizard needed to have trust and build itself up. The show itself is good, and I agree its got good character development and is one of the best Rider shows ever, but the overhype came from people praising Gen Urobochi from on-high.

Once people found out that the writer was Urobochi and the first 5-10 episodes were awesome, the hype train started. People who liked Madoka popped out of the wood work and praised him so fucking much.

I believe the hype went over the fucking top at the episode where Hase was killed off. By then, not only was it a mix of the Madoka people hyping this guy up to impossible standards he couldn't live up to, but also the Rider fans who were craving something more like the earlier Heisei Riders, where characters actually got killed off, developing story arcs that didn't happen in monster of the fortnight formats and the story felt genuinley dark.