[Leo Novum]

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Originally Posted by Diamondmatter

It doesn't feel like it has a real heart to me. The only things about the characters I empathize with are so cliche as to be practically superficial. The show feels very dull and preachy.
I can honestly, without any spiteful exaggeration, say that I enjoyed Wizard more. When I think about Wizard, I think about Nitoh's earnest shenanigans, or the comically stoic Haruto, or the looming (albeit predictable) threat of the Phantoms. When I think about Drive, I think about Chase's struggle with being a good guy, or Shinnosuke's classic heroism (for some reason Shinnosuke stands out to me as more of a "hero" than a lot of Riders), or all the weekly Roidmude mysteries.
When I think of Ghost, I'll think of Takeru looking indecisive with a white glowy filter, and Mugen no Kanosei. That's pretty much it, until I start thinking about the logistics of what I actually don't like about the show again.

This guy gets it.

Not much of a finale. No emotional weight behind it. I recall someone saying that Gaim had a weak finale but I disagree and will compare the Ghost finale to the Gaim.

In Gain, there was an emotional sense of the world being at stake, at least in my opinion. Kaitou had grown alongside Kouta and even worked with him on certain occasions. Seeing him turn monstrous for the sake of his ideals is saddening. The final fight between Kouta and Kaito felt less like a fight between two men and more like a clash between two titans. All because of the emotional weight present in the story.

Ghost has a enemy that sprang almost out of nothingness (I understand that the suit is from the 100 Eyecons movie and Frey/Freya is from the web series but since they aren't from the main storyline, I consider their appearance jarring), which transforms into a gigantic yellow cyclops which Takeru can't defeat and then all of a sudden, he can just because he remembered his mother. I would have accepted that as well if only they hadn't brought her so late in the story. As such, her involvement seemed almost pointless to me even if her appearance allowed Takeru to defeat Ganmeiser/Exsaizer/Freya/Whatever the heel it was.


On the brighter side, boy am I so glad we got to see Genm. was Genm, right? Or was it Ex-Aid? I think it was Genm. If Ghost has done anything right, its that it had made a splash of color masquerading as a superhero look much more awesome then it had any right to be.