[ElConvoy]

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Lucha

I'm assuming the vast majority of posters on this board are foreigners who don't possess an in-depth knowledge of the culture of Japan at the turn of the century.

So while those early episodes might not be objectively bad (hell, I thought they were great, probably because I did have some knowledge of Japan in the 90s), it's probably hard for a lot of uneducated westerners to understand why they're good (or perhaps that they even are good at all) until much later in the show.

Well you posed the question if the episodes where "actually good" ot if it just seemed that way to you. And the answer is yes. They are good. They are a clever social commentary on japans then current social issues. Just because its hard to understand for a western audience why they are good doesnt mean that they are not "actually good".