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Originally Posted by GreenPsychoRanger

No need for long over drawn debates over reasons as to why. The answer is simply "inevitability".

Well excuse me for being passionate!

No really though, I'm sorry I've dragged this out so long.

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Originally Posted by MaskedRiderAsakura

That's because there's very few series that I would say have a huge impact on the big picture to begin with. Some might disagree, but I've found that many Rider series introduce some very interesting and unique things, but it doesn't really spill over into other series like that (which I'm perfectly fine with, since it just gives me something to love about each show).

If anything, I'd argue that Faiz itself was the experiment here, at least in regards to what you're talking about. That's when the franchise started edging into J-Drama territory.

You know, I think my opinions here are actually really similar to everybody else's and we're just arguing semantics at this point. Allow me to just parrot this...

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Originally Posted by Aoi Kurenai

I think the franchise would be pretty close the where it is now but it would have taken longer to get there. Kamen Rider Ryuki gave us a lot of things that were pretty monumental - a Kamen Rider being the final enemy, the multiple Riders, Riders who have their own unique, often selfish, reasons for fighting. It added an interesting layer of depth to the franchise, building upon the dramatic character interactions Agito gave viewers.

But yeah, Ryuki was, at least very early on, a Metal Hero series, it has a couple of traits of the franchise as well: giant ally monsters and heroes fighting in different dimensions.

...and call it a day. I feel Ryuki's biggest significance is that it really dove head first into all those inevitable concepts all at once, due to the nature of its production history. I think without it the incorporation of all that stuff would've been a lot more gradual.