[Electric Turahk]

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Originally Posted by Den-O

At 5.2% that's still a lower full series average than every other Heisei series. Even Wizard had a 5.8% for overall.

It just goes to show once again that Gaim was crazy over hyped by western fans. The toyline sold very well which made it a success, but the show in Japan was no more popular than any other recent rider.

While it was overhyped (and I'd like to remind everyone I was quite adamantly and vocally against all of the hype and even the premise of Gaim before the show started), I did end up really genuinely enjoying it quite a lot. I don't quite appreciate the seemingly spreading sentiment that nobody could have actually liked it, it was a bad show because ratings said do (bullocks to fucking ratings... but yeah this is the big one), or that its fans somehow ruined it.

I simply do not understand the ratings thing. "They were low" doesn't satisfy me... I always want reasons when arguments are made (as anyone should to be a good rhetorician), for better or for worse. I know kids here who probably would have loved Gaim a lot. Guess I just can't wrap my head around the whole culture gap thing...