[Matrixbeast]

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

See, all of that there, that's pretty much dead on, and I completely agree with it. But because I came into the fandom after-the-fact, hearing people say how frustrating it was, I just kind of take for granted how terrible Decade is.

I don't know why, but I find myself unable to get worked up about Decade, even though I should hate it. I find myself way more focused on the positives.

The destination may have sucked, but I think the journey there was a lot of fun, and really, isn't that what Decade was all about? No, it wasn't, because the jumbled writing kind of turns the themes of the show into a weird blur, but that's not the point I'm making.

Decade was a lot of wasted potential, but I don't find myself wishing it were any different. At the very least, it's an interesting conversation-piece.

Decade was the first Rider series I watched as it aired, so I experienced that particular ride with a lot of others simultaneously.
Other than a few snippets of Couga, Kabuto, Den-O, and Kiva that I saw at random, Decade was also the first Rider series that I watched from start to finish with no breaks or gaps.
It holds a special place in my heart for not only being my first Rider series to complete, but also for actually angering me. However, a lot of this was after the fact, because, like a jackass, I felt "Maybe the movie this series teased might make it all worth it" so I waited, and Double's higher quality was good enough to not make me write off Kamen Rider forever.

As for the journey, it actually soured as I watched more series, such as OG Blade's actions when he returns, or the just poor AU worlds being really, really dull compared to all the possibilities they had.

To me, not only was Decade wasted potential, but it was also insulting.

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

See you joke about that, but that's exactly what I like about it.

It's kind of terrible, tons of plot-threads go nowhere, the characters don't develop for more than two episodes and there's a general feeling that nobody at Toei had any clue what they were doing that whole year but all of that is what makes it Decade.

It could've been the greatest show ever and that would be cool and all, but it wasn't and all those problems are what makes it so interesting.

I see it as the opposite. In hindsight, it could've never been great. The first half of the series was a string of loosely tied vignettes about visiting the first 9 Heisei riders, and the latter half was just a train wreck of pointless alternate worlds with very little significant plot occurrences beyond Diend going "Blah blah past blah blah sea cucumber" before disappearing and giving the viewer nothing.
The best Decade could've done was to just possibly have a satisfying end, something to explain what the hell was going on.

In terms of conversation, all it offers is "What could have been," but Decade isn't anything special. Damn near every Kamen Rider can spur a topic of "What could have been" in terms of execution.