[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

I agree that would've been cool and all but that always seemed extraordinarily flimsy as a major complaint. You could say the same thing about EVERY Kamen Rider show. Of course he saves the Gate every time, he's the protagonist. That's what he does. Nevermind that the one time he doesn't save one, it's f***ing Mayu, so the show basically did exactly what you wanted.

Not every rider has to be able to save someone every time. Kotaro wasn't able to save Nobuhiko from becoming Shadow Moon. If the story needs a loss to happen to advanced, it should happen, and Wizard definitely needed that. It also doesn't help that Haruto's entire point for being Wizard was for Kiyomi and not only did she do absolutely nothing but sit in the background like wallpaper and stare at a crystal ball, but was barely even on screen except for when the plot needed her to be in peril for Haruto to save.

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And I still haven't seen a Rider as three-dimensional as Haruto since Wizard. But I guess because he doesn't always show emotion on his face he must've been bland.

The lack of emotion isn't the problem, it's that he had no development. He was the same in the final episode that he was in the first. He didn't have any backstory outside of one moment in one episode with his soccer friend.

Kota gave up his dancing to be a rider. He lost Mai, he lost his best friend, and he lost his humanity.

Shinnosuke had his partner injured during the Global Freeze. He has his relationship with police girl. It may not be much, but it is far more than what Haruto had.

Don't care about Ghost.