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Originally Posted by MarsHottentot

And, sure it can get heavy - it's still melodramatica, but toned for kids.

Pretty much, yeah.

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Originally Posted by MarsHottentot

I think they're trying this with Amazons but season one was too hermetically sealed within the world of the Nozama Peston Service to really feel as "open" as Ryuki or Hibiki.

I think it mostly comes down to the limited episode count. Amazons has to stay focused on its narrative but a show like Ryuki can feel free to "waste" time because it airs once a week for an entire year. If they want to focus on Shinji's hunt for a place to sleep for a while or some other boring thing it's no big deal.

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Originally Posted by Powerman293

Ryuki does feel like ti takes place in the real world, but why not Gaim?

Well from my perspective it's a simple matter of style. Gaim starts out pretty slow but by the time the apocalypse starts happening halfway through it's way too busy to make time for the ever critical boring normal stuff. It also has those same annoying ed-ed-editing gags Drive had which makes it come off a bit cartoony at times. Not that that's a bad thing! I just think Gaim is way more in line with the Neo-Heisei shows than the older ones.

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Originally Posted by Powerman293

I think Faiz, despite all of its problems, has a sort of atmosphere to it unlike any other Rider show.

Faiz was REALLY about the character drama. That's always what made me love it so much. The conflicts in it were on a more personal level instead of the simple "oh hey a monster" stuff in other shows. "Soap-opera" is how I describe the early Heisei shows in general but Faiz really owns that title.