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Originally Posted by Guyver Spawn

That's what I don't like about shows like Drive. I think it's bad for a show to take forever to be good. It's bad story telling if your show does not get good until 20 or 30 episodes into the story. I think your show should always be good from the very start. First impressions always help because you want to suck your viewers into the world that you created and want to make them check out more as the show goes on. Not every first episode is going to be good or great, but it should be decent enough to have your viewers tune in.

Most people think Breaking Bad's first season sucks, but after that it's one of the best tv shows I've ever seen. Sure, it'd be nice if the first 6 episodes were better (I liked them though) but in some cases it's absolutely worth pushing through the beginning. 6 45-minute episodes that aren't spectacular vs 4 seasons of absolutely amazing episodes.

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Originally Posted by Leo Novum

I like Ghost but only because of the plot. Unlike Drive, it started off with a clear goal in mind and it kept to it. The only other series that comes to mind is Gaim but that's miles ahead of Ghost in terms of writing.

That's one of the things I really like about Ghost, it has direction in its plot

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And the show relies too much on gimmicks. Gaim and Double had the right idea to limit the gimmicks. And they didn't even go on gimmick hunts. Gaim naturally had gimmicks written into the plot while Double started off with nearly all of them in place. Tone down the gimmicks in the next series, Toei. I know you make most of your revenue from the toys but there has to be a limit on how low you would stoop.

Once again, maybe this might be because I'm not too familiar with Heisei Riders, but I really enjoyed the eyecon hunt in the first 10 episodes. It felt like early episodes of Dragon Ball, where they went on an adventure collecting things that gave them a wish. Combine that with the main cast solving paranormal cases and you definitely have my attention.