[MaskedRiderAsakura]

How did everybody feel about the Ryuki ending? Been a while since I've revisited that show, but I'm so torn about the ending. I hate the fact that all of the development the characters went through can basically be tossed out of the window, but at the same time it's a brilliant ending because it's a natural conclusion to the core theme of the show: that for better or worse, this is how life should be like for the Riders. I especially like it in regards to Kitaoka. Even if he may still have his cancer, at least he gets to enjoy his dying days in peace, rather than going to war trying to chase immortality.


I don't know, guys.

And if we're talking about rewrites, I have a few for Faiz:

- Mihara was a completely unnecessary character. They had several characters already in the show that would have been a great 3rd rider to complement the main two. Kaido would have been the best choice I feel, if they still wanted Kiba to be Kaixa in the end. It definitely would have been badass if Kaido, as Delta, was leading the Riotroopers. You also could have used Kiba, although I'd prefer he just become Kamen Rider Orga like how he did in the movie. Mari wouldn't have been a bad choice either, but we all know how Toei feels about woman riders. They either die, or everybody forgets about them.

- The plotline with the Orphnoch King really needed a conclusion. As it stands, Faiz as a series isn't even complete since the Big Bad is still out there, and so is the woman from Lucky Clover. All that really happened throughout the series was that a couple of allies and a couple of glorified henchmen died.

- I actually dig Takumi as a character a lot, but I feel like the writers didn't do a good job of showing what they were going for with him, with him sort of going through this self-imposed loner phase. It's probably why he sat there and let Kusaka turn the group against him.