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Gaim is popular because Toei hired a critically acclaimed and award-winning writer rather than choosing a name from its usual pool of six writers who take it in turns to do Kamen Rider. This led to a series that broke away from the tired old format that the franchise was running into the ground, filled with a wide variety of characters to maximise appeal. Then it went and had a great toy line on top of that. It was win all around.

Also, replying to OP's post from the Ghost thread:

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Originally Posted by KyoryuGreen

Well as I have had this debate like a month or two ago I am always prepared for this. Well I have only seen three and half things by Gen Urobuchi and only ones that I liked the most was Expelled from Paradise and his character from Chaos Dragon was intriguing. If all his stories are about how power corrupts isn't that a little cliché?

It's repetitive because it means you can see all his twists coming a mile away, but I don't know if cliche is the right word for it. It's no more cliche than Ghost's quest to get a wish from the seven dragon balls or Decade being an all-powerful amnesiac.

If Urobuchi wants to write stories about human morality, that's his decision. Nobody criticises Miyazaki for harping on about environmentalism in most of his films.

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See everyone always brings up the temptation aspect with Sagara yet he only gave the power ups to Kouta, because if he gave it to any of the other 3, they would have killed him realizing that he was the mastermind behind it all. Continuing the writing problems they never go into why Sagara did this and if he is neutral than who gave him the power to do this?

Only they wouldn't have killed him because they couldn't.

Why he was backing Kouta so much I have no idea. The guy could clearly see into the future so maybe he obviously saw the most potential in him? I dunno, I'm making assumptions and yes the series wasn't especially clear on this.

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Also Kaito did change he was starting to work with the others and become this leader. When he got cut stupidly that's when he started to go off the deep end and now I can believe that the Invess power made him go mad; which is fine but leads to why didn't Kouta try and save him them if he was driven mad? Yes Micchy was unstable but if Kouta wasn't an idiot he could tried to save his friend sooner.

This isn't bad writing, this is you projecting your own interpretation of Kaito onto him.

Who did he work with for any other reason than to benefit his own cause? He didn't bat an eyelid at Yggdrasil's proposal of letting the bulk of humanity die and was quite happy to ally himself with Ryouma, because all he was after was the fruit and the power it would give him. He didn't really become a "leader" to anyone - Marika followed him around like a lovesick puppy and although he took Zack under his wing, he made it very clear to him not to get in his way.

Kaito has a code of honour, but he isn't remotely heroic.

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Continuing that Sagara is the main villain argument if you remove him from the equation the entire show doesn't happen because there is no Invess Forest, there is no Lockseeds, there is no Kamen Rider. Sagara gives the power to the Invess which then leads to the forest. Now see I am not saying Sagara is evil but I am saying he is the villain or main antagonist.

"Villain" by its very definition means evil, so yes you kinda are.

Sagara is undoubtedly questionable in his methods and morally ambigious, but all he presents is the opportunity to evolve. It's what the fruit bearer does with that brings the trouble. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

And I'm going to be perfectly honest, if people criticising a show you like works you up then you need to take a step back. Not everyone likes the same thing, and unfortunately Ghost's fans seem to be in the minority. More power to you for liking it, because it means at least some people are getting enjoyment out of it. But not everyone is going to like the same thing, and eventually you'll find yourself enjoying something that everyone else hates.

Magiranger is one of my favourite Sentai series, but when this site did a Let's Watch Wednesday of it those threads were nothing but dislike for the show on a weekly basis. You've just got to ignore it and take solace in the fact that YOU like it.